At Trump's urging, Israel denied entry to the first two Muslim women elected to Congress over their support for a Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions global movement.

Sanders said Monday at a CNN town hall in New Hampshire that he believes the United States should "deal with the Middle East on a level-playing-field basis."

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus stop outside a West Bank settlement on Thursday, shooting at soldiers and civilians and killing at least two Israelis before fleeing, the military and Israel's rescue service said.

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley called Hamas “one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the world" just before the vote.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to take "very strong action" if Palestinian protests continued.

A Palestinian assailant entered an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, stabbed three people and was then shot and killed, the Israeli military said.

Gaza's militant Hamas rulers said Saturday they had accepted a cease-fire ending a massive Israeli onslaught on militant positions after a soldier was shot dead, once again pulling the sides back from the brink of a full-fledged war.

The Israeli military carried out its largest daytime airstrike campaign in Gaza since the 2014 war Saturday.

Palestinians are not happy about Argentina playing Israel in a World Cup warm-up match in Jerusalem, with Israel accused of using the match as a "political tool."

In the second part of a series on the troubles in Canada’s deportation system, the struggle to deport for security.