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Trump says concerns about Iran driving Israel, Arab states closer

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that shared concern about (More…)

Trump says he has new reasons to hope for Middle East peace

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had come (More…)

In U.S. presidential first, Trump prays at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

By Luke Baker and Steve Holland

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall (More…)

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces in West Bank, Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces in the West Bank and at the border of (More…)

Trump faces diplomatic hurdles during 28 hours in the Holy Land

By Luke Baker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. presidential trips are an opportunity to project power and burnish statesmanship. But they (More…)

Trump visit seen as long shot to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

By Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey Heller

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Just four months after taking office, Donald Trump will make the earliest (More…)

Trump to visit Jewish, Christian holy sites in Jerusalem

(This May 16 story has been refiled to fix description of Western Wall, paragraph 3, Netanyahu’s title, paragraph four.)

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Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official’s Western Wall comment

By Ori Lewis

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald (More…)

Israeli forces kill Palestinian during clashes: Palestinian ministry, residents

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian during stone-throwing clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, residents (More…)

Leading Hamas official says no softened stance toward Israel

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) – One of Hamas’s most senior officials said on Wednesday a document published by the (More…)