Palestinian Territories News

WASHINGTON - While most Muslims worldwide reject suicide bombings and other violence in the name of Islam, a significant minority of Muslims in Palestinian territories and Afghanistan favor such acts, according to new Pew Research Center findings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, right, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

In late September 2000, at the beginning of the second Palestinian intifada, the French TV station France 2 aired some 60 seconds of footage allegedly showing the killing of a Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip.

Early this month, Ann Dismorr, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Lebanon, stood in front of cameras holding a map of Israel labeled "Arab Palestine." Framed in green and black and shoddily printed, the projected Palestinian state is shown surrounded by countries with modern borders: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

Israeli efforts to legalize West Bank outpost undermined the peace process, the US Embassy in Tel Aviv warned Wednesday in advance of US Secretary of State John Kerry's arrival tomorrow for a two day visit to help rekindle talks with the Palestinians.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle decided Wednesday to support listing Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization in the European Union, according to German diplomatic sources.

Rami El-Zogheir, general manager of Hebron's Golf & Horse Footwear, says he's ready to expand into other Arab markets.

Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through villages in in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would be introduced as part of National Education Studies for grades 8-10. Abu Hashem was ... (more)

Wrongful death case was against state for killing of Ekel Saror during clashes over West Bank security barrier in 2009.

The Israeli government released a scathing 36-page report this week that concluded a French news channel had all but fabricated a report that 12-year-old Mohammed al-Dura was killed by IDF soldiers while cowering behind his father during a Gaza City firefight.

According to a report released by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights, last year saw a 10% increase in the number of complaints over human rights abuses by Palestinian Authority, Hamas.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz unleashed his most explicit warning to date against Syrian President Basher Assad, following cross-border fire overnight on the Golan Heights.

CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, the tale is told, put together an unflattering piece on former US president Ronald Reagan in 1984, during the heat of that year's election campaign, trying to show the contradictions between what Reagan had promised during his first years in office, and what he delivered.

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges within weeks, a British court heard on Monday, and it ruled he should remain in jail in the meantime to prevent him from absconding.

Jewish terrorist Jack Tytell on Tuesday appealed his conviction and his two life sentences for murdering two Palestinians to the Supreme Court.

In this May 6, 2013 file phot, China's President Xi Jinping, shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

NGO Monitor report meant to inform US lawmakers of recent grants bestowed to Palestinian organizations by the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID.

Muhammad al-Dura's father, Jamal, said on Monday that he was ready to have the remains of his son exhumed "to prove that he was killed by Israeli soldiers' bullets." The 50-year-old father of 10 dismissed as "lies and fabrications" the findings of the government report , claiming Israel was seeking to "whitewash" its image in front of the world.

Law professor sends episode of Larry David's show to Netanyahu, hoping he will invite Abbas over to watch it together.