
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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...
Morocco: Disputed Western Sahara a risk for region
A top Moroccan official says uncertainty over the future of disputed Western Sahara is an additional risk for a region already hit by a rise in ...

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 ...

AP PHOTOS: Gazans turn wood into charcoal
In adapting to years of border blockades and shortages, Palestinians in Gaza have become experts at recycling and making new out of old. That includes ...

Israel faces geopolitical tangle with natural gas
Recent discoveries of massive offshore natural gas deposits, set to begin flowing in the coming days, are turning into a mixed blessing for Israel.
Libyan official: 3 activists raped by militiamen
Three female British activists of Pakistani origin were raped by Libyan pro-government militiamen in the eastern city of Benghazi, after joining an ...
Israel reopens Gaza border crossings
Israel on Thursday fully reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip that were closed following militant rocket fire during President Barack ...

Israel to resume money transfers to Palestinians
Israel said Monday it would resume regular monthly transfers of about $100 million in taxes and customs it collects for the Palestinian Authority, a ...

Palestinians cool to partial settlement freeze
A senior Palestinian official on Sunday rejected the idea of a partial Israeli settlement freeze as a way of restarting peace talks, a sign of tough ...
Erdogan: No quick restoration of ties with Israel
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested "normalization" of ties with Israel would take time, hinting that Turkey wanted to ensure the ...
Israeli military responds to fire from Syria
Israel's army said it fired a guided missile into Syria on Sunday, destroying a military post after gunfire flew across the border and struck an ...

Kerry sees Abbas and Netanyahu after Obama trip
U.S Secretary of State John Kerry met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Saturday, following up on President Barack Obama's talks with each earlier ...

Israel and Turkey agree to restore diplomatic ties
Israel and Turkey agreed to restore full diplomatic relations on Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized in a phone call for a ...
Israel closes Gaza crossing after rocket attack
The Israeli military has closed a Gaza border crossing and restricted Palestinian fishermen in the territory after militants fired rockets into Israel ...

'Peace is possible,' Obama insists in Middle East
Insisting "peace is possible," President Barack Obama on Thursday prodded both Israelis and Palestinians to return to long-stalled negotiations with ...

Gaza militants fire at Israel during Obama visit
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets on Thursday at southern Israel, on the second day of President Barack Obama's visit to the region, ...

AP INTERVIEW: Jordan's king warns of Syrian unrest
Jordan is struggling under the burden of a half-million refugees from the Syrian civil war — a conflict that King Abdullah II fears could create a ...