The Supreme Court says young people under the age of 18 may not be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole unless they're guilty of homicide. Five of the nine justices agreed such sentences violate the constitutional ban on cruel an...
A handout picture released by the US Embassy in Israel shows US Middle East envoy George Mitchell (L) listening to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem, 20 May 2010 A second round of indirect talks has ended in Midd...
Palestinian workers arrive at dawn at the Nilin Israeli checkpoint, between the West Bank and the Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. (File) Palestinian leaders recently announced a ban prohibiting Palestinian laborers from working on Jewish settlemen...
A Palestinian youth throws back a tear gas canister during clashes near the Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, 17 Mar 2010 Israel has eased restrictions on Palestinians after violent clashes in Jerusalem eased....
Israel's foreign minister says his country has no intention of halting the expansion of a settlement in East Jerusalem that is fueling what some officials say is the worst rift in relations with Washington in decades. Israeli police clashed with Pale...
Robert Berger | Jerusalem 20 December 2009 A Palestinian worker builds at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Arieh, 20 Dec 2009 Israel's defense minister has ordered the army to use massive force to impose a freeze on cons...
Residents of West Bank Jewish settlements are ready to resume building Luis Ramirez | West Bank settlement of Tekoa 08 December 2009 In a message of defiance, concrete continues to pour to prepare a foundation for construction Israeli settlers in the...
By Jim Teeple Washington 05 March 2008 During his recent visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in January, President Bush called on Israel to honor its commitment to remove unauthorized settlements and outposts from the West Bank. But with...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 November 2007 The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) says a team of aid workers that traveled during the weekend to Afgooye, a small town west of Mogadishu, found thousands of newly displaced Somalis living in extremely harsh condi...
By David Gollust State Department 27 December 2006 The United States said Wednesday Israel's plan to build a new settlement in the West Bank would violate Israeli obligations under the international Middle East peace road map. The State Department s...
