Israel and Palestine

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest where Palestinians demand the right to return to their homeland, near the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip on April 13, 2018.

Two views of the Gaza protests, from each side of the border fence

Palestinians are protesting in the Gaza Strip, with demonstrations planned for several more weeks. One Palestinian man says people just want a better future. An Israeli who lives on the other side of the border fence says he just wants to live in peace with his neighbors.

Two views of the Gaza protests, from each side of the border fence
16-year-old Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli Prison Service personnel.

Ahed Tamimi: A new symbol of Palestinian resistance?

Ahed Tamimi: A new symbol of Palestinian resistance?
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with White House senior advisor Jared Kushner in the West Bank City of Ramallah on June 21, 2017.

New leak: Jared Kushner says there may be ‘no solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

New leak: Jared Kushner says there may be ‘no solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Palestinians react following tear gas that was shot by Israeli forces after Friday prayer on a street outside Jerusalem's Old city

A timeline of the Jerusalem holy site crisis

A timeline of the Jerusalem holy site crisis
Qalandiya checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Ramallah

50 years after the Six-Day War, is the two-state solution dead?

50 years after the Six-Day War, is the two-state solution dead?
President Donald Trump places a note in the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 22.

VIDEO: Trump becomes the first sitting US president to visit Jerusalem’s Western Wall

Donald Trump stirred controversy even before his trip for planning to visit the Jewish holy site in the disputed city of Jerusalem.

VIDEO: Trump becomes the first sitting US president to visit Jerusalem’s Western Wall
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One for his first international trip as president, including stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels and at the G7 summit in Sicily, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U

Donald Trump's first foreign trip is a lot like a pilgrimage. And that's the point.

President Trump is using his first trip abroad to touch base with three major religious centers — in Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem and Vatican City.

Donald Trump's first foreign trip is a lot like a pilgrimage. And that's the point.

Watch John Kerry's speech on a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine

Before Kerry took the podium, Israel delayed a vote on permits for hundreds of settler homes at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request, to avoid further conflict with Washington.

Watch John Kerry's speech on a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine
Mayor Husseini (center, wearing a fez), with two British infantry sergeants the morning of the surrender of Jerusalem, December 9th, 1917

In 1917, Jerusalem tried to surrender to a British army cook who was lost looking for eggs

The real story of the fall of Jerusalem 99 years ago was no "Lawrence of Arabia." In fact, it is full of mishaps.

In 1917, Jerusalem tried to surrender to a British army cook who was lost looking for eggs
A Palestinian girl aims a pistol as she prepares to fire at a target during a training session for the families of Hamas officials, organized by Hamas-run Security and Protection Service, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 24, 2016.

Hamas 'summer camp' trains young Gazans for war

'Our message to this (young) generation is that the future is yours ... It is thanks to you that we will be victorious.'

Hamas 'summer camp' trains young Gazans for war
Veterinarian Amir Khalil from Four Paws International checks a monkey at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 10, 2016.

Vets on 'heartbreaking' rescue mission to Gaza zoo

They are trying to convince the zoo owner to allow the remaining tiger, monkeys and birds to be transferred out of Gaza.

Vets on 'heartbreaking' rescue mission to Gaza zoo

Two killed in shooting on Tel Aviv thoroughfare, motive unclear

Police said a manhunt was under way in Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial capital.

Two killed in shooting on Tel Aviv thoroughfare, motive unclear

Israel's siege mentality is getting truly scary

In the face of desperation and dread, many find comfort in ultra-nationalism and xenophobia — and the politicians know it.

Israel's siege mentality is getting truly scary

Leading pollster finds Palestinian public opinion on violence 'frightening'

'Their support for violence is not motivated by Islamic ideology. They are motivated by their despair.'

Leading pollster finds Palestinian public opinion on violence 'frightening'

Netanyahu's dog 'Kaiya' quarantined after biting 2 people at Hanukkah party

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dog was behind bars Saturday after biting a lawmaker and a cabinet minister's husband during an event to mark Hanukkah.

Netanyahu's dog 'Kaiya' quarantined after biting 2 people at Hanukkah party