Israel's foreign minister landed in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday in the first official visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf state since the two countries established diplomatic relations last year. During the two-day visit, Yair Lapid is set to inaugurate Israel's embassy in Abu...

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday called for escalating “popular resistance” against Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank. “The occupation government’s approval of a settlement scheme that includes 31 settlement plans in the West Bank proves the extremism of...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) Thursday announced the death of Nizar Banat, an activist and harsh critic of the PA, after his arrest by Palestinian security forces from his home in Hebron, southern West Bank. In a statement, Hebron's Governor Jibreen al-Bakri said Banat was held on an...

Scores of Israeli settlers on Wednesday forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. The Islamic Endowment Department in Jerusalem said in a statement that 74 settlers broke into the compound under the...