West Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian leadership will freeze all contact with Israel as mass protests over new Israeli security measures rage at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

At least three Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured on Friday.

Archaeologists believe they have discovered a 12th cave of Dead Sea Scrolls, adding to the treasure trove of history attained in the first eleven caves of Wadi Qumran.

The extension of Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory and air strikes on Gaza have overshadowed the first ever ministerial-level visit from Turkey to Israel since relations deteriorated in 2010. 

The Turkish ambassador to Israel Kemal Ökem has vowed to improve ties with his host country in his first interview with local media. 

BELGRADE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the visit of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman scheduled for the next week over Kiev support for the damning UNSC resolution on the Israeli settlement in Palestine, local media reported Saturday.

At first glance, Mashvisor is just one of thousands of websites specializing in U.S. real estate. But it has a unique feature, undetectable to customers: Its designers created it in the West Bank and it is run from the Israel-occupied Palestinian territory. 

The Palestinians opened a dazzling new museum on May 18 aimed at telling the tale of their history and culture, but the building is devoid of exhibits.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inaugurated the museum, the biggest project the Palestinians have undertaken in terms of scale, space and budget.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on April 19 acknowledged "overwhelming frustration" with the Israeli government and said the systemic expansion of Jewish settlements was moving Israel toward a dangerous "one-state reality" and in the wrong direction. 

Turkey has "strongly condemned" Israel's expropriation of some 150 hectares of land in the West Bank, underlining the unlawfulness of the move by Israel.

Companies operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank contribute to "an inherently unlawful and abusive system" violating Palestinian rights and should halt activity there, Human Rights Watch said on Jan. 19.