Two Peoples, Divided
Unable to achieve peace, Israelis and Palestinians pull apart.
Unlike in neighboring Egypt and Jordan, there has been little popular pressure in the West Bank or Gaza to oust the current leadership.
In Depth
Primer: Israel
Background on Israel's ongoing conflict with militant groups.
Primer: Hamas
Background on the Palestinian group, the Islamic Resistance Movement. Photo Gallery »
Defining the Barrier
Israel is in the process of building a complex system of trenches in the West Bank designed to help stop deadly Palestinian suicide attacks. In this series of multimedia reports, washingtonpost.com examines how Israel's system of fences, walls and trenches in the West Bank affects both Jews and Arabs.
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- Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Palestine Liberation Organizations Negotiations Affairs Department
- International Middle East Media Center Palestinian-based News Service
- Jerusalem Post Israeli Daily Newspaper
Palestinian protest groups organize broader marches on Israeli borders for Sunday
Palestinian rivals Fatah, Hamas reach accord seen as obstacle for peace with Israel
UN chief calls for Israeli goodwill gestures, warns time for peace deal running out
Israel building plan for East Jerusalem draws fresh rebuke from U.S., others
Israeli troops, Palestinian protesters clash at Golan Heights frontier
Israel braces for Palestinian statehood bid at United Nations
Rights group: Israel must end arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency
Low-key Abbas in U.N. limelight on Palestinian statehood bid
Palestinians link talks plan to settlement freeze
Palestinian prisoner on 55th day of hunger strike to protest detention without trial
It’s not Israel that’s rejecting peace in the Middle East
Palestinian statehood resolution presents Obama with vexing diplomatic challenge
West Bank demolitions highlight struggle for Jordan Valley
In the West Bank, a contested heritage
Angry Palestinians in Gaza hurl slippers at vehicle carrying UN chief
Israeli troops fire at Palestinian protesters on borders, killing at least 12
Israel announces new building in West Bank
Israel: New subsidies for poor communities don’t apply to West Bank settlements
Israeli Supreme Court orders largest West Bank outpost removed
Israeli army takes down section of West Bank barrier
Young Palestinian activists represent a potential new political and social force
Mosque torched in West Bank
Israel to expand West Bank settlements in response to settler slayings
Egypt to reopen Gaza border crossing, raising Israeli concerns
Israel charges West Bank couple with imprisoning man’s daughter
Gaza cease-fire takes hold
Gaza cease-fire tested by Israeli airstrike, Palestinian rocket fire
Israel stops French boat headed to Gaza
Israeli troops scour West Bank villages for killers of 5 Jewish settlers
Palestinian police kill Israeli in West Bank
Seized Gaza engineer charged with rocket development
Settlers: Israel drafts deal to delay evacuating rogue settlement, despite eviction order
Israelis, Palestinians at loggerheads over praise of settler killer
Gaza missile hits Israeli school bus, wounding teen; Israel hits back, killing four
Egypt opens Gaza border crossing, easing four-year blockade
Abducted Italian activist slain in Gaza
Israel intercepts ship it says carried Iranian weapons bound for Gaza
13 killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes in Gaza
Visiting German minister says German upgrades Palestinian diplomatic representation in Berlin
Israel welcomes peace talks plan
Attacks kill 8 in southern Israel, drawing counterstrike in Gaza
Palestinian man killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say
Obama prods Mideast allies to embrace reform, make peace
Palestinians: Extremist Jews spray home near settlement with ‘Death to Arabs’
Israel shows off missile defense against Palestinian rockets
Top Hamas member leaves Syria for Gaza because cannot ensure safety amid uprising
Turkey’s ties with Hamas deepen amid questions about the influence of sponsors Iran and Syria
Jerusalem bomb kills one, wounds dozens as Israeli-Palestinian tensions rise
Abbas: Settler family killings ‘inhuman’
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