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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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Two arrested in Israel for threatening judges who convicted soldier: police

Protest with mother of Palestinian who was killed by Israeli soldier

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police said on Thursday they arrested two people for inciting violence on social (More…)

Israel sentences Palestinian U.N. worker for aiding Hamas in plea deal

Palestinian UN worker aiding Hamas

GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian U.N. worker to seven months in jail on Wednesday for aiding (More…)

Israel’s ‘flying car’ passenger drone moves closer to delivery

A worker works on a prototype of the Cormorant, a drone, at Urban Aeronautics' workshop in Yavne, Israel

By Elana Ringler

YAVNE, Israel (Reuters) – After 15 years of development, an Israeli tech firm is optimistic it will (More…)

Seeking a trade, Israel to withhold bodies of Palestinian militants

Palestinian Hamas militants march during a military parade marking the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas movement, in the northern of Gaza St

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday it will withhold the bodies of Palestinian militants killed in attacks against its (More…)

Britain, edging towards Trump, scolds Kerry over Israel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on Middle East peace at the Department of State in Washington

By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain scolded U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for describing the (More…)

Netanyahu’s response in full to John Kerry and the Obama administration

Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Prime Minister in meeting

By Kami Klein

Many times when an important speech is given, the American public is offered short snippets without the (More…)

Kerry says settlements endanger peace, Israel hits back

A general view shows a Star of David near buildings in the Israeli settlement of Maale Edumim, in the occupied West Bank

By Lesley Wroughton and Yeganeh Torbati

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Wednesday that Israel’s (More…)

Future of two-state solution in Mideast in jeopardy according to Kerry

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 23

By Lesley Wroughton and Yeganeh Torbati

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Wednesday that the (More…)

Israel postpones vote on new East Jerusalem homes before Kerry speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel pulled back from approving hundreds of new homes for Israelis in annexed East (More…)

Israel pressing ahead with settlements after U.N. vote

Houses are seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim as the Palestinian village of Al-Eizariya is seen in the background

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Jerusalem municipality is due to act on Wednesday on requests to construct hundreds (More…)