Christa Case Bryant

Christa Case Bryant is The Christian Science Monitor's Jerusalem bureau chief, providing coverage on Israel and the Palestinian territories as well as regional issues. She previously served as Middle East editor, coordinating the Monitor's network of correspondents from Tripoli to Tehran. She capped her 2009-12 tenure as a fellow on the International Reporting Project's Gatekeepers trip to Saudi Arabia. Prior to that she served as Europe editor, reporting from Berlin and Moscow. Ms. Bryant is a graduate of Principia College, where she focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through her major in global perspectives and minor in religion. After many years as a cross-country ski racer on the national and international level, Ms. Bryant also has a special interest in all things Olympic, and covered the 2010 Vancouver Games for the Monitor.

Articles by Christa Case Bryant:

Posted on: 13 Oct 2023

Gershon Baskin thinks that there are very few if any options for getting the hostages out through an agreement.

Posted on: 15 Jul 2014

Gershon Baskin, who helped establish a backchannel with Hamas in 2011, thinks that Hamas seeks more than an end to strikes. Hamas faced a choice between a cease-fire that met almost none of its conditions or rejection that gave Israel diplomatic cover for further escalation.

Christa Case Bryant

Christa Case Bryant

Articles by Christa Case Bryant:

With hostages’ fate uncertain, Israeli families tend spark of hope

Gershon Baskin thinks that there are very few if any options for getting the hostages out through an agreement.

Egyptian cease-fire plan for Israel-Hamas conflict quickly unravels

Gershon Baskin, who helped establish a backchannel with Hamas in 2011, thinks that Hamas seeks more than an end to strikes. Hamas faced a choice between a cease-fire that met almost none of its conditions or rejection that gave Israel diplomatic cover for further escalation.