Identity in the Middle East is still shaped by social and economic relationships rather than by modern political boundaries.

By Hussain SanaAvi Shlaim, an Iraqi-born Israeli-British historian, is an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and one of the leading voices on Middle Eastern ...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the ... Mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was created, sparking the first Arab-Israeli ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Stunned Palestinians have rejected President Donald Trump’s ...

Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear ...

President Donald Trump’s plan for the United States to take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it economically ...

Trump's plans are likely to heighten fears among Palestinians in Gaza, which had a pre-war population of around 2.3 million, ...

Tensions between Jews and Arabs escalated, leading to violent clashes. By 1948, when Israel declared independence, thousands of Palestinian refugees fled to Gaza, turning it into an overcrowded ...

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners have reunited with their families in emotional scenes after being released on Saturday. Israeli Yarden Bibas hugged his parents and sister for the first ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel on Saturday released a total of 183 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as the ceasefire agreement between Israel and ...

GAZA: Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday (Feb 1), and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas militants freed three male hostages held for more than a year in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails ...