An officer filmed ordering a soldier to abuse a bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner was indicted Thursday and has resigned his command of an army battalion but will continue to serve elsewhere, the Israeli military...

Israel will release about 150 Palestinian prisoners, including perhaps a couple of prominent ones, at the end of this month as a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, officials from both sides said after a meeting on Wednesday between Mr....

The Israeli military said Wednesday that an officer filmed ordering a soldier to abuse a bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner has resigned his command of an army battalion but would continue to serve...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged in a summit meeting Wednesday to free more than 150 Palestinian prisoners by the end of August as a “goodwill gesture” to Palestinian President Mahmoud...

Israel’s Prisons Service says five Palestinian prisoners have been released as part of Israel’s prisoner swap last month with Hezbollah guerrillas.

Iceland and Sweden will take in nearly 200 Palestinian refugees stranded in makeshift desert camps on Iraq’s border with Syria.

A senior Palestinian negotiator with the Israelis says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Wednesday at Olmert’s Jerusalem...

Israel says it is sending dozens of Fatah fighters to the West Bank after they fled the Gaza Strip, because the Palestinian fighters face danger if they go back.

Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least four dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine...

Like her father before her, Zeina Ashrawi was born in Jerusalem. Her mother represented the city in the Palestinian parliament for 10 years.