JERUSALEM (NBC) – Israel struck scores of targets in Gaza and Palestinian militants launched more rockets early Tuesday as tensions from days of clashes in the contested city of Jerusalem dramatically escalated overnight and both sides prepared for a wider ...
MOUNT MERON, Israel (NBC) – A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150. It’s one of the country’s deadliest civilian disasters. Tens ...
WEST BANK (NBC) — Israeli forces fired tear gas to disperse dozens of Palestinians protesting against a newly-created Jewish settlers outpost in the West Bank Friday morning. The protesters were trying to take part in a tree-planting event near the ...
ASHLAND, Ore.– A local Jewish center welcomed a guest speaker from Jerusalem Wednesday night to hear his incredible story and message of unity. Dozens of residents from the Rogue Valley met with Mark Halawa at Grizzly Peak Winery in a ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Trump has made another gesture drawing applause in Israel. With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on-hand, Trump signed a proclamation of US’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. That’s the strategic territory Israel seized ...
Israel (CNN) – Tensions have increased dramatically between the Israelis and Palestinians this week. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appeared on Palestinian TV Friday evening to address his people’s concerns. He said he was suspending all contacts with Israel until its ...
Jerusalem (NBC News) – Mixing diplomacy with a bit of tourism, President Trump visited the country of Israel on Monday, marking the second stop on his overseas tour. Mr. Trump visited the Western Wall with the first family, marking a ...
(NBC News) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the two-state solution is the only path for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians but it is “now in jeopardy.” In a sometimes harsh 70-plus minute speech, Kerry said ...
Tel Aviv, Israel (NBC News, Paul Goldman and F. Brinley Bruton) — Israel on Tuesday curtailed relations with 10 countries that voted in favor of a recent U.N. Security Council resolution condemning settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. ...
(NBC News) — After the United States abstained from voting, the U.N. Security Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, a reversal of U.S. practice to protect Israel from United Nations action. ...