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Just because it's the largest recipient of U.S. aid -- and wants Washington to bankroll its peace agreements and cover its back when it withdraws from Lebanon -- doesn't mean Israel is about to buckle under U.S. pressure to back out of an arms deal with China. Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said Wednesday that his government would go ahead with a deal to supply an advanced airborne ...

Jordan may be Israel's best friend in the Arab world, but King Abdullah was never going to give Ehud Barak a blank check on the future of Jerusalem. The king made a brief visit to the Jewish state Sunday and held low-profile working meetings with Prime Minister Barak and other officials, disappointing Israeli hopes for a high-profile state visit. More alarming for Israel, Abdullah threw down a cha...

At least 23 Israeli and Palestinian Arabs were injured in clashes with Israeli security forces Thursday during an annual day of protests against the confiscation of land and the spread of Jewish settlements.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived in the United States on Thursday for talks with President Bill Clinton on slow progress in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived in the United States on Thursday for talks with President Bill Clinton on slow progress in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

Singing hymns and carrying large wooden crosses, throngs of millennium pilgrims marched in solemn Good Friday processions Friday, retracing what tradition says were Jesus' final steps to his crucifixion.

Hundreds of university students cut classes Tuesday to rally behind Iran's president, whose reforms movement suffered a blow this week when hard-line opponents closed down 13 pro-democracy newspapers and magazines.

Israel's Supreme Court rejected a petition to keep 13 Lebanese prisoners as bargaining chips for the return of a missing Israeli airman, clearing a final hurdle for their release.

A senior Israeli peace negotiator contradicted a hopeful assessment by Jordan's King Abdullah on Monday, saying it was unlikely that Israeli-Syrian peace talks would resume in the near future.

The Armenian genocide will be studied alongside the Holocaust in Israeli schools, Israel's education minister announced Monday at a commemoration of the killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians.

The Armenian genocide will be studied alongside the Holocaust in Israeli schools, Israel's education minister announced Monday at a commemoration of the killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians.

Iran's hardline clerical court has issued an arrest warrant for an outspoken cleric who took part in a seminar in Berlin on the reform movement, the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday.

Jordan's King Abdullah sailed across the Gulf of Aqaba on Sunday, but his first visit to Israel since ascending the throne brought little warmth and no apparent progress on issues dividing Israel and the Arabs.

A Turkish man has confessed to stabbing one of the two English fans killed in clashes before the UEFA Cup semifinal between Galatasaray and Leeds United, police said Friday.

Israel wants international intervention to ensure a quiet border in case its withdrawal from Lebanon is done without an agreement with Syria, Foreign Minister David Levy said Wednesday.