Palestinian leaders on Monday denounced an Israeli bill to legalise several thousand Jewish homes in the occupied West Bank, vowing to take up the issue at the UN Security Council.
US president-elect Donald Trump pledged Friday to work for a ‘just, lasting peace’ between Israel and the Palestinians, in his first public message on the issue since his upset victory.
An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian teenager Monday to 12 years in prison for the stabbing of two Israelis, one of the most high-profile attacks in a recent wave of violence.
Israel closed off the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip Sunday for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the army said, as concerns rose over whether visits to a sensitive holy site could lead to violence.
Israeli security forces have arrested three Arab Israelis accused of planning attacks inspired by the Islamic State group, including an arson attack on concert-goers, authorities said Thursday.
Israeli authorities have arrested dozens of Palestinians after a deadly shooting rampage in Jerusalem raised fears of a surge in violence during this week's Yom Kippur holiday, police said Monday.
Israeli tanks shelled the Gaza Strip after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit an open field on Thursday, the second such exchange of fire in two days, officials said.
The Palestinian government decided on Tuesday to delay municipal elections for up to four months after the high court ruled they should be held only in the West Bank and not in the Gaza Strip.
Ahead of Eid al-Adha holidays, the Qatar Stock Exchange on Thursday witnessed higher trading turnover and volumes but its key benchmark lost 100 points to settle below the 10,600 mark.
The alleged ringleader in the killing of two Palestinian policemen has died in custody after being beaten by security forces, a senior local official said on Tuesday.
More than 300 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday halted a hunger strike after Israel prison authorities agreed to end ‘humiliating’ body searches and return recently transferred prisoners ...
Egypt's foreign minister is to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday on reviving peace efforts with the Palestinians, on the first such visit to Israel in nearly a decade that is the latest sign of warming ties.
