Palestinian PM offered resignation, officials say
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has offered to resign because of an increasingly bitter dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas over the extent ...
Correction: Israel-Struggling Sect story
In a story March 17 about eastern European brides joining the Holy Land's dwindling Samaritan community, The Associated Press misspelled the name of ...
Kerry upbeat after 3 days of Mideast diplomacy
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday wrapped up three days of high-level Mideast diplomacy on a positive note, saying he held "very ...
Israel court: Life sentences for Jewish radical
An Israeli court on Tuesday delivered two consecutive life sentences to a U.S.-born Jewish extremist for the murder of two Palestinians and the ...
UN says food distribution centers reopen in Gaza
The United Nations says it has reopened food distribution centers in Gaza that closed last week following a violent protest at a U.N. compound. U.N.
Israel comes to standstill to remember Holocaust
Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes Monday as sirens pierced the air in an annual ritual to remember the 6 million Jews ...
Israel closes Gaza crossing after rockets fired
Israel shut a crossing with Gaza after rockets were fired from the Hamas-ruled territory at the Jewish state on the day it commemorated the Holocaust.
Hamas shaves heads of Gaza youths with long hair
Police in Hamas-ruled Gaza have started grabbing young men with long or gel-styled spiky hair off the streets, bundling them into jeeps, mocking them ...
Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges
A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.
Report: Anti-Semitic incidents surged in 2012
Israeli researchers warned Sunday of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, topped by a deadly school shooting in France, noting a link to the rise ...
Kerry heads back to Mideast for fresh peace push
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East on Saturday, his third trip to the region in two weeks , in a fresh bid to unlock ...
Op-ed stirs row over Palestinian rock-throwing
A newspaper op-ed piece by an Israeli writer has revived an emotional debate surrounding Israel's 45-year rule over the West Bank and east Jerusalem: ...
Thousands of Palestinians protest in West Bank
Thousands of outraged Palestinians took to the streets of the West Bank on Thursday, joining funeral processions and demonstrations after two ...
Hamas says it's not meddling in Egyptian affairs
The leader of the Palestinian group Hamas says there is broad cooperation between his group and Egypt's security government, dismissing reports that ...
UN in Gaza closing food distribution centers
The United Nations says it is shuttering all its food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip after dozens of people stormed one of its compounds to ...
Palestinian protester killed by Israeli army fire
Israeli forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian protester during a clash in the West Bank late Wednesday, raising tensions already heightened by ...
Gaza premier elected as No. 2 in Hamas leadership
Hamas says it has elected Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, as the deputy leader of the Islamic militant group. Senior Hamas figures this week ...
Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket fire
Israeli warplanes struck targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel, the first air strikes launched ...
Gender segregation now mandatory in Gaza schools
Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side.
Hamas confirms leader Khaled Mashaal's re-election
Palestinian militant group Hamas has confirmed the re-election of longtime leader Khaled Mashaal in a vote held in Cairo. In a statement Tuesday, the ...
Hamas re-elects Mashaal as its leader
The Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday re-elected longtime leader Khaled Mashaal, officials said, choosing a relative pragmatist who has sparred ...
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