Some background behind the historical ties between the people of Gaza, the West Bank, British Mandate Palestine and the wider Muslim world.

Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear ...

Varoufakis condemned Europe’s complicity in global conflicts and exposed the continent’s economic stagnation and subservience ...

"Palestine" was a poor backwater of little significance; Jerusalem was an old, decrepit city that no one (except Jews) cared ...

A French court fined and banned two fans for a year after they unfurled a Palestinian flag at a basketball match in December ...

BLOOMINGTON — A fatal collision involving a pedestrian was reported in the parking lot of the Empire Plaza Shopping Center ...

Hamas has survived Israel’s 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. Now, the militant group is replenishing its ranks, although restocking its weapons supplies will be more difficult.

Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash. Humanitarian officials have warned that the ...

There’s a little-noticed dramatic change in Iran’s stance toward the US that deserves our attention,” cheers National Review’s Jim Geraghty.

In the West Bank, there have been scenes of excitement and relief as dozens of Palestinian prisoners were released in exchange for four female IDF soldiers. While 200 prisoners were freed in the swap, ...

Aftab Malik, Australia’s anti-Islamophobia envoy broke his long silence on 22 January, after seeking community views for two ...

Networks of U.S. union organizers are calling for an end to a system of apartheid in Israel and cessation of all armed ...