Palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to cut security ties with both Israel and the U.S. on Saturday, in a lengthy speech delivered at an Arab League meeting in Egypt’s capital that denounced a White House plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

The U.S. plan would grant the Palestinians limited self-rule in parts of the occupied West Bank, while allowing Israel to...

President Donald Trump is set to unveil his administration’s much-anticipated Middle East peace plan in the latest American venture to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

A clue in a game last week required contestants to identify the site of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. When one contestant said it was in Palestine, she was told she was incorrect and another contestant won $200 for answering Israel. Producers of the game show ‘Jeopardy!’ are apologizing for a mistake that put the show in a...

There seemed to be just $200 on the line when “Jeopardy!” contestant Katie Needle buzzed in with the answer “What is Palestine?” But host Alex Trebek’s response, a decisive “no,” has set off a wave of controversy, NBC News reports. Friday evening’s clue in the category “Where’s that church?” was: “Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity.”...

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says Palestinians should be treated with dignity and respect in response to an unrelated question about foreign policy.

Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians Friday, four of them in a single incident, in one of the deadliest days in months of mass protests along the security fence separating Gaza and Israel, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The ministry said four were killed in one location, where the Israeli military said it opened fire on a crowed of Palestinians who...

With more than 40 people dead, Monday’s protest was the deadliest on the Gaza Strip since 2014.

An Israeli military court on Monday indicted a teenage Palestinian girl who was filmed last month in the West Bank slapping Israeli troops who refused to respond. Palestinians have since hailed Ahed Tamimi, 16, as an icon in their fight against Israel. In Israel, the footage sparked debate about the soldiers’ refusal to react. The court indicted Tamimi on several...

Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops in the wake of President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.