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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanin meets with the delegation of American Evangelical Christian Leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 1, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS

Saudi Arabia hosts rare visit of U.S. evangelical Christian figures

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a rare meeting with American evangelical Christians on Thursday, (More...)

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Israeli documents from days after war have familiar ring 50 years on

A researcher scans declassified documents for Akevot, an Israeli NGO researching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem May 10, 2017. Picture taken May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

By Luke Baker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Within days of capturing East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 Middle (More…)

Hamas executes three Palestinians over killing says ordered by Israel

Members of Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas ride a truck outside a Hamas-run military court where alleged collaborators with Israel are prosecuted, in Gaza City May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement executed three Palestinians on Thursday convicted of killing a commander (More…)

Israel marks 50 years of ‘united Jerusalem’, but city struggles

A crow flies past as Jewish school children gather at a look-out point on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade in Jerusalem May 11, 2017. Picture taken May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

By Maayan Lubell

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A half-century after Israel captured East Jerusalem, the holy city remains deeply divided by (More…)

Trump calls Nazi Holocaust ‘history’s darkest hour’

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania lay a wreath during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump paid tribute at Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial on Tuesday to the six million (More…)

Trump says concerns about Iran driving Israel, Arab states closer

U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd L) and first lady Melania Trump (3rd L) stand with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R), his wife Sara (R) and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin (L) upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that shared concern about (More…)

Trump says he has new reasons to hope for Middle East peace

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had come (More…)

In U.S. presidential first, Trump prays at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

U.S. President Donald Trump places a note in the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City

By Luke Baker and Steve Holland

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall (More…)

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces in West Bank, Gaza

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli troops following a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

GAZA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces in the West Bank and at the border of (More…)

Trump faces diplomatic hurdles during 28 hours in the Holy Land

American and Israeli flags flutter in the wind atop the roof of the King David Hotel, in preparation for the upcoming visit of President Trump to Israel, in Jerusalem. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

By Luke Baker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. presidential trips are an opportunity to project power and burnish statesmanship. But they (More…)

Trump visit seen as long shot to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

A labourer stands on a crane as he hangs an American flag to a street post, in preparation for the upcoming visit of U.S. President Donald Trump to Israel, in Jerusalem May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

By Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey Heller

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Just four months after taking office, Donald Trump will make the earliest (More…)