KARIN LAUB, Associated Press MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The U.N. has accepted a request by observer state Palestine to join the...
DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill on Wednesday that would immediately halt U.S. aid to the Palestinians...
BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday it was reviewing its annual $440 million aid package to the Palestinians because of...
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation within three years late...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The loudest shouting after the announcement of a thaw in the U.S.-Cuba icy relationship may not have been in...
TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Illinois man charged in Israel with plotting to blow up Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem calls the allegations...
JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Streets are subdued, marketplaces are quiet and people are on edge in Jewish areas of Jerusalem, where Arabs have...
JERUSALEM (USA Today) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “respond harshly” after five people — three of them U.S.-born rabbis — were killed...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities gave preliminary approval Wednesday to build 200 homes in a Jewish area of east Jerusalem, a move that threatened to push...
JERUSALEM (AP) - It has been a difficult year for Israelis and Palestinians, with the failure of peace talks and a string of violent incidents...
STOCKHOLM (Brisbane Times)—Sweden’s new centre-left government will recognise the state of Palestine in a move that will make it the first major European country to take...
(Al-Arabiya News) – A Palestinian-Arab U.N. draft resolution demands Israel end its occupation of Palestinian lands captured since 1967, including east East Jerusalem, by November 2016....
Batsheva Sobelman, LOS ANGELES TIMES JERUSALEM (L.A. Times) — Israel appropriated a swath of 990 acres in the West Bank on Sunday and declared the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Knowing of my concern about justice for the Palestinians, a friend sent me a link the other day regarding Palestine...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist So, let’s be clear about what is transpiring before our eyes in Gaza. It most recently started when the Palestine Authority...
Alexandra Zavis and Batsheva Sobelman, LOS ANGELES TIMES GAZA CITY (Los Angeles Times)—A fragile holiday lull in fighting in the Gaza Strip on Monday was...
Lara Jakes, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is making a renewed push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas...
Aron Heller and Najib Jobain, ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault targeting hundreds of Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip Thursday as...
JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel gave the final go-ahead Thursday to build nearly 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements, saying the construction was a...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was struck by how quickly Secretary of State John Kerry backed down when he was chastised by anti-Palestinian...
HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Arab leaders said Wednesday they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state, blaming it for a lack...
[Israel Hayom] Former Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, now head of the INSS, thinks neither Israel or the Palestinians are ready to make...
by John Gee Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Catherine Ashton Whereas the U.S. government’s position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank has...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When I saw in the news that Vice President Biden had gone out of his way to assure the...
