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There should not be one additional dollar of foreign assistance going to Gaza and the Palestinians until every single hostage and murdered body are returned to

Israeli authorities gave preliminary approval Wednesday to build 200 homes in a Jewish area of east Jerusalem, a move that threatened to push Israelis and Palestinians deeper into conflict after weeks of unrest over the city’s holiest sites.

A Palestinian motorist with a history of anti-Israel violence slammed his car into a crowded train station in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a three-month-old baby girl and wounding eight people in what police called a terror attack.

Donors at an international conference Sunday promised $2.7 billion to rebuild the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, but all of the key participants said their efforts would be futile without a permanent peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Cynicism seems reasonable in the Middle East, but this summer’s Gaza war may prove an exception. Neither side seems able to dislodge the other, yet the situation is even more unbearable than before.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip— The new Palestinian unity government held a Cabinet meeting in the war-battered Gaza Strip for the first time Thursday, marking the end of more than seven years of absolute Hamas control of the coastal territory.In establishing...

Suddenly the papers and the Internet are full of articles and analyses announcing that Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal for a unity government and new Palestinian elections.

With the recent announcement of a Hamas-Fatah reconciliation and the prospect of a unity government between the rival Palestinian factions, the U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have come to a screeching halt.

Despite past attempts at reconciliation, the Hamas and Fatah factions of the Palestinian government are still a major obstacle to internal peace.