Middle East

At UW-Milwaukee, leadership and pro-Palestinian protesters came to an agreement to remove an encampment this week. But some staff and Jewish groups have criticized how the university handled the situation.

A substitute resolution drops references to genocide during the Middle East conflict.

More than 70 inter-faith leaders in the Milwaukee area have signed a statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel and Palestine. They're also worried about the spread of violence across the Middle East.

WUWM talks to two people with Wisconsin ties have lost relatives to the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

Milwaukee artist Reid Finley and photographer Samer Ghani worked together to create a mural to honor Ghani's Palestinian-American cultural heritage and explore his experience as a first-generation American.

Two women from an Israeli peace group spoke in Milwaukee in June. Nadia Hamdan, a Druze-Israeli, and Roni Yavin, a Jewish-Israeli, are part of Women Wage…

Earlier this month, Lake Effect featured a story on the Concert for Peace put on by the Jewish Community Center that united violin and oud player…

Unlike other election years, the Middle East has not gotten a lot of attention as a campaign issue this season. There’s been some lingering talk of former…

Violence has cropped up again in the Middle East in recent days, as Russia has carried out military strikes against ISIS, which opposes of Syria's ruling…

Between the recent Israeli elections to the deteriorating situation in Yemen, the Middle East is in the news again.Our foreign policy contributor Art Cyr…