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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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Gaza receives first Turkish aid shipment after Israel-Turkey deal

Palestinians check Turkish aid shipments upon arrival in the Gaza Strip at Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and southern Gaza Strip

GAZA (Reuters) – Turkish aid shipments arrived in the Gaza Strip via Israel on Monday, a week after Israel and (More…)

Israel should stop settlements, Palestinians must stop violence; Quartet report

Palestinian schoolgirls walk with a donkey as the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim is seen in the background

By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating (More…)

Israel to cut Palestinian tax transfers after West Bank killing

People mourn during the funeral of Israeli girl, Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, who was killed in a Palestinian stabbing attack in her home in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, at a cemetery in the West Bank city of Hebron

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will reduce monthly transfers of tax collected on behalf of the Palestinians in what aides to (More…)

Israeli teenager stabbed in West Bank a U.S. Citizen

sraeli soldiers gather near the scene where a Palestinian fatally stabbed a 13-year-old girl inside her home, at the entrance to

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Israeli girl fatally stabbed in her bedroom in the occupied West Bank on Thursday was (More…)

Iran’s Rouhani accuses West of exploiting Sunni-Shi’ite rift, raps Israel

Iran at Palestinian Rally

By Parisa Hafezi

ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani accused Western powers of trying to exploit differences between the (More…)

Palestinian stabs 13 year old Israeli girl in her bedroom

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Israeli girl Hallel Yaffa Ariel at a cemetery in the West Bank city of Hebron

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian fatally stabbed a 13-year-old Israeli girl in her bedroom in a settlement (More…)

Israel, Turkey restore ties in deal spurred by energy prospects

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a meeting with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy June 27, 2016.

By Ercan Gurses and Jeffrey Heller

ANKARA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Turkey announced on Monday they would normalize ties after (More…)

Israeli troops say kill Palestinian attacker in West Bank

Israel security after the death of a Palestinian attacker in the West Bank

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian woman who rammed a vehicle into a parked car near (More…)

Abbas says some Israeli rabbis called for poisoning Palestinian water

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accuses rabbis of poisoning the water

By Robin Emmott and Dan Williams

BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday accused Israeli rabbis of calling (More…)

Israel’s Netanyahu aims to head off criticism with diplomatic blitz

Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Prime Minister in meeting

By Luke Baker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Rome on Sunday to try to fend (More…)