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October 18, 2018

Poll finds Trump's pro-Israel stance does not sway US Jews

President Donald Trump's pro-Israel positions have not garnered him support from American Jewish voters, according to a new ...

October 18, 2018

Q&A: McCarthy and Grant on New York, forgery and friendship

"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" is a film about Lee Israel, a biographer who started a side hustle writing fake letters as Noel ...

October 18, 2018

US downgrades Jerusalem diplomatic mission to Palestinians

The United States on Thursday downgraded the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by placing it under ...

October 17, 2018

Egyptian mediators race to restore calm in Gaza

A high-level Egyptian delegation on Wednesday held urgent talks with Gaza's Hamas rulers, seeking to restore calm after a ...

October 17, 2018

ICC prosecutor issues warning on Bedouin village demolition

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor issued a warning Wednesday that if Israel goes ahead and destroys a ...

October 16, 2018

Australia considers moving embassy to Jerusalem

Australia has raised the prospect of following the United States by relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to ...

October 15, 2018

Review: Melissa McCarthy in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'

The early 1990s New York of Marielle Heller's "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" isn't so long ago but it already feels staggeringly ...

October 15, 2018

Syria reopens vital crossing with Jordan, UN post with Golan

President Bashar Assad's government received a major boost Monday as Syria's commercial gateway with Jordan and a crossing ...

October 15, 2018

The Latest: Lebanon praises reopening of Syria crossing

The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Lebanon's President Michel Aoun has praised the agreement ...

October 14, 2018

Israel's Supreme Court halts deportation of American student

Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday agreed to hear the appeal of an American graduate student who is fighting an expulsion order ...

October 14, 2018

Israeli PM favors naming envoy to Christian world

Israel's prime minister says he favors appointing an envoy to the Christian world, a sign of Israel's efforts to foster close ...

October 14, 2018

Syria and Jordan agree to reopen vital crossing

Jordan and Syria agreed Sunday to reopen a vital border crossing between the two countries, three years after the commercial ...

October 14, 2018

Israel warns Hamas of 'painful' strikes if protests go on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened "very painful blows" against Gaza's Hamas rulers if they don't ...

October 13, 2018

Palestinians bury woman killed in West Bank, 7 slain in Gaza

Palestinians on Saturday buried eight of their dead — a woman killed when a stone hit her in the head while riding in a car ...

October 13, 2018

The Latest: Mourners hold funerals for 7 killed in Gaza

The Latest on the Israel-Palestinian conflict (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Palestinian mourners across the Gaza Strip have ...

October 13, 2018

Israeli fire kills 6 Palestinians at Gaza protest

Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces have shot dead six Palestinians, four of them in a single incident, in one ...

October 12, 2018

Hezbollah responds to Israel's missile claims with ambiguity

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah made no mention of weapons capability on Friday in his first speech since Israel claimed ...

October 12, 2018

Appeal of US student barred from entering Israel rejected

An Israeli court on Friday rejected the appeal of a U.S. student who has been barred from entering Israel because of alleged ...

October 12, 2018

Israeli fire kills 5 Palestinians at Gaza protest

Gaza's Health Ministry says five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire at a protest near the fence dividing the ...