Israel

Days after President Trump endorsed a two-state solution, the Israeli prime minister tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Israel must retain control of security in any agreement with the Palestinians.

The decision will shutter the Palestinian diplomatic mission to the U.S. The U.S. says the PLO has not taken steps to begin 'meaningful negotiations' with Israel.

"The United States will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation," the State Department said. It's a loss of about $300 million in funding for schools and clinics.

At least three people are reportedly dead and a dozen injured in the Gaza Strip, while at least 11 people reportedly were wounded when Hamas rockets landed in the southern Israeli city of Sderot.

Aziz Asbar, who is said to have worked on Syrian rockets and chemical weapons, was killed over the weekend when his car exploded. The New York Times says he was targeted by Israel.

The "nation-state" law, which has been condemned by Arab lawmakers, also asserts Jerusalem as the capital and Hebrew as the official language.

It was supposed to be a simple exhibition soccer game Saturday in Jerusalem. But after Argentina cancelled it, the would-be friendly has instead become the centerpiece of some international hostility.

One small apartment building near the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is emblematic of Israelis' mixed attitudes about the city.

Israel's air force chief says F-35As were used in recent strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, the first "operational attack" for the newly fielded stealth jet.

The contradictions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are always on display, but rarely as starkly as this week, when the U.S. opened its embassy in Jerusalem and protests erupted in Gaza.

"Guatemala takes a courageous decision," President Jimmy Morales said. But not everyone was pleased with the Latin American nation's decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The day after Israeli troops shot dozens dead during protests on the Gaza border, envoys traded barbs at the U.N., countries confronted ambassadors — and Guatemala readied an embassy move of its own.