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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...)

Trump to visit Jewish, Christian holy sites in Jerusalem

(This May 16 story has been refiled to fix description of Western Wall, paragraph 3, Netanyahu’s title, paragraph four.)

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Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official’s Western Wall comment

By Ori Lewis

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald (More…)

Israeli forces kill Palestinian during clashes: Palestinian ministry, residents

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian during stone-throwing clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, residents (More…)

Leading Hamas official says no softened stance toward Israel

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) – One of Hamas’s most senior officials said on Wednesday a document published by the (More…)

Palestinian hunger strike heightens tension with Israel

By Luke Baker and Nidal al-Mughrabi

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – A hunger strike by more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over their (More…)

Netanyahu tosses Hamas policy paper on Israel into waste bin

By Ori Lewis

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday symbolically tossed into a bin a Hamas (More…)

Bill to declare Israel a Jewish state back on national agenda

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s cabinet breathed new life on Sunday into efforts to anchor in law the (More…)

Trump vows to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace

By Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to work to broker peace (More…)

Israeli strikes raise stakes in face-off with Hezbollah

By Luke Baker and Laila Bassam

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two Israeli air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Syria in recent (More…)

Hamas to soften stance on Israel, Muslim Brotherhood in policy document

DOHA (Reuters) – The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will remove a call for Israel’s destruction and drop its association with (More…)