
Palestinians: Israel soldiers shoot, kill teen
The Israeli military shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian near the West Bank separation barrier on Tuesday, Palestinians said. The Israeli military ...

Voter turnout push could challenge Israeli leader
With large numbers of Israelis expected to sit out next week's election, centrist activists have launched a last-ditch appeal to get out the vote, ...

Israel investing in disputed West Bank sites
Israel is advancing a plan to invest in places it considers part of its national heritage, including nine West Bank sites, the government said Monday ...

Obama, Netanyahu: Bad blood between key allies
President Barack Obama heads into his second term weighed down by an American government snarled in partisan gridlock, but also by an unproductive ...
Palestinian premier urges Arabs to pay pledged aid
The Palestinian prime minister warned Sunday that his government could fail to meet its obligations to its people because of a cash crunch, and urged ...

Israel PM vows to proceed with disputed settlement
Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to move ahead with construction of a new Jewish settlement in a strategic part of the West Bank, speaking just ...

Palestinian protesters evicted from West Bank site
Palestinian protesters who pitched tents at a strategic West Bank site to protest plans to build a Jewish housing project there were evicted early ...

Influential Israeli Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in hospital
The spiritual leader of an Israeli ultra-Orthodox political party was hospitalized after a suspected minor stroke in Jerusalem on Saturday, a ...

Analysis: Israel left wing sees Jewish state's end
An apocalyptic tone has crept into Israel's hitherto muted election season, with opposition leaders and others sounding increasingly desperate ...

Palestinian killed in Gaza border fence shooting
The Israeli military shot and killed one Palestinian near the border fence with Gaza on Friday, an official in the territory said. The military said ...

Palestinian leader rejects deal on Syria refugees
The Palestinian president said he has rejected a conditional Israeli offer to let Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria resettle in the West Bank and ...

Israel president warns of new Palestinian uprising
Israel's president has warned that the Palestinians are liable to launch a new uprising if the Jewish state doesn't do more to try to reach a peace ...

Storm leaves Gaza man dead, Jerusalem snowed in
A Gaza health official says a Palestinian man was electrocuted after being struck by a power cable snapped loose by ferocious winter winds, while a ...

Hamas flagship university grooms Hebrew teachers
Hamas' flagship university in Gaza has a new diploma on offer — Hebrew, the official language of its arch-foe Israel. Gaza's Hamas rulers say they ...

Winter storm batters Mideast, 8 dead
The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the ...

Main roads flooded in fierce Israel rainstorm
Heavy rain flooded the main highway into Israel's main commercial hub, and an army helicopter was sent to rescue Israelis stranded on a roof in one ...

Opponents take last-ditch aim at Israeli leader
Israel's election campaign entered its home stretch on Tuesday with the beginning of a quirky two-week period of televised political advertisements, ...

State of Palestine name change shows limitations
With U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state in his pocket, President Mahmoud Abbas wants official documents to carry a new emblem: "State of ...

Hagel nomination unnerves some in Israel
President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some circles view the ...
Egypt says it foils car bombing near Gaza border
The Egyptian military said Monday it foiled an attempted car bombing that was likely targeting an abandoned church or a nearby military camp under ...

AP Interview: Palestinian PM warns of cash crisis
The Palestinian self-rule government is in "extreme jeopardy" because of an unprecedented financial crisis, largely because Arab countries have failed ...
Palestinians change their name following UN bid
The Palestinian president has ordered his government to officially change the name of the Palestinian Authority to "State of Palestine." The move ...

Fatah rally in Gaza looks toward unity with Hamas
Tens of thousands of Fatah supporters rallied in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza on Friday for the first time since they were routed from power in the ...
Egypt says it seizes US-made missiles near Gaza
Egyptian authorities seized six U.S.-made missiles in the Sinai Peninsula Friday that security officials said were likely smuggled from Libya and ...

Chefs offer their take on Jerusalem
Two London-based chefs with roots in Jerusalem one day. The next, poster boys for peace. Such has been the reaction to "Jerusalem," a bestselling ...