2014 frustrates US hopes for Israeli-Palestinian peace
By LARA JAKES Secretary of State John Kerry is ending 2014 much in the same way he started it, frustrated in efforts to push Israel and Palestinians toward peace. With…
Jerusalem
Palestinians kill 4 in Jerusalem synagogue attack
Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city’s bloodiest attack in years. Police killed…
Gaza strike kills 15, wounds 150
By KARIN LAUB and PETER ENAV A Palestinian girl cries while receiving treatment for her injuries caused by an Israeli strike at a U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp, at…
80,000 party at Israel gay parade, area’s biggest
By IAN DEITCH A U.S. flag is raised alongside a pride flag on the U.S. Embassy a day before the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 12,…
JORDANIANS WORRY ABOUT FALLOUT FROM MIDEAST PEACE
By JAMAL HALABY Jordanian lawmakers attend the second day of a heated debate on the U.S. push for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, under the domed parliament chamber…
ISRAELI PREMIER BRUSHES OFF KERRY BOYCOTT WARNING
By ARON HELLER and MOSHE EDRI Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool) Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s Prime…
ISRAEL RETALIATES TO GAZA FIRE AFTER SHARON BURIAL
Israeli soldiers from a paratroopers unit rehearse at the grave site for late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who will be buried next to his wife, outside his ranch in…
BODY OF ISRAEL’S ARIEL SHARON LIES IN STATE
By ARON HELLER Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Knesset plaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Sharon, the…