Satterfield’s shuttle diplomacy may offer diplomatic opening for Syria

Is there more to the talks about Block 9? Success of UN Security Council cease-fire depends on definition of "terrorist."

Israel

How Israel treats Palestinian detainees

Israel often detains Palestinians and keeps them in custody for several days or weeks without meeting a lawyer.

Palestine

Egypt faces public backlash after signing $15 billion gas deal with Israel

While President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt "scored a goal" with a new gas deal with Israel, many citizens remain skeptical.

Egypt

New Israeli education law angers Palestinians

Palestinians believe that recent legislation from the Knesset that applies Israeli education law to academic institutions in settlements in the West Bank is a step closer toward annexation.

Palestine

Israeli Bedouin women champion social progress

The Israeli Interior Ministry together with the Association of Community Centers initiated a first-of-its-kind course designed to train Bedouin women to become members of executive boards.

Israel

Palestinians fear political instability in Israel

Palestinians worry that investigations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push him to adopt an even more settlement-friendly policy.

Palestine

Will the crisis in Gaza finally force Israel to lift its siege?

Qatar and the UAE have donated money to ease the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but such assistance will likely only postpone an implosion in the absence of arriving at a solution to the enclave's isolation and lifting of the Israeli blockade.

United Arab Emirates

Palestinians determined to reopen West Bank mushroom farm

Local Palestinian agricultural products are a powerful way to resist economic dependency on Israel, but barriers have plagued the West Bank's first mushroom farm.

Palestine

Umm al-Fahm: Where the streets have no name

Israeli authorities are refusing to approve street names selected by the city of Umm al-Fahm to acknowledge and honor Palestinian figures and history.

Palestine

Israel almost ready for another Golda Meir

Almost 50 years after her era, Golda Meir remains the only woman to have served as prime minister of Israel, but the clock is ticking.

Israel

Israel plagued with political corruption

Unless Israeli society acts severely and decisively against political corruption, this corruption monster will take over every aspect of life.

Israel

'The World According to Netanyahu'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's character will not allow him to surrender until he knows he no longer has a chance of prevailing in the face of police allegations of involvement in criminal activity.

Israel