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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Correction: Israel-Palestinians story
In an April 11 story about a Palestinian-American teenager held in an Israeli jail, The Associated Press misidentified one of the interviewees.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
New push for Mideast peace: John Kerry heads back
Evoking the U.S. shuttle diplomacy of decades past, Secretary of State John Kerry is making his third trip to the Middle East in a span of just 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 ...
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.