RAMALLAH, West Bank — Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a rare visit to the West Bank on Monday to show support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as the two moderate leaders try to engage with previously shunned Islamists now on the rise in the (...)
RAMALLAH: The Palestinians will study alternatives to peace talks with Israel in the coming days, a top PLO official said Saturday, after Israel gave the green light to build 238 new houses for Jews on war-won land Palestinians seek for their (...)
JERUSALEM: A political battle over a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem that began with charges of insensitivity leveled at plans for a museum of religious tolerance at the site has spread into a more curious fight about whether hundreds of nearby (...)
RAMALLAH: Palestinian women are speeding into the record books by competing on an all-female car racing team — the Speed Sisters.
Along the way, they're crashing through another gender barrier in this conservative Muslim society.
The eight (...)
RAMALLAH: Palestinian authorities on Sunday allowed Al-Jazeera to resume operations in the West Bank, four days after banning the Arab satellite station over the airing of a claim linking President Mahmoud Abbas to the death of his legendary (...)
ASHKELON: European monitors are ready to resume their assignment on the Gaza-Egypt border at a moment s notice, following an involuntary 20-month break, the head of the mission said.
In the past two weeks, 20 monitors returned to the region amid (...)
RAMALLAH: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams will headline concerts for peace in the West Bank and Israel next week, with performances relayed by satellite to simultaneous events in London, Ottawa and Washington, organizers said Sunday.
Adams, 47, had a (...)