Mourners pray over the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
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Israeli troops round up Egyptian soldiers captured during fighting in 1956 in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, which was controlled by Egypt at the time. Israel, Britain and France invaded Egyptian territory after Egypt moved to nationalize the Suez Canal. But U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower intervened, leading to the withdrawal of foreign troops, including the Israeli forces in Gaza. AP hide caption
A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard. An attack against troops was reported near the West Bank city of Hebron on Feb. 1. Many settlers have joined the military's regional defense units since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas-backed militants. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Israeli settlers are guarding the West Bank. Palestinians say it's worsening violence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday Jan. 7, 2024. Ronen Zvulun/AP hide caption
A protestor wearing a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag during a rally in support of Palestinians in Lisbon in October. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What is a keffiyeh, who wears it, and how did it become a symbol for Palestinians?
A large, pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Detroit called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as protesters decried President Biden's response. Don Gonyea/NPR hide caption
In Michigan, where every vote counts, Arab Americans are turning away from Biden
People search through buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images hide caption
Rockets and "light bombs" are seen over the Gaza strip on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, from Sderot, Israel. As Israel's response to Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks entered its fourth week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would be a long one and would amount to a "second war of independence." Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Smoke and fire rise from buildings as people gather in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Thursday. Omar El-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smadar Tzimmerman (right) helps push a cart with donations into the community center in Lod, Israel. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
The space for peace and Jewish-Arab solidarity is shrinking in wartime Israel
People take part in a "March For Palestine" in London on Saturday. Henry Nichols/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) national executive director Nihad Awad speaks during a news conference, Jan. 30, 2017, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
President Biden is seen through the window of the Oval Office of the White House during his address to the nation on Thursday night. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Israeli soldiers gather in a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel Tuesday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
Smoke rises during an Israeli military raid of the militant stronghold of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Monday, July 3, 2023. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption
This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. AP hide caption
Mourners comfort each other in the morgue of Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli airstrikes killed a dozen Palestinians in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Fatima Shbair/AP hide caption
Mourners gather around the bodies of Israeli couple Eli Mizrahi and his wife, Natalie, victims of a shooting attack Friday in east Jerusalem, during their funeral at the cemetery in Beit Shemesh, Israel, early Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, speaks to his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem on Nov. 2, 2022. Oren Ziv/AP hide caption
In this image taken from video, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Canberra, Australia. AP hide caption
Israeli police crime scene investigators work at the scene of a shooting attack that wounded several Israelis near the Old City of Jerusalem, early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption
Supporters of Mohammed el-Halabi hold a Palestinian flag and placards as protesters wave Israeli flags, outside the district court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption
Members of Jewish youth movements dance and wave Israeli flags on the eve of Jerusalem Day an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of the Old City during the 1967 Mideast war, next to the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption
Sheryl Olitzky (left) and Atiya Aftab founded the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom in 2010. It has since grown to more than 150 chapters across the U.S. and in Berlin. Callie Barlow/Courtesy of Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom hide caption