The Biden administration is continuing the previous administration's decision to recognize Israel's claims to Jerusalem as its capital, a break from nearly 70 years of U.S. policy. The State Department is moving forward with plans to build an embassy in Jerusalem on land that was taken by Israel from Palestinian...
Reports: Israeli Retaliation Kills at Least 20 in Gaza After Hamas Fires Rockets
JERUSALEM — Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday, including a barrage that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city. The rocket fire...
Netanyahu Vows Hamas Will Pay ‘Heavy Price’ for Rocket Fire
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Hamas militant group of crossing a “red line” with its rocket attack on Jerusalem and promised a tough response. “We will not tolerate an attack on our territory, in our capital, on our citizens and soldiers Whoever attacks us will...
Air Raid Sirens Sound in Jerusalem, Signaling Possible Rocket Attack
JERUSALEM — Air raid sirens sound in Jerusalem, signaling possible rocket attack. Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward Jerusalem on Monday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the...
Israeli Troops Kill 2 Palestinian Attackers as Tensions Rise
JERUSALEM — Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians and wounded a third after the men opened fire on a base in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the latest in a series of violent confrontations amid soaring tensions in Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinians in an east Jerusalem neighborhood are...
Israeli Police Arrest Dozens in Night of Chaos in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli police say 44 people were arrested and 20 officers were wounded in a night of chaos in Jerusalem, where security forces separately clashed with Palestinians angry about Ramadan restrictions and Jewish extremists who held an anti-Arab march nearby. Nightly Clashes Between Palestinians and Israeli Police Since Ramadan...
Israel’s Settlements Could Test Ties With Biden
JERUSALEM — President-elect Joe Biden may never forget Ramat Shlomo. On a visit to Israel in 2010, Biden was caught off guard when authorities announced plans to build hundreds of new homes in the sprawling Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem. The incident embarrassed Biden and sparked a diplomatic rift with...
Trump Plan Calls for Palestinian State, Settlement Freeze
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say President Donald Trump's long-awaited Middle East peace plan calls for the creation of a State of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem, ending speculation as to whether his administration, in preparing a proposal without input from Palestinian leaders, would abandon a “two-state...
Trump Peace Plan Could Boost Embattled Israeli Leader
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington Sunday night vowing to “make history” at a planned meeting with President Donald Trump for the unveiling of the U.S. administration's much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the high-profile meeting in Washington looks set to serve mostly as...
World Leaders Rally in Jerusalem Against Anti-Semitism
JERUSALEM — Dozens of world leaders gathered Thursday in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating rising modern-day anti-Semitism — a politically charged event that has been clouded by rival national interpretations of the genocide. Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prince...