On Friday, Yotam’s shroud covered body was laid out in front of Edri as he spoke. His family gathered around it, touching and caressing the white cloth.

Since 2011, when Syrians rose up in rebellion against decades of dictatorship, a plethora of changing groups have held positions in Syria across from the border.

Twenty-five years after Oslo, the Palestinian leadership that last decade lost the Israeli Center is now losing the Israeli Left.

The high-level conference, hosted by the State Department, included addresses by Vice President Mike Pence and US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.

While protests, attempts to infiltrate Israel’s border fence, and fire kites have slowed some in recent weeks, no one has declared the crisis over and the IDF still views the situation as ongoing.

“Israel is a country that is in total violation of the charter of the UN. Does it deserve to be a member of the UN and any of its agencies or not?”

COGAT head blames Iran for stirring up the Hamas-run enclave

Tawfik Tirawi, former commander of the PA's General Intelligence Service and member of the Fatah Central Committee, made the rare charge in a statement issued by his office.