Donate Now
February 27, 2020 | Vox
The War on Israeli Democracy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the foundations of democracy. If he wins his 2020 reelection bid, things could get a lot worse.
Country
Israel
November 25, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Food Is the First Frontier of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow Carly Graf from Medill School of Journalism reports on how Palestinian resistance starts with what people eat.
October 01, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Spending a day in the East Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter highlights the beauty of the Palestinain food culture, spotlights the Palestinian struggle, and personifies the daily clash of people, politics, and religion in one of the world's most disputed cities.
September 13, 2019 | 1a
Indira Lakshmanan on NPR 1A's Global Friday News Roundup — September 13, 2019
Indira Lakshmanan is an Executive editor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and a columnist for The Boston Globe. On September 13, 2019, she appeared on NPR's 1A Friday News Roundup.
August 09, 2019 | Field Notes
A Tale of Two Cities
A first look at the confounding reality of Jerusalem by Carly Graf, a Northwestern University student fellow, who is reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of food.
April 11, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Victory for Netanyahu — and a Risky Future for Everyone Else
Today’s a banner day for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for President Donald Trump, who contradicted decades of U.S. policy to boost his friend’s reelection, including moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and declaring Israel should keep the occupied Golan Heights.
March 19, 2019 | The New York Times
Natural Born Settlers
Filmmaker Iris Zaki never understood the Israeli settlers—so she moved in with them.
December 03, 2018 | The Brookings Institution
Indira Lakshmanan Moderates 'Ending Gaza's Perpetual Crisis' Panel
An acute crisis has been unfolding in the Gaza Strip for over a decade. How can U.S. policymakers help bring a peaceful end to the current state of affairs in Gaza?
September 16, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
The Impact of Israel's Deposit Law on Single Mothers
Student fellow Caron Creigton speaks with Bisrat Geryasus, director of the Eritrean Women’s Center, a grassroots organization in South Tel Aviv.
September 04, 2018 | Field Notes
Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel
This field note tells the story of a single mother from Eritrea, seeking asylum in Israel, and some of the struggles she has faced after she injured her hand and became unable to work.
August 15, 2018 | Associated Press
African Migrants Reel as Israeli Law Cuts into Salaries
Israel has launched a new policy to coerce African migrants into leaving the country—an automatic 20 percent salary cut.
June 20, 2018 | News Deeply
Israel’s Only Refugee Mental Health Clinic Works in Shadow of Closure
The Gesher Clinic in Jaffa is down to opening nine hours a week despite the overwhelming need for mental healthcare. Its patients, many of whom survived Sinai torture camps, face an uncertain future.
Is Israel a Dying Democracy?
The famous line about Israel is that it's "the only democracy in the Middle East." But the foundation of its liberal democracy are crumbling — and may be in worse shape than most people understand.
Small Farmers and Tahini Producers in Palestine
An exploration of the difficulties faced by small farmers and food producers in Palestine and how, in many ways, they mark the first frontier of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Cafe Tekoa
What happens when a left-leaning Israeli filmmaker settles in a West-Bank settlement?
Eritrean and Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel
Asylum seekers to Israel are faced with a number of struggles. For example, there are many anti-immigrant polices that force them into undesirable situations in order to remain in the country.
The Tragedy of African Refugees in Israel
Having survived political oppression and massacres, they came to Israel seeking asylum. But now they’ve been ordered to leave and their future is in limbo.
Israelis Writing Their History: Memories of Poland
As Polish Jews moved to Israel after the Second World War, they brought with them memories of the old country to confront the political reality of creating a new, Israeli identity.
The Federation Files
Together, more than 148 non-profit Jewish federations hold assets of $16 billion in the United States and Canada. Investigative journalist Uri Blau examines how the money is spent.
The Impacts of Privatization on Israelis and Palestinians
The privatization of the Israeli and Palestinian security, labor, and welfare sectors is among the most important—and under-reported—factors shaping Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Corporate Armies
A massive army has been built up around the world, not to fight traditional wars, but to protect corporate assets around the world.
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions
On college campuses and in religious institutions across the country, there is renewed focus on Israel, anti-semitism and the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement.
From the U.S. to Israel: Follow the Money
U.S. administration defines Jewish settlements as an obstacle to peace, yet allows millions in subsidized donations to help sustain them. How does it work? Investigative journalist Uri Blau digs deep.
The Handshake and the Fists
Twenty-years after Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, Israeli society is as divided as ever, and former Pittsburghers now in the Holy Land are on different sides of the schism, reevaluating their dreams.
November 07, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Uri Blau and Akela Lacy
Together, more than 148 non-profit Jewish federations hold assets of $16 billion in the United States and Canada. Investigative journalist Uri Blau examines how the money is spent.
August 18, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Matt Kennard and Claire Provost
In this project, Matt Kennard and Claire Provost examine an industry that deals in services that have long been considered duties of national police and military forces.
December 07, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Uri Blau
Uri Blau used U.S. and Israeli tax records to connect the dots between American tax-exempt charities and their Israeli beneficiaries operating over the Green Line.
November 13, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Davidson faculty, fellows, alumni prepare for Dreazen visit
In preparation for a visit by Pulitzer Center grantee Yochi Dreazen, a Davidson alumna writes an article highlighting both Dreazen's work and that of the College's recent Pulitzer Center fellows.
May 14, 2013 | Meet the Journalist
Sarah Wildman on Jerusalem: Eternal City, Divided City
Sarah Wildman on the contested histories of modern Jerusalem and how they have shaped – and narrowed – the prospects for a final settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.
June 14, 2019 | General news
Beyond Religion: Faith and Civil Society
Panelists discuss how religion can reinforce divisions between social groups in Israel, Northern Ireland, and Indian-Americans in the United States.
September 21, 2018 | General news
Caron Creighton Takes Over Pulitzer Center Instagram
Pulitzer Center student fellow Caron Creighton will share her reporting on the lives of African asylum-seekers in Israel.
August 20, 2018 | Newsletter
The Week: An Uncertain Future for Yemen's Families
This week: accounts from fathers and sons affected by the conflict in Yemen, threats to Hungary's democracy, and Israel's new policy forcing migrants to take desperate measures.
June 02, 2017 | General news
Uri Blau Follows the Money from the US to Israel
Haaretz reporter Uri Blau explains the process of his reporting on money going into Israeli settlements in the Investigative Reporters and Editors Journal.
November 01, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: The Rise of the Corporate Army
This week, an investigation into the privatization of government armies in Palestinian territories, a glimpse of life in North Korea, and our video "Facing Risk" highlights the dangers of freelance journalism.
August 22, 2016 | Project news
Readers in U.S. and Middle East Respond to 'Fractured Lands'
Landmark reporting project with The New York Times Magazine strikes a chord with readers around the world.
July 07, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: Israel, Palestine, and Idi Amin
In 1971, Israel believed that Ugandan military officer Idi Amin would serve as loyal ally. It soon learned otherwise.
March 07, 2016 | General news, Project news
Investigation of U.S. Donations to Settlements in West Bank Gains Worldwide Recognition
Pulitzer Center grantee Uri Blau's project "“From the U.S. to Israel: Follow the Money” attracts attention of international publications, state organizations and activist groups.
December 07, 2015 | General news, Project news
This Week: Following the Money to Israeli Settlements
How tax-exempt non-profits in the U.S. funneled more than $220 million to Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
June 01, 2015 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2015 Student Fellows Announced
Students journey across the globe to report on issues that matter—from migration to global health and indigenous land rights.
March 31, 2014 | General news
This Week: Game of Drones
Drone warfare—cheap, easy and deadly—is likely to write the next chapter of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
August 26, 2013 | General news
This Week: A Moveable Piece
The latest round of US-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has produced hints of a breakthrough on the most contentious of all issues—the final status of Jerusalem.
October 24, 2016 | High School
Is There Really Religious Conflict?
This lesson challenges students to take a position related to what is causing or fueling conflicts that could be labeled religious. Students create an argumentative research paper and presentation.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
July 04, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Israel, Palestine, and Idi Amin
The following lesson plan for teachers explores how an author balances narrative storytelling and facts while exploring Uganda's connections to Israel over several decades.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
May 02, 2016 | All Grades, High School
Curriculum Connections for 10th Grade History Teachers in D.C. public schools
The following serves as a resource for DC public school teachers working with the District's tenth grade history standards, providing teachers with a list of Pulitzer Center projects in line with...
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
September 11, 2015 | All Grades
Laufenberg: Debating Drones
This lesson supports student explorations into the ethics of using drones in civilian life and warfare.