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October 12, 2017

Palestinian rivals reach preliminary deal on governing Gaza

Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas reached a preliminary agreement Thursday that could return the Gaza Strip to President ...

October 10, 2017

Belgium suspends funding for Palestinian schools

The Belgian government is suspending funding for two school construction projects in the Palestinian territories after it ...

October 09, 2017

Israeli minister criticizes Trump, expects more settlements

A top Israeli minister close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed rare criticism of President Donald Trump on ...

October 08, 2017

Thousands of women march for Israeli-Palestinian peace

Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian women are wrapping up a march around the region, demanding that their leaders act to ...

October 03, 2017

Netanyahu pledges to build in settlement, annex it to Israel

Israel's prime minister on Tuesday pledged to build thousands of new homes in one of the West Bank's biggest Jewish ...

October 02, 2017

Palestinian leader launches reconciliation push in Gaza

The Palestinian prime minister traveled Monday to the Gaza Strip to launch an ambitious reconciliation effort with the rival ...

October 02, 2017

The Latest: Palestinian PM in Gaza in reconciliation effort

The Latest on the ambitious Palestinian reconciliation effort underway as rival factions meet in Gaza (all times local): 1:50 ...

October 01, 2017

Palestinian reconciliation faces perilous road ahead

The Palestinian prime minister on Monday is set to lead a large delegation of Fatah officials traveling from the West Bank ...

September 28, 2017

Attacking Israelis seen as way out for troubled Palestinians

For years, Palestinian laborer Nimr Jamal would make the short daily commute from his West Bank village to a nearby ...

September 27, 2017

Israel prepares Palestinian attacker's home for demolition

The Israeli military has taken a preliminary step before demolishing the West Bank home of a Palestinian gunman who killed ...

September 26, 2017

Palestinian kills 3 Israelis outside West Bank settlement

A Palestinian gunman killed three Israelis and critically wounded a fourth outside a West Bank settlement before he was shot ...

September 17, 2017

Fatah welcomes Hamas pledge to try to end Palestinian split

President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Sunday welcomed a pledge by its Hamas rival to accept key conditions for ending ...

September 17, 2017

Hamas says it accepts reconciliation demands

The Hamas militant group on Sunday said it has accepted key conditions demanded by its rival, President Mahmoud Abbas, ...

September 10, 2017

Palestinians release activist jailed for Facebook post

A Palestinian activist who has run afoul of both the Palestinian and Israeli authorities was released from a Palestinian jail ...

September 05, 2017

Detained Palestinian activist begins hunger strike

A prominent Palestinian activist began a hunger strike Tuesday to protest his detention by the Palestinian authorities after ...

August 07, 2017

Jordan king in rare West Bank trip seen as message to Israel

Jordan's king flew by helicopter to the West Bank on Monday — a rare and brief visit seen as a signal to Israel that he is ...

August 06, 2017

Jordan king to visit West Bank after Jerusalem shrine crisis

A Palestinian official says Jordan's King Abdullah II is visiting the West Bank on Monday for the first time in five years.

July 30, 2017

Exhaustion led Palestinians' Abbas to undergo medical checks

Medical doctors and Palestinian officials say 82-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suffers from exhaustion and ...

July 29, 2017

Abbas gets clean bill of health after hospital checkup

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 82, underwent a checkup at a West Bank hospital on Saturday and his doctors said the ...