Middle East

E1 Settlement in West Bank Tied to Greater Israel Goal

Israel’s approval of a settlement project delayed for decades shows how far Prim...

As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Cal...

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis, exempt for decades from military service, are now being...

Iran’s Evin Prison Is Holding Dissidents Again

Israel largely destroyed Evin prison, one of Iran’s most infamous symbols of opp...

Iran Extends Government Shutdowns Amid Soaring Heat and...

Amid suffocating temperatures, the Iranian authorities are closing public office...

U.S. Kills Islamic State Operative in Rare Raid in Syria

The Pentagon provided few details about the operation. But counterterrorism raid...

With Moves on West Bank and Gaza City, Israel Defies Gl...

Israel approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank, while its troops have...

Israel Approves Settlements, a Blow to Faded Hopes for ...

The long-stalled project near Jerusalem, known as E1, further fragments West Ban...

Syrian and Israeli Officials Meet for U.S. Brokered Talks

The talks in Paris brokered by the United States were the latest effort to reduc...

Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Militant Involved in Yard...

Mr. Bibas, his wife and their two small children were abducted and taken to Gaza...

Netanyahu Faces Pressure From Far Right Over New Israel...

Some members of Israel’s coalition have ruled out a proposed hostage deal with H...

Protests Highlight Growing Discontent With Netanyahu an...

Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government ref...

Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fir...

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of R...

Israelis Join Nationwide Rallies to Call for Release of...

It was unclear how many people would join the planned day of action, which was e...

Israel Says Iranian Agents Recruited Dozens of Its Citi...

The agents cajoled people into acts of sabotage and even assassination plots. Th...

The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, L...

Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have bee...

Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ P...

Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to signific...