ISRAEL OFFICIAL: JORDAN VALLEY MUST REMAIN BORDER
By KARIN LAUB Israeli settlers gather during a visit of Israeli politicians at Gitit settlement in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. A senior Israeli Cabinet minister…
Mahmoud Abbas
ISRAELI MILITARY RAID KILLS PALESTINIAN SUSPECT
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and TIA GOLDENBERG Palestinians carry the body of 22-year-old Nafea Saadi who was killed by the Israeli forces during an operation in the West Bank refugee camp…
ISRAELI LEADER BACKS OUT OF MANDELA FUNERAL
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Fresh off a series…
Hamas marks anniversary of 2012 Israel conflict
By IBRAHIM BARZAK Members of the Palestinian security forces with their weapons march during a parade to mark the anniversary of a battle against Israel in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov.…
Palestinians: Israel only suspect in Arafat death
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH A Palestinian child works at a shop across from a poster of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of…
Swiss lab: Arafat ingested deadly polonium
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this May 31, 2002 file photo, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat pauses during the weekly Muslim Friday prayers in his headquarters in the West Bank…
Kerry warns of violence if peace talks fail
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Kerry waded again into the nitty-gritty of…
KERRY SEEKS MOVEMENT IN ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN TALKS
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool) BETHLEHEM, West…