Netanyahu banks on Trump plan to drive up pro-settler votes
ATERET, West Bank (AP) — With Israel’s prime minister eager to court the votes of the country’s influential West Bank se...
Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing
RAMALLAH, West Bank — One of the men was hospitalized with kidney failure and 11 broken ribs. Another was nearly unrecognizable to his wife when he wa...
Architect of US peace plan blames Palestinians for violence
UNITED NATIONS — The chief architect of the U.S. blueprint to resolve the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday blamed Pa...
Israeli troops hurt, 3 Palestinians killed in new violence
JERUSALEM — A spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence on Thursday left at least three Palestinians killed and a dozen Israeli troops wounded in a rash o...
Palestinians protest Trump plan, Gaza militants fire rockets
JERUSALEM — Palestinians held demonstrations across the region Friday to protest President Donald Trump's Middle East initiative, while militants in t...
Israel postpones move to annex large parts of West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israel has postponed a move to annex large parts of the West Bank, a government minister said Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Benjam...
Trump peace plan delights Israelis, enrages Palestinians
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East plan Tuesday, winning immediate praise from a beaming Israeli Prime Minister...
Bloomberg vows steadfast commitment to US aid for Israel
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg on Sunday made his case for the presidency to fellow Jewish Americans, vowing not to revisit U.S. aid to Israel -- an app...
Palestinians face mounting barriers to peaceful protest
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Abdullah Abu Rahma has been arrested by Israeli soldiers eight times in the last 15 years, spending weeks or months in prison an...
Thousands mark Christmas in West Bank town of Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of Christian pilgrims on Tuesday flocked to the West Bank town of Bethlehem, celebrating Christmas Eve in the traditi...
Israel to grant holiday travel permits to Gaza Christians
JERUSALEM — Israel announced on Sunday that it will allow Christians in the Gaza Strip to travel to Jerusalem and the West Bank for Christmas.
Relic thought to be from Jesus’ manger arrives in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus' manger arrived Saturday in its permanent home in the bibl...
US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday softened the U.S. position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, reversing four decades of...