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Arab-Israeli conflict

Men sit at a cafe at the Baqa'a refugee camp, north of the capital Amman, Dec. 12, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Stateless Palestinians in Jordan struggle to make a future
The separation wall, Baka al-Gharbiyeh
Borders
Israel’s Arab citizens contemplate their future under the Trump peace plan
A Palestinian woman sits next to bags of flour
UN agency chief says Palestinian refugees can’t ‘simply be wished away’
An Israeli soldier stands next to signs pointing out distances to different cities, on Mount Bental, an observation post in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that overlooks the Syrian side of the Quneitra crossing, Israel May 10, 2018.
Conflict & Justice
Q&A: Why is the Golan Heights so important?
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with White House senior advisor Jared Kushner in the West Bank City of Ramallah on June 21, 2017.
Conflict
New leak: Jared Kushner says there may be ‘no solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
construction site of homes for Jewish settlers
Development
Israel green-lights hundreds of new Jewish settler homes in the West Bank
A Palestinian worker at Azura in Jerusalem.
Conflict
Amidst rising violence, Israelis and Palestinians have no choice but to depend on each other
Israel's Ofer Prison, located near Jerusalem.
Justice
Why Israeli courts refuse the death penalty for terrorists
A man walks past a burning building during rioting after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Conflict
A Middle East correspondent sees familiar clashes unfold in Ferguson
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media in Jerusalem following a terrorist attack on a West Jerusalem synagogue on November 18, 2014.
Conflict
Palestinians are anxious as Israel vows a ‘strong response’ to the Jerusalem attack
Screenshot from SANA, the Syrian Arab News Agency.
Global Politics
Syria’s state news agency is wooing Israelis in Hebrew
Palestinian residents in front of the Baydoun home recently occupied by Israelis.
Conflict
Who really owns the Israeli-occupied homes in East Jerusalem?
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a live televised address to the nation on his plans for military action against the Islamic State on September 10, 2014.
Global Politics
In dealing with ISIS, Obama could take cues from the Camp David Accords
Graffiti in an abandoned building overlooking Syria. The building used to be a Syrian army post before Israel captured the Golan Heights territory.
Conflict
Al-Qaeda arrives at Israel’s doorstep in the Golan Heights
Israeli soldiers mourn the death of their fallen comrade, Bnaya Rubel during his funeral in Holon, Israel  on July 20, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
Israeli soldiers say they’re fighting an improved Hamas — and paying a steep price
Palestinians fled in a vehicle Monday from Israeli shelling in Bet Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip.
Conflict & Justice
Civilians in Gaza City say nowhere is safe amidst the Israeli assault on Hamas targets
An Israeli soldier sits on top of his tank in the northern Gaza Strip.
Conflict & Justice
For Israelis, the ground operation is a success — for Gazans, it has just heightened the violence
Gaza
Conflict & Justice
Residents in Gaza got a chance to go grocery shopping today — then the bombing resumed
On Ramadan, the main roads of Jisr az-Zarqa are speckled with stands selling freshly fried felafel, bright pickles and fluffy pitas. Jewish Israelis who visited on a recent tour came to taste the flavors of the Ramadan month.
Lifestyle & Belief
One casualty of the Israeli-Hamas conflict are Ramadan tours that bring Jews and Muslims together
Palestinians sit outside their house that is located opposite to the house of top Hamas political leader Mahmoud Zahar which police said was targeted in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City
Conflict & Justice
How did the Gaza Strip become one of the most hopeless places on Earth?
Palestinians sit outside their house that is located opposite to the house of top Hamas political leader Mahmoud Zahar which police said was targeted in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City
Conflict & Justice
How did the Gaza Strip become one of the most hopeless places on Earth?
Conflict & Justice
US citizens of Palestinian descent remain stuck in the Gaza Strip
Mati Milstein and Lihi Yona celebrate their wedding July 11. They planned the wedding months in advance, but had to scramble to adjust the party to the realities of war.
Conflict & Justice
Life goes on in Israel, even if it means dodging rockets at your wedding
Sami Abu Shehadeh, an Israeli Arab lawmaker, says Jewish Israelis don't understand the ties that connect Israeli Arabs to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Conflict & Justice
Israel’s Arab citizens also feel the impact of airstrikes in Gaza
Smoke rises from buildings following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike, as Palestinians search for victims under the rubble of a house which police said was destroyed in another Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 1
Conflict & Justice
More than 100 Gazans are dead and there’s no sign of an end to the killing
Conflict & Justice
‘We rebuild and then it gets destroyed again,’ says a Gaza resident as airstrikes pound his city
Tensions are high in the capital after 16-year-old Muhammed Abu Khdeir was was killed in an apparent revenge killing for three slain Jewish teens. Police watch as residents of the east Jerusalem neighborhood Shuafat set dumpsters on fire, throw rocks and
Conflict & Justice
Israel is hunting Hamas members, but the family of a suspected killer says he’s not one of them
Tensions are high in the capital after 16-year-old Muhammed Abu Khdeir was was killed in an apparent revenge killing for three slain Jewish teens. Police watch as residents of the east Jerusalem neighborhood Shuafat set dumpsters on fire, throw rocks and
Conflict & Justice
Israel is hunting Hamas members, but the family of a suspected killer says he’s not one of them
Suha, mother of 16 year-old Mohammed Abu Khudair, shows a picture of her son on her mobile phone at their home in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem. News of the discovery of Mohammed's body sparked clashes on Wednesday between rock-throwing Palestinian
Conflict & Justice
Is it time to worry about Israeli-Palestinian violence spinning out of control?
Conflict & Justice
In the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian kids who throw stones face unequal justice
Conflict & Justice
In the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian kids who throw stones face unequal justice
An Israeli settler tried to steal this mule from the Palestinian village of Luban.
Conflict & Justice
When Israeli settlers attack and steal, Palestinians now have a strategy
An Israeli settler tried to steal this mule from the Palestinian village of Luban.
Conflict & Justice
When Israeli settlers attack and steal, Palestinians now have a strategy
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (center) addresses the crowd of Israelis.
Global Politics
Here’s what happened when Israeli students had a rare chance to visit, and question, the Palestinian president
Duo Amal
Arts, Culture & Media
Dueling pianists make peace in the Middle East
Arts, Culture & Media
Israel to Strike Back ‘fiercely’ if Syria Attacks the Jewish State
Global Politics
Syria’s civil war ends long quiet in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Palestinian protesters take page from Israeli settlers’ book
Low expectations for any U.S. president to jumpstart Middle East peace
Israel wants to tie peace with Palestinians to reparations for Middle Eastern Jews who fled to Israel
Israel moves to evict residents of illegal West Bank settlement
Arts, Culture & Media
Israeli bands trying to assert themselves, fashion a global presence
New documentary goes inside Jewish-Palestinian relations in Jerusalem
In the wake of attacks, signs of violent tension between Israel’s Jewish, Arab teens
Golan Heights residents watchful of Syria fighting across border
Arts, Culture & Media
New Israeli documentary looks at bizarre world of Israeli law in West Bank, other parts of future Palestinian state
Israeli court decision on outpost evacuation could have broad impact
Environment
Oil prices climb as tensions with Iran persist
Illegal Israeli settlement faces looming deadline to be vacated
Shay Charka uses pen to skewer all corners of Israeli society
Obama administration urges Israelis to embrace diplomacy with neighbors
Israeli settlers conducting attacks on fellow Israelis, as well as Palestinians
Israel’s new legislative initiatives raise concerns
Israelis, Palestinians stuck after Obama’s speech
Non-violent resistance in the West Bank
Israel’s growing isolation in the Middle East
Global Politics
Israel Prime Minister Public Wants Public to Vote on any Peace Deal
Syrian Army Retakes Golan Heights Crossing into Israel
Global Politics
Israel on Alert After Syria Strikes
Global Politics
West Bank Israelis Hoping to Woo Obama