Palestinians urged Egypt and Jordan Wednesday to reconsider their attendance at a U.S.-led conference on June 25-26 in Bahrain, voicing concern it would weaken any Arab opposition to Washington's coming peace plan. The United States has billed the gathering as a workshop to boost the...

At a modest dwelling open to the winds next to a landfill in the Gaza Strip, only the women, children and an old man remain. Angham Zorab's two brothers along with her husband fled the blockaded Palestinian enclave in June 2014 -- like many others who see no hope in remaining. "He sold...

Israel reduced the fishing zone it allows off Gaza for the second time in a week, an official said Tuesday, following a spate of attacks by Palestinians using balloons to spark fires. A spokeswoman for COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry unit that oversees such regulations, said Gazans...

Israel's top court gave final approval Monday for the 2004 sale of properties by the Greek Orthodox Church to a Jewish pro-settlement organisation in mainly Palestinian areas of annexed east Jerusalem. In its Monday decision, the supreme court rejected the church's appeal against a district...