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Israel: Conflict over recognition, not territory
Israel's prime minister gave a cool reception Wednesday to a new Arab Mideast peace initiative, saying the conflict with the Palestinians isn't about ...
Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 1 Palestinian
An Israeli aircraft attacked a motorcycle in Gaza on Tuesday, killing a top militant in a shadowy al-Qaida-influenced group who had been involved in ...
Israel responds to Gaza rocket fire with airstrike
Israel responded to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on sites used by Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian ...
Prominent Muslim cleric to visit Gaza
The head of Gaza's Islamic affairs ministry says the prominent Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi will visit the Hamas-ruled territory in May. It's the ...
Israeli army to halt use of white phosphorus
Israel's army said Thursday that it would soon halt its use of white phosphorus shells after years of international criticism for using the incendiary ...
Israel, Turkey find way forward on flotilla money
In a step toward restoring ties, former allies Turkey and Israel agreed Monday on the "methods and principles" of working out compensation payments ...
Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with ...
Palestinians hold first Bethlehem marathon
Hundreds of people on Sunday took part in the West Bank's first marathon, looping around the biblical city of Bethlehem four times on a course that ...
Israeli official says drones could replace planes
Israel's air force is on track to developing drones that within four to five decades would carry out nearly every battlefield operation executed today ...
Israel: Gaza militants fired from Sinai last week
Israel's prime minister is accusing Gaza militants of carrying out a rocket attack from Egypt's Sinai desert on a southern Israeli resort last week.
Rockets fired at Eilat in southern Israel
Militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula fired at least two rockets at Israel's southern resort town of Eilat early Wednesday, officials said, ...
Outgoing Palestinian premier pleads for unity
The outgoing Palestinian prime minister is urging for new elections and says it's the only way to heal a bitter rift between the West Bank and Gaza ...
Israelis celebrate 65 years of independence
Israelis celebrated 65 years of independence on Tuesday, with over a million people pouring into national parks despite unusually blustery weather.
Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty
In 65 years, Israel has surpassed the dreams of its founders, emerging as the Middle East's strongest military force, a global high-tech powerhouse ...
Israel ends airstrike case; Palestinians critical
A Gaza rights group is criticizing Israel's military prosecutor for deciding not to press charges in an airstrike that killed a dozen Palestinian ...
Israel offers to deport frail Palestinian prisoner
Israel has offered to deport a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner to Europe or a U.N.-member country, an Israeli official said Friday, in an effort ...
Rights group blasts Hamas over collaborator deaths
An international rights group condemned Gaza's Hamas rulers Thursday for failing to investigate the public killing of seven Palestinian men accused ...
Palestinians building museum to tell their story
Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank's largest museum devoted to their history, planning to tell diverse stories of ...
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 ...
Analysis: Hamas wants bigger regional role
Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal has set an ambitious agenda for his new term, seeking to transform his Islamic militant movement that rules Gaza into a ...
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.
Kerry makes new, ambitious Mideast peace push
Secretary of State John Kerry worked Monday to corral Israeli and Palestinian leaders into a new and ambitious peace process that includes reviving ...
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.