West Bank

American hostage Mueller's family, U.S. government say she is dead

U.S. aid worker Kayla Mueller, held hostage by Islamic State militants for 18 months, is dead, her f...

Feb 10, 2015 08:12 PM EST

PLO faces U.S. civil trial over terror attacks in Israel

More than a decade after a series of shootings and bombings in the Jerusalem area, a trial is slated...

Jan 11, 2015 05:45 PM EST

Hamas man sentenced by Israel to life for teen killings that led to Gaza war

An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian to life imprisonment over the killing o...

Jan 06, 2015 05:51 PM EST

Israel mulls war crimes lawsuits against top Palestinians: source

Israel is looking at ways to prosecute senior Palestinians for war crimes in the United States and e...

Jan 03, 2015 07:11 AM EST

Palestinians join war crimes court after U.N. rejection

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including...

Dec 31, 2014 07:48 PM EST

Palestinian draft resolution fails in U.N. council, U.S. votes against

The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdra...

Dec 30, 2014 10:13 PM EST

Israel approves 243 new settler homes in East Jerusalem

Israel has given preliminary approval for the construction of 243 new homes on West Bank land that I...

Dec 26, 2014 07:32 AM EST

Israel calls Palestinian U.N. draft a gimmick

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Co...

Dec 18, 2014 05:29 AM EST

Palestinian U.N. draft calls for Israel occupation end by 2017

Jordan formally submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a draft resolution cal...

Dec 18, 2014 01:01 AM EST

Three Israelis charged with torching Jerusalem Arab-Jewish school

Three Israelis from a far-right group were charged on Monday with setting fire to a classroom in an ...

Dec 15, 2014 09:21 AM EST

Palestinian, Israeli officials dispute autopsy on dead Palestinian minister

Israeli and Palestinian officials issued conflicting accounts on Thursday over the results of an aut...

Dec 11, 2014 06:40 AM EST

Palestinian minister dies after confrontation with Israeli police

A Palestinian minister died on Wednesday shortly after an Israeli border policeman shoved and grabbe...

Dec 11, 2014 02:25 AM EST

Jewish-nation bill frays Israel's delicate social fabric

Israel is poised to pass one of the most divisive laws in its 66-year history, a bill that would dec...

Nov 26, 2014 12:07 AM EST

Israel approves 78 new settler homes in East Jerusalem

Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 78 new homes in two settlements on West Bank land a...

Nov 20, 2014 02:32 AM EST

Israeli border policeman arrested over Palestinian boy's killing

Israeli police have arrested a paramilitary border policeman over the fatal shooting of a Palestinia...

Nov 12, 2014 08:30 AM EST

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