Palestine
A timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Middle East has seen decades of unrest, much of it stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The current Israel-Hamas war is the latest outbreak of violence that threatens lasting peace across the region and the globe. The World has compiled a timeline of key events in the conflict.
Israel beefs up troops after unprecedented settler rampage
Israel releases longest-serving Palestinian prisoner
Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
Israel approves nearly 3,000 new Jewish settlement homes in the West Bank
Iran faces widespread gas station outage, believed to be a cyberattack.
A network outage across Iran — believe to be a cyberattack — has shut down a government system that manages fuel subsidies. Also, protesters burn tires and block roads a day after a military coup in Sudan. And, Egypt ends its state of emergency after four years.
UAE-Israel normalization: A 'real breakthrough' for Arab Gulf state, former ambassador says
Israel and the United Arab Emirates look set to establish full normalization of relations. As part of that framework, Israel has agreed to suspend annexation plans in the West Bank.
Objects from Palestine are now enshrined at a makeshift museum in this Beirut refugee camp
In the Shatila camp in Beirut, there's a tiny museum crammed with hundreds of items that Palestinians brought with them when they fled what is now Israel.
She started #NotYourHabibti to shine a light on sexual harassment in the Palestinian territories
The 21-year-old activist is gathering women’s stories of sexual harassment and carefully typing them out on her antiquated machine.
Christmas in Bethlehem goes on in the shadow of Trump's Jerusalem announcement
As usual, Palestinians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem are hosting Christmas festivities for thousands of visitors to the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born. But this year, US President Donald Trump's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital has caused tensions and dampened the holiday mood.
New leak: Jared Kushner says there may be ‘no solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
It was supposed to be an off-the-record briefing. But comments from Jared Kushner about the Middle East peace process he's been tasked with are getting some attention.
Islamic Jihad rejects Palestine state within 1967 borders
The radical Palestinian group Islamic Jihad has rejected Hamas' new policy of easing its stand on Israel and accepting the establishment of a Palestinian state limited to the 1967 borders.
It was exhaustion, more than a real desire for peace, that fueled the latest cease-fire in Gaza
Israel and Hamas fought to a stand-still in Gaza in their latest conflict. Neither side won, but neither side was defeated either. And, in the end, Israel may regret that the whole conflict may lead to a stronger Palestine.
Palestinians and Missourians find common cause amidst the tear gas
In the midst of protests in Ferguson — marked by increasingly militaristic police intervention — Palestinian protestors have offered their support, solidarity and advice to those on the front lines of the St. Louis suburb. An unexpected dialogue has emerged on Twitter between the two groups — protestors who live halfway across the world from each other but face similar battles.
There's one place where Israelis and Hamas speak directly — on TV
A couple of years ago, Hamas and Israeli TV news stations happened to be simultaneously showing live feeds from the other's show, when the Israel anchor decided to try talking to the Hamas anchor. That led to a conversation that is still happening, occasionally, today.