
Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders
Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack ...
Israel OKs barrier in Palestinian Christian area
A lawyer for a convent in a Palestinian Christian town near Bethlehem says she will appeal an Israeli court ruling allowing construction of a segment ...
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: OK to check emails of foreigners at border
Israel's attorney general on Wednesday upheld a practice to allow security personnel to read people's email accounts when they arrive at the airport, ...

Palestinian Christians battle Israel barrier route
Palestinians in this Christian village are hoping the new pope can succeed where others have failed — pressing Israel to drop plans to build a stretch ...
Palestinian watchdog: corruption continues
A Palestinian watchdog group says it's looking into corruption claims against government officials. Azmi Shuabi of the Coalition for Transparency in ...

Maryland governor considering White House run
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a rising star in Democratic politics, said Wednesday that he is considering making a run for the White House in 2016 ...
Grenade wounds 7 Palestinian kids in Lebanon
Lebanese security officials say a grenade left behind from the 2007 fighting in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon has exploded, wounding ...

Palestinian ends hunger strike in Israeli jail
A Palestinian prisoner who refused food for eight months ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal with Israeli for early release, his ...

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.

Hagel on first trip to Mideast as Pentagon chief
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday began a weeklong trip to the Middle East to consult with Israeli leaders on Syria's civil war and Iran's ...
President: Israel to release ailing Palestinian
Israel's president says he has approved the release of an ailing Palestinian prisoner on humanitarian grounds. Shimon Peres noted in a statement that ...

Palestinians seeking statehood look to high-tech
Palestinians are turning to their fledgling high-tech sector as they lay the groundwork for a future state, saying the unique hardships of life in the ...

Months after Benghazi, Kerry says US chasing leads
Seven months after the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, the Obama administration on Wednesday insisted that it was making progress in ...
Israel army court sentences US-Palestinian teen
An Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian-American teenager on Wednesday to two weeks in prison for throwing rocks at Israeli forces, the ...

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, ...

Kerry says window for Mideast peace is 2 years
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday underlined the difficulty he'll face in trying to chart a path toward Mideast peace, urging patience on the ...

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.