Why American evangelicals are among Israel’s strongest supporters
WASHINGTON — One of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first meetings in the United States this week was not with American Jewish leaders but with evangelical ones.…
Egypt lobbies against Trump idea to empty Gaza of Palestinians
CAIRO — Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Trump’s plan to empty the territory of…
Cease-fire in Gaza Strip was widely welcomed. It may not last. Here’s why.
WASHINGTON — Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas…
U.S. punishes Israeli extremists accused of blocking, ransacking humanitarian aid for Gaza
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration Friday took the unusual step of blacklisting a group of Israelis implicated in the looting and destroying of life-saving humanitarian aid…
Biden vs. Trump: Where they stand on Israel, Palestinians, Middle East
WASHINGTON — The Israel-Hamas war has thrust Israel and Palestinians back on the front-burner of U.S. policy, and abruptly injected some long-standing divisive issues into the…
Who will run Gaza after the war? Israel? Hamas? The U.N.?
WASHINGTON — Pressure from numerous fronts, domestic and international, is building on Israel to end the war in Gaza. The International Court of Justice, Arab and…
Israeli religious nationalists see God’s hand in Oct. 7 attack
YITZHAR, West Bank — Carrying planks of plywood, a group of Israeli settlers pushed past soldiers guarding the barrier surrounding the Gaza Strip and quickly got…