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Although the move has been welcomed by Israel, many key players in the Middle East have cautioned that it is likely to spark violence and derail peace efforts.

The Kennedy-Lugar YES Program was was created in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks to bridge religious and cultural barriers. A pair of Muslim YES exchange students report a warm welcome in Juneau as the federally funded program enters its seventh year — despite uncertainty over its fate under the Trump administration.

Recent remarks by senior White House officials had seemed to signal a possible shift in the long-held U.S. view that a two-state solution is integral to peace negotiations.

In a more than hour-long address, the outgoing Secretary of State sharply criticized Israel’s expansion into the West Bank, saying it was making the future prospect of peace ever dimmer.

The one-man play “Wrestling Jerusalem” opens in Juneau this Thursday. Locals brought it to town after talking out a difference of opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Wendy Sherman, the lead U.S. negotiator in the Iran nuclear talks, tells NPR the U.S. still has plenty of other issues to settle with Iran, such as the release of Americans being held in that country.

On the committee level in the Senate, Republicans and Democrats have been able to get deals done. The problem will be what happens after bills leave the committees and head to the Senate floor.

President Obama said that if fully implemented, the deal outlined today would prevent Iran “from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has slipped in recent voter surveys. Approaches to a potential Palestinian state and the economy have emerged as top election issues.

The Israeli premier’s remarks are the culmination of a controversy that began in January when he was invited — without input from the White House — to make the speech.