Joseph Krauss, Author at Greenfield Recorder

A Catholic priest V.M. Thomas enters a church for a special prayer on Good Friday in Gauhati, India, Friday, April 10, 2020. People around the world have begun celebrating Good Friday and Easter from the safety of their homes in an effort to help arrest the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation

by Joseph Krauss Associated Press, and Elana Schor Associated PressApril 10, 2020

JERUSALEM — Christians are commemorating Jesus’ crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic.The chanting of a small group of clerics…

President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are shown during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday.

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Israel postpones move to annex large parts of West Bank

by Joseph Krauss Associated PressJanuary 29, 2020

FILE - In this July 12, 1999 file photo, an unidentified student at a rally in Tehran, Iran, holds up the bloody t-shirt of a friend who was injured sometime in the last few days during clashes between police and student demonstrators. The demonstrations that erupted after Iran admitted to accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner early Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, during a tense standoff with the United States, are the latest of several waves of protest going back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution — all of which have been violently suppressed. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

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For decades Iranians have risen up, only to be put down

by Joseph Krauss Associated PressJanuary 13, 2020

An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of smoke rising from a fire set by pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters in the U.S. embassy compound, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. U.S. troops fired tear gas on Wednesday as hundreds of Iran-backed militiamen and other protesters gathered outside the American Embassy in Baghdad for a second day and set fire to the roof of a reception area inside the compound. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Militia withdraws from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger

by Qassim Abdul-Zahra Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressJanuary 1, 2020

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2019, file photo, a worker hangs an election campaign billboard of the Likud party showing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. Netanyahu’s recent troubles have some parallels to those of his good friend Trump. Both face an array of corruption allegations, both have lashed out at the media and investigators, and both suffered major setbacks this week at the hands of career government officials. (AP...

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Netanyahu’s woes mirror those of Trump

by Joseph Krauss Associated PressNovember 22, 2019

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks to constituents in Wixom, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Tlaib declines to visit West Bank, citing Israeli conditions

by Joseph Krauss Associated Press, and Isaac Scharf Associated PressAugust 16, 2019