New violence threatens peace in Middle East

A senior Israeli intelligence official has warned of the dangers of renewed attacks on Israel by Hamas militants based in the West Bank.

Palestinian woman gets 20 years for helping Israel

Israeli agent used sexual entrapment to force 21-year-old Palestinian woman into spying.

Palestinian leaders were urging US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to push Israel to freeze construction in West Bank settlements.

A prominent Palestinian human rights group says it has found evidence that 68 children were killed in the Gaza Strip in the 12 months to June.

Thousands took part on Wednesday in a funeral march in the occupied West Bank for a 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli forces.

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Shining bright
Christian pilgrims gather around Bethlehem's main Christmas tree outside the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West...

Funeral rites
Palestinians pray next to the body of Essam Kamal in the West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday. Israeli security forces...

Kings of the hill
Jewish children prepare to march in the West Bank settlement of Itamar on Tuesday against Palestinian plans to seek UN e...

Building tensions
A Jewish settler is seen near a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Ilit in a file photograph...

War over water
A Jewish settler hurls a stone at Palestinian demonstrators during a protest over a disputed well in the West Bank villa...

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