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## Ilene Prusher


Prusher is a journalist, author and lecturer. She was a foreign correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor from 1996-2010, where she covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and served as the newspaper’s bureau chief in Jerusalem, Istanbul and Tokyo. Most recently she served as Jerusalem correspondent for [TIME Magazine](http://time.com/author/ilene-prusher/), a columnist for Haaretz, and a program host on TLV1 Radio. 


## Ilene Prusher


Articles 49Collections 1

* ![ISRAEL-DEMONSTRATION-NATION-STATE-LAW](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd48e5a3811bed1b8/698935fd86f68e01a66e9b46/israel-nation-state-law-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2018  
### [A New Law Shifts Israel Away From Democracy](https://time.com/5345963/israel-nation-state-law-democracy/)  
Experts say the new law essentially makes discrimination constitutional  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![gaza-protest-israel-embassy-jerusalem](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfedee889912e035/698930588fd2ee4e6f35b9c2/gaza-protest-israel-embassy-jerusalem.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 14, 2018  
### [Death Toll in Gaza Rises to 58](https://time.com/5276185/gaza-protests-violence-liberation/)  
As Israelis celebrated the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, dozens of Palestinians were ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![ISRAEL-NETANYAHU-IRAN-NUCLEAR](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c3d265bb88fe506/69892f5697cdff97b56b51d8/gettyimages-953158856.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2018  
### [Benjamin Netanyahu's Iran Deal Speech Might Have Convinced the Only Person Who Matters](https://time.com/5262607/netanyahu-trump-iran-deal-speech/)  
Trump has called the deal an “embarrassment” and mused publicly that he might withdraw from the deal...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![David Hogg](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5fbe937e9552137/698927d986f68e349c6e8506/david-hogg-florida-school-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 15, 2018  
### [A Student Started Filming During the Florida School Shooting. He Hasn't Stopped](https://time.com/5161034/florida-school-shooting-survivor/)  
After the school shooting in Parkland, residents are wondering what, if anything, changes from one m...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe1c448ee9676ee9/6988f42697cdffa18e6b389f/gettyimages-887416710.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 7, 2017  
### [Trump Throws a Wrench in Israeli-Palestine Relations](https://time.com/5053704/trump-jerusalem-move-palestinians-israelis/)  
"It’s like tossing a grenade at the problem."  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![Palestinians react after tear gas was shot by Israeli forces after Friday prayers on a street outside Jerusalem's Old City on July 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81d9aa2271e4a5e4/6988d6abcf40a80ce2c48a6e/palestinian-protesters-temple-mount-jerusalem.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 21, 2017  
### [At Jerusalem's Holiest Site, the 'Status Quo' Is Breaking Down into Open Conflict](https://time.com/4868195/temple-mount-jerusalem-status-quo-clashes/)  
Clashes at the Temple Mount, or Noble Sanctuary, have killed 2 and left scores injured  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Seddique Mateen inside his home in Port Saint Lucie, Fla. on June 14, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5586d9ef7bd0f767/698897e6428a9eb0e1cd30bc/seddique-mateen-20.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2016  
### [Shooter's Father Posted Bizarre Afghan Politics Videos](https://time.com/4368982/orlando-shooting-siddique-mateen-videos/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Israel's former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman waits for the arrival of European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton to their meeting in Jerusalem August 29, 2011.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13787d47cd3b569c/698894ea2dce01a3ab9e939b/avigdor-lieberman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 25, 2016  
### [Meet Israel's Controversial New Defense Minister](https://time.com/4348162/avigdor-lieberman-defense-minister-israel/)  
Avigdor Lieberman's agreement to join the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rattling m...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes on the Israeli border with Gaza in Buriej, central Gaza Strip on Oct. 15, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9e45c34f5e2a8ab/6988688af887dc6696e92e1d/israel-palestine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 15, 2015  
### [Peace Looks Further Away Than Ever for Israelis and Palestinians](https://time.com/4073907/israel-palestinians-violence-terrorism/)  
The fight used to be over real estate. Now, Israelis and Palestinians are fighting over something de...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Jonathan Pollard](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ddd67c21ead7612/69885cd4524fc08487df3c8e/jonathan-pollard1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 29, 2015  
### [Israeli Leader to Meet Jonathan Pollard's Wife](https://time.com/3976183/israel-spy-pollard-iran/)  
The convicted spy will not be allowed to leave the U.S. for 5 years unless granted clemency  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![FIFA chief Sepp Blatter plays soccer with Palestinian children during his visit to Dura al-Qar' village in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 20, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f52f88cb5003737/698851be5f570f5823b1baa7/sepp-blatter-fifa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 27, 2015  
### [Palestinians Hope FIFA Corruption Scandal Won't Affect Motion to Expel Israel](https://time.com/3898089/palestinians-fifa-israel/)  
Israel rejects Palestinian charges of preventing freedom of movement for Palestinian players and not...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 6, 2015, to announce reaching a coalition deal for forming a new government.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9c6db15735c5e9b/6987eebd524fc0827cdf09a3/israel-netanyahu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 7, 2015  
### [Israel's Government Promises Little Progress on Peace](https://time.com/3850047/netanyahu-new-government/)  
Benjamin Netanyahu has created a government in which he is one of the most moderate members  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Demonstrators confront Israeli policemen, during a demonstration of Ethiopian Jews at RABIN Square in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6806c26683a55ba7/6987ee410b72e372c46e1dfb/israel-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 4, 2015  
### [Israel Reels From Protests](https://time.com/3845765/israel-ethiopian-police-brutality-protest/)  
Scores are hurt in weekend protests in Tel Aviv as Ethiopian Israelis rally against what they say is...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivering a statement to the media in Jerusalem on Apr. 1, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b71c0e29dd1b69b/6987868fcd1bbab1b36f601b/2015-04-01t125359z_507406231_gf1000004.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 2, 2015  
### [Israel Dismayed by Iran Nuclear Agreement](https://time.com/3770043/israel-iran-nuclear-agreement-deal/)  
The agreement unveiled Thursday was criticized by politicians and officials on right and left  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![battle-for-jerusalem](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt342e485e2384a201/6987854a2dce016d5d9de355/battle-for-jerusalem.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 26, 2015  
### [The Battle for Jerusalem](https://time.com/3759833/the-battle-for-jerusalem/)  
Jews and Muslims are intensifying their struggle over the city’s most passionately contested holy si...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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