Palestinian Territories News

Palestinian farmers sow tobacco sprouts in the rocky earth of the northern West Bank, reaping a harvest that provides a reliable livelihood in the struggling occupied territory.

Muamar Orabi can tell Secretary of State John Kerry how hard it is to make progress in the Holy Land.

On the occasion of World Refugee Day, Dubai Cares has highlighted the plight of 43.3 million people worldwide forcibly displaced from their homes and communities.

FORMER INVESTIGATORS OF THE TWA FLIGHT 800 CRASH OFF LONG ISLAND ARE CALLING ON THE NTSB TO RE-EXAMINE THE CASE * NTSB CONCLUDED FLIGHT 800 WAS DESTROYED BY A CENTER FUEL TANK EXPLOSION, LIKELY CAUSED BY A SPARK FROM A SHORT-CIRCUIT IN THE PLANE'S WIRING * ALL BUT TWO OF JAPAN'S 50 REACTORS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN SINCE THE MARCH 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND ... (more)

GAZA: Hamas said on Wednesday its relations with financial backer Iran have suffered as a result of the Islamist group's support of rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Iranian ally.

FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - An adviser to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement wants him to stick to long-standing demands for resuming talks with Israel.

FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago.

Israeli forces arrested ten Palestinians in the West Bank overnight Tuesday, locals and Israel's army said.

A rockets barrage was launched by militants from the Gaza Strip early Wednesday toward southern Israel, a military source told Xinhua.

A settler released his dogs on Palestinian villagers south of Hebron on Wednesday, a local committee said.

A 60-year-old man's body was found floating in the Yarkon river in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning, Magen David Adom reported.

Police say 28 cars vandalized, houses sprayed with graffiti in Arab village in "price tag" attack; Vandalism contrary to values of democracy, says PM.

Two young men, 18 and 19, were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attacking and causing severe injuries to Hassan Barhoush , an 80-year-old Palestinian shepherd.

An Erdogan aide says he is holding talks with Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal as well as the Gaza Strip's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh.

Palestinian territory which was illegally seized by residents of the Itamar settlement was recently "converted" into a security trail by the IDF.

As Shimon Peres turns 90, the indefatigable Israeli president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and believing that he will see Middle East peace in his lifetime.

A Palestinian takes a photo of the damage of her burned car by a "price tag" attack by Israeli settlers in Al Jalazoun, near Ramallah, West Bank, August 29, 2012.

Israel has frozen nearly all housing starts in settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, Housing Minister Uri Ariel said on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to help US efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians.

Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict.