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Byline: David M. Halbfinger JERUSALEM - He came to power like some conqueror from a distant land called Philadelphia. Educated in the United States, speaking flawless East Coast English, warning [...]

A spokesman led the international media to believe that Israeli forces had entered Gaza. They hadn't. But the army wanted Hamas to think they had. The Israeli military abruptly announced [...]

A new documentary illuminates what the director calls an ''unholy alliance'' that sharply altered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the Trump administration. TEL AVIV -- The bear hug between Donald Trump [...]

David Friedman, President Trump's bankruptcy lawyer-turned-ambassador, leaves his post having radically overhauled policy toward Israel and the Palestinians. JERUSALEM -- Love him or hate him, and most people who have [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger After six years of quiet diplomacy as the U.N.'s Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov leaves his post to a chorus of praise from an unlikely choir. [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger An Israeli sociologist argues that Trump voters, like Netanyahu supporters in Israel, have legitimate reasons to find liberal values threatening. JERUSALEM - Liberals were confounded. The [...]

After six years of quiet diplomacy as the U.N.'s Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov leaves his post to a chorus of praise from an unlikely choir. JERUSALEM -- Preventive diplomacy, [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner Mr. Pollard, who gave a range of classified documents to Israel starting in 1984, recently completed his parole. His case was a longstanding [...]

Mr. Pollard, who gave a range of classified documents to Israel starting in 1984, recently completed his parole. His case was a longstanding irritant to American-Israeli ties. JERUSALEM -- Jonathan [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger After the center-left failed in three elections to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the fourth one is shaping up into a contest among right-wing leaders. JERUSALEM [...]

After the center-left failed in three elections to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the fourth one is shaping up into a contest among right-wing leaders. JERUSALEM -- For three elections [...]

An Israeli sociologist argues that Trump voters, like Netanyahu supporters in Israel, have legitimate reasons to find liberal values threatening. JERUSALEM -- Liberals were confounded. The right-wing incumbent's blue-collar base [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon The police killing of a disabled Palestinian fueled nationwide protests. But the authorities have failed to rein in the use of excessive force, [...]

Morocco follows Bahrain, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates in setting aside generations of hostilities toward the Jewish state, part of a major foreign policy effort of the Trump administration. [...]

The barrier-shattering deal puts an Emirati royal at the helm of Beitar Jerusalem, the only Israeli team that has never fielded an Arab player and whose most extreme fans chant [...]

The police killing of a disabled Palestinian fueled nationwide protests. But the authorities have failed to rein in the use of excessive force, which has a long history. JERUSALEM -- [...]

Clashing reports about the meeting, which would be the first between high-level Israeli and Saudi leaders, show how far apart the two countries remain. BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A covert meeting [...]

Allowing the convicted spy Jonathan Pollard the ability to emigrate to Israel was just the latest in a long list of prizes for America's closest ally in the Middle East. [...]

Byline: Adam Rasgon and David M. Halbfinger The Palestinian Authority pays stipends to prisoners held by Israel in a system critics call 'pay to slay.' The worse the crime, the [...]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the boycott-Israel movement would be treated as anti-Semitic, and ordered that imports from Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank be labeled products of [...]

The Palestinian Authority pays stipends to prisoners held by Israel in a system critics call ''pay to slay.'' The worse the crime, the higher the payment. JERUSALEM -- In a [...]

The Palestinian Authority had ended security cooperation to protest Israel's plans to annex large parts of the West Bank. Those plans are now on hold. JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian Authority [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger Benjamin Netanyahu has made his closeness to President Trump, who gave him much of what he wanted, central to his political appeal. Things will be different [...]

Benjamin Netanyahu has made his closeness to President Trump, who gave him much of what he wanted, central to his political appeal. Things will be different in a Biden administration. [...]

President Trump turned American foreign policy inside out, to the benefit of some nations and consternation of others. Now both groups are watching attentively to see which direction the U.S. [...]

Byline: Adam Rasgon and David M. Halbfinger A Biden victory could bring economic relief for Palestinians and friendlier relations with Washington, though not a return to 2016. A Trump win? [...]

A Biden victory could bring economic relief for Palestinians and friendlier relations with Washington, though not a return to 2016. A Trump win? They'd rather not think about it. RAMALLAH, [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger and Ronen Bergman Sudan holds historic significance for Israeli leaders because it was the scene of a landmark resolution by Arab states that vowed to shun [...]

Sudan holds historic significance for Israeli leaders because it was the scene of a landmark resolution by Arab states that vowed to shun Israel. The two countries have had a [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon In the first official U.A.E. visit to Israel since the countries normalized relations, they agreed to ease travel and upgrade West Bank checkpoints. [...]

Palestinians assail the failure to recommend a murder charge in the case, which has become a cause célèbre in the fight against police brutality. JERUSALEM -- Israeli prosecutors recommended on [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger, Ben Hubbard and Farnaz Fassihi Disregarding norms and accepted wisdom, President Trump went his own way in the Middle East and, in some cases, got what [...]

Disregarding norms and accepted wisdom, President Trump went his own way in the Middle East and, in some cases, got what he wanted. JERUSALEM -- He moved the American Embassy [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon Diplomatic ties with the U.A.E. and Bahrain could create new opportunities. But many say they are loath to undercut the Palestinian cause. JERUSALEM [...]

Diplomatic ties with the U.A.E. and Bahrain could create new opportunities. But many say they are loath to undercut the Palestinian cause. JERUSALEM -- For Israel's Arab citizens, the normalization [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger Normalized ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain raise hopes in Israel that it is finally gaining acceptance in its volatile neighborhood. JERUSALEM - Since [...]

The leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a stake in President Trump's re-election and helped him become a peacemaker. WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [...]

Normalized ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain raise hopes in Israel that it is finally gaining acceptance in its volatile neighborhood. JERUSALEM -- Since its founding, Israel has [...]

The island kingdom in the Persian Gulf becomes the second Arab nation in a month to more openly embrace Israel, dismissing Palestinian objections. WASHINGTON -- President Trump announced on Friday [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner As he moved to slow the pandemic, Dr. Ronni Gamzu kept butting heads with ultra-Orthodox leaders. Then Israel's top virus fighter was suddenly [...]

As he moved to slow the pandemic, Dr. Ronni Gamzu kept butting heads with ultra-Orthodox leaders. Then Israel's top virus fighter was suddenly undercut. JERUSALEM -- For a fleeting three [...]

The flight carried the hope of closer ties between Israel and the Arab world, and a diplomatic delegation that included President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. JERUSALEM -- A chartered El [...]

With the coronavirus spreading fast in Gaza, the sides agreed to stop bombarding each other, and Israel said it would resume fuel supplies. A cash infusion from Qatar helped seal [...]

The commander testified that the man his partner killed, Iyad al-Hallaq, was not resisting and posed no danger, in a case that ignited protests against police brutality. JERUSALEM -- An [...]

The secretary of state's five-day tour is intended to discuss regional peace and security. He also planned to use Jerusalem as a backdrop for an address to the Republican National [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger Inspired by a mother's question, the new method will be introduced across Israel this fall, just in time for flu season, and could be coming soon [...]

Inspired by a mother's question, the new method will be introduced across Israel this fall, just in time for flu season, and could be coming soon to the U.S. BEERSHEBA, [...]

One of the accused has said that as many as 30 men took part in the attack at a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat. JERUSALEM -- [...]

Byline: David M. Halbfinger and Ronen Bergman Prime Minister Netanyahu's quest to open relations with Arab countries without settling the Palestinian conflict long seemed quixotic. External events changed the equation. [...]

Prime Minister Netanyahu's quest to open relations with Arab countries without settling the Palestinian conflict long seemed quixotic. External events changed the equation. JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu buoyantly [...]