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Interview: Hamas official Aziz Dweik, the constitutional successor to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, rejects violence. He seeks to bridge the Hamas divide with Abbas's Fatah party, which weakens Palestinians in talks with Israel.
The wineries of Israel are gaining global acclaim for their quality product, giving kosher wines a vintage reputation. But many of the finest wines come from vineyards in territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war.
Jerusalem - Israel Friday welcomed IAEA's governing board decision condemning Iran for breaching UN Security Council orders regarding a new enrichment plant, and urging it to halt construction and answer open questions about alleged nuclear weapons r...
"The Israeli prime minister had to choose between peace and occupation," Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in a speech to Venezuelan lawmakers. "Lamentably, he chose occupation."
Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier held by the Islamicmilitant group for more than three years.
Israel’s air force bombed a group of terrorists in Gaza as they prepared to launch a rocket at Israel. Four Palestinians were wounded in the Friday morning strike on northern Gaza, according to reports. The launcher was also destroyed.
Prisoner swap talks between Hamas and Israel have hit a snag over some of the top militants the Islamic group wants freed and a deal is unlikely in the coming days, Hamas officials said Wednesday.
Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a...
A senior Hamas official says prisoner swap talks with Israel have hit a snag over some of the top militants the Islamic group wants freed.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez used a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday to brand Israel as a murderous agent of Washington.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas. Ha’aretz reported that in an BBC interview in Arabic, Abbas said Israel and Hamas were discussing a Palestinian state with temporary borders.
CAIRO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Negotiations for the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit are close to fruition and a deal could be in place next week, Fox News reported Friday.
The Hamas-run government in Gaza said on Wednesday it would begin requiring all Palestinians wishing to enter Israel from the besieged territory to obtain permits three days in advance.
An Israeli minister said on Tuesday that an agreement with Hamas to swap a Gaza-held soldier for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners was "very close," despite earlier efforts to rein in speculation.
Amman - The Jordanian government on Thursday rejected Israel's latest offer to temporarily freeze settlement activity in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, which Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. The unilateral Israeli plan...
Iran's nuclear program is one of the most polarizing issues in one of the world's most polarized regions. While American and European officials believe Tehran is planning to build nuclear weapons, Iran's leadership says that its goal in developing a nuclear program is the ability to generate electricity without dipping into the oil suppy it prefers to sell abroad.
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Ever isolated by the United States and its European allies, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is increasingly forging ties in Latin America, and not just with fervently anti-American leaders such as Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is stepping squarely into Middle East politics, hosting the leaders of Iran and the Palestinians while trading barbs with Israel's president.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Israel's army said Thursday it thwarted a major bomb attack on the Egyptian-Israeli border, near the southern city of Eilat.
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Vast crowds of pilgrims cast stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj on Friday as Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar.
Officials say the two enemies are nearing a deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian inmates for an Israeli soldier held captive for more than three years in the Gaza Strip.
