<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer - Editorial Team]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer is an editor of news explainers. She was previously at Time magazine, where she was an assistant managing editor, foreign editor, national editor and Jerusalem bureau chief. She also worked at the nonprofit International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ADXfNwGo0NA/lisa-beyer</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Lisa Beyer - Editorial Team</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ADXfNwGo0NA/lisa-beyer</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:11:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ADXfNwGo0NA/lisa-beyer.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Is Palestine a State? What If Countries Say It Is?]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/is-palestine-a-state-what-does-it-mean-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/is-palestine-a-state-what-does-it-mean-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:40:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCgxDIoEKjF4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCgxDIoEKjF4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>People rush towards an truck carrying humanitarian aid as it drives along al-Rashid street in Jabalia on July 22. Photographer: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Brief History of Hamas and What It Wants]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-17/what-is-hamas-what-does-it-want-who-will-lead-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-17/what-is-hamas-what-does-it-want-who-will-lead-it</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:38:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBP5ztlsDKmY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBP5ztlsDKmY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Masked Palestinian Hamas militants march during a protest demonstration at the Rafah refugee camp in 2003. Photographer: Abid Katib/Getty Images Europe</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Iran Extends Its Power Via Allied Militant Groups]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-07/iran-proxies-how-the-country-extends-its-power-via-allied-militant-groups</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-07/iran-proxies-how-the-country-extends-its-power-via-allied-militant-groups</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:51:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iraZZW77gc_Y/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iraZZW77gc_Y/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Hezbollah fighters in Aaramta, Lebanon in May. Photographer: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Hamas? Who Are Its Leaders? What Does It Want?]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-31/what-is-hamas-history-goals-role-in-israel-gaza-war-explained</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-31/what-is-hamas-history-goals-role-in-israel-gaza-war-explained</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:35:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuGnMmo_EZII/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuGnMmo_EZII/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Palestinian members of the armed wing of Hamas in 2016. Photographer: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Palestine a State? What It Means When Countries Say It Is]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-22/is-palestine-a-state-impact-when-countries-recognize-it-as-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-22/is-palestine-a-state-impact-when-countries-recognize-it-as-one</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 17:42:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSuF7fmisxDk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSuF7fmisxDk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Photographer: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Iran Extends Its Power Via Allied Militant Groups]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-13/iran-proxies-how-the-country-extends-its-power-via-allied-militant-groups</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-13/iran-proxies-how-the-country-extends-its-power-via-allied-militant-groups</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 02:01:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikoDZ7c1ojhE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikoDZ7c1ojhE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Iranian attend the funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. The Guards, including two generals, were killed in the air strike on April 1, which levelled the Iranian embassy&apos;s consular annex in Damascus. The funeral ceremony coincides with the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations, when Iran and its allies stage marches in support of the Palestinians. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is Where New Migrants Are Going When They Reach the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data collected during border crossings and from immigration courts reveals the recent surge has more than a few nuances.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-02-28/chicago-and-denver-are-growing-fast-as-migrant-destinations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-02-28/chicago-and-denver-are-growing-fast-as-migrant-destinations</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elena Mejía]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:01:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEi2HPAi_q2U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEi2HPAi_q2U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Migrants walk through the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Texas started deploying a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande as a way to deter migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Two-State Solution for Israelis, Palestinians Means]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-21/what-the-two-state-solution-for-israelis-palestinians-means</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-21/what-the-two-state-solution-for-israelis-palestinians-means</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:07:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikYEDq7mD8Is/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikYEDq7mD8Is/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A pedestrian passes a store, closed due to a general strike called following the killing of senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, in the Old City of Jerusalem, West Bank, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. The chorus of voices that’s seizing on the link between the war and the populist attempt to weaken the judiciary reflects a growing and intense set of constraints on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — military, diplomatic, budgetary and judicial — as he begins his second year presiding over the most right-wing and religious coalition in Israel’s history.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Iran-Backed Groups Provoke Widening Mideast Conflict]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-02/who-are-iran-backed-militia-groups-in-middle-east-as-us-troops-under-attack</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-02/who-are-iran-backed-militia-groups-in-middle-east-as-us-troops-under-attack</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 22:40:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itFzlCqT..vQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itFzlCqT..vQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Iran-Backed Militant Groups Are Widening the Israel-Hamas War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-04/iran-s-role-in-israel-hamas-war-will-it-spiral-into-wider-middle-east-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-04/iran-s-role-in-israel-hamas-war-will-it-spiral-into-wider-middle-east-war</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:10:57 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ioxVTc4lbbbg/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ioxVTc4lbbbg/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How West Bank, Settlements Fit Into Israel-Hamas War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/how-west-bank-and-jewish-settlements-fit-into-israel-hamas-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-06/how-west-bank-and-jewish-settlements-fit-into-israel-hamas-war</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:43:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijvoYJHNtxHQ/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijvoYJHNtxHQ/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How This Israel-Hamas Conflict Is Like Nothing That’s Happened Before]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the current battle between Israel and the Islamist militants, both display a new level of commitment to destroying the other.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-29/how-israel-and-palestinians-troubled-history-set-stage-for-gaza-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-29/how-israel-and-palestinians-troubled-history-set-stage-for-gaza-war</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 06:25:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Jihad and What Does Hamas Say About It?]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-23/what-does-jihad-mean-and-is-hamas-a-jihadi-group-like-al-qaeda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-23/what-does-jihad-mean-and-is-hamas-a-jihadi-group-like-al-qaeda</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:53:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imdjlg455dAE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imdjlg455dAE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bullet holes in the window of a home following an attack by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be&apos;eri, Israel, on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Be’eri is one of a dozen communities around the Gaza Strip, along with several military bases, that fell prey to the shock invasion by Hamas — which is designated a terrorist organization by the US and European Union - on Oct. 7.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Islamic Jihad, the Group Israel Accused of Striking Gaza Hospital?]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-19/what-is-islamic-jihad-the-group-israel-accused-of-striking-gaza-hospital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-19/what-is-islamic-jihad-the-group-israel-accused-of-striking-gaza-hospital</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:14:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iviS7YWaTfDU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iviS7YWaTfDU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Islamic Jihad militants in a military parade in Gaza City on Oct. 4.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bombing in Kabul Stokes Fear of Jihadi Revival]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/why-taliban-triumph-revives-fear-of-al-qaeda-revival-quicktake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/why-taliban-triumph-revives-fear-of-al-qaeda-revival-quicktake</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:27:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_HU9udYwzfE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_HU9udYwzfE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- AUGUST 19, 2021: Taliban fighters mobilize to control a crowd rallying to raise the national flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan during a rally for Independence Day at Pashtunistan Square in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. About 200 people rallied towards the city center chanting ÒDeath to Pakistan, God Bless Afghanistan, Long Live the National Flag of Afghanistan.Ó (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Sharia Law for Afghan Women Under the Taliban Might Mean]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/sharia-law-for-afghan-women-what-that-might-be-quicktake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/sharia-law-for-afghan-women-what-that-might-be-quicktake</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 21:08:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNfucqeEsDX8/v148/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNfucqeEsDX8/v148/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s the Best Covid Vaccine? Why It’s Not So Simple]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-10/what-s-the-best-covid-vaccine-why-it-s-not-so-simple-quicktake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-10/what-s-the-best-covid-vaccine-why-it-s-not-so-simple-quicktake</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Gale]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:27:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieEKZuniDjrk/v276/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieEKZuniDjrk/v276/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a Century of Disease Outbreaks Can Teach Us About Covid-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though past outbreaks can’t answer questions about Covid-19 such as when a licensed vaccine might  become available, they can offer important insight into how diseases spread and sometimes resurge in second waves. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-history-of-pandemics-coronavirus-covid-19/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-history-of-pandemics-coronavirus-covid-19/</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Murray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Herd Immunity Works, a Possible Key to the Covid Pandemic’s End]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/how-herd-immunity-works-offering-key-to-pandemic-s-end-graphic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-14/how-herd-immunity-works-offering-key-to-pandemic-s-end-graphic</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Beyer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:32:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Guide to the Diversity Visa Program That Trump Now Wants to End]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-01/extreme-vetting-diversity-visas-and-terror-in-ny-quicktake-q-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-01/extreme-vetting-diversity-visas-and-terror-in-ny-quicktake-q-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurence Arnold]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:45:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNrQM8oqO9fg/v239/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNrQM8oqO9fg/v239/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item></channel></rss>