West Bank
Netanyahu Insists Israel Retain Jordan Valley Military Control
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pledged that he would not cede military control of the West Bank's...
Billions Spent On Settlers Since Israel Captured West Bank
Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in the occupied...
Residents of Historic Israeli Settlement Say They Have Returned Home
For Yohanan Ben Yaakov, taking part in the creation of the first Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank in 1967...
Palestinians Pour Into Jerusalem For Ramadan Prayers
Thousands of Palestinians poured into Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of...
In Hebron, ‘miracle’ For Settlers Ended ‘golden Age’ For Palestinians
Its Old City is in constant lockdown, its holy site where the biblical Abraham may have been buried guarded by Israeli...
For Egypt, 1967 War Marked End of Pan-Arab Dream
Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled -- the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome...
Jerusalem, So Close, Still Out of Reach For Many Palestinians
He lives only a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem but for Palestinian Abu Bashir the city and its sacred sites might as...
Trump Will Not Move US Embassy To Jerusalem For Now
President Donald Trump postponed moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday, avoiding what would be a...
For Ai Weiwei, Trump A ‘brand’ For Global Trend Toward Hate
Ai Weiwei said Thursday he sees US President Donald Trump as the "brand" for a global trend toward hatred and division,...
Israeli Minister In Rare Meeting With Palestinian PM
Israel's finance minister has met the Palestinian premier to discuss measures aimed at improving the Palestinian...
Palestinian Refugees’ Dreams of Returning Home Fade
Fifty years ago, Sobhi Awwad left the ancient West Bank city of Jericho with his parents, running to dodge the...
For Jerusalem Palestinians, A Dilemma To Seek Israeli Citizenship
It's a dilemma many Palestinians from Jerusalem confront: Resign yourself to becoming an Israeli citizen or press ahead...
Trump Reviews Option To Move US Embassy To Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump will decide on Thursday whether to renew a legal waiver that delays an eventual move of the...
Israeli Rule ‘key Cause’ of Palestinian Hardship
Fifty years after Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, its policies in the West Bank and Gaza are at the root...
Six Days That Changed the Face of the Middle East
The Arab-Israeli war of June 1967, or Six-Day War, radically changed the map of the Middle East. Between June 5 and 10,...
50 Years After Six-Day War, Israeli-Palestinian Divide Widens
Israelis and Palestinians mark 50 years since the Six-Day War next week as the gap between them further widens, with...
Palestinian Judge Bans Divorce During Ramadan
50,000 weddings were celebrated in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 2015 The head of Palestinian Islamic...
Israel Approves Controversial Jerusalem Cable Car Project
Israel's government on Sunday approved plans to install a cable car to Jerusalem's Old City, a project likely to anger...
Six Red Carpet Looks That Turned Heads At Cannes
After 12 days of red carpet glamour, political fashion statements and wardrobe malfunctions, here are the looks that...