NAZARETH, Israel - A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls has taken an important step toward sainthood. Thousands of worshippers gathered in the biblical town of Nazareth on Sunday to attend the beatification of
JERUSALEM To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to Palestinian officials and outside
JERUSALEM - Palestinian and Israeli officials say troops have killed one Palestinian along the Gaza border. The Israeli military says five men appeared to be planting explosive devices along the tense frontier when troops opened fire. A Palestinia
JERUSALEM - The chief Palestinian negotiator on Monday warned Israel that if it does not take peacemaking seriously, it will find itself dealing with the militant Hamas instead of moderates like him. Negotiator Saeb Erekat and other Palestinian offi
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel's president has called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier. Shimon Peres spoke to a crowd o
JERUSALEM Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may follow through on his vow this week not to run for reelection. But that hardly means he'll fade from the limelight.Even if his term expires in January and there is little certainty that a
JERUSALEM - By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence. Neither strategy has yielded a Palestinian state, and Israeli se
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pushed Mideast peace prospects into unknown territory Thursday, announcing he doesn't want another term and opening the way to a succession battle that could play into the hands of his rival,
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