Friends are asking Jews to set an extra Seder plate in honor of Evan Gershkovich, a Jewish Wall Street Journal journalist arrested in Russia.

A reset of ties would mark a setback for U.S. and Israeli efforts to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East.

The families of four U.S. citizens detained in Iran years ago on espionage charges are appealing to the president to secure their return.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut.

Still in shock from an unparalleled assault and under rocket fire, Israelis are girding themselves and their children for what lies ahead.

Jewish activists have gained more support for praying at the Temple Mount, called the Noble Sanctuary by Muslims, who have controlled the site for centuries. Far-right officials in Prime Minister...

At least 111 West Bank Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces this year, the highest number since 2006.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, reporter Evan Gershkovich’s family speaks out for the first time since he was detained in Russia on March 29. Photo: Brian Troy for The Wall Street...

Residents recount harrowing scenes as militants rampaged through towns and overran military bases.

Jenin in the West Bank has become a militant stronghold, imperiling some economic gains for Palestinians.

Israel’s policy of eschewing peace talks and trying instead to improve Palestinian quality of life is being tested by terrorist attacks and rising religious tensions.

An ultranationalist political outlook forged in Jewish West Bank settlements could play a central role in Israel’s next government.

The new city, estimated to cost tens of billions of U.S. dollars, is a centerpiece of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s plan for modernizing the country.

Benjamin Netanyahu won a decisive victory in the country’s fifth election in under four years, vote results showed.

A dozen volunteers defended the families of a farming community in southern Israel from Hamas fighters who came to take hostages.

A dozen volunteers defended the families of a farming community in southern Israel from Hamas fighters who came to take hostages.

Egyptian President Sisi is showing few signs of dismantling the military’s business interests, despite pressure from the IMF and Persian Gulf backers.

At this Shabbat meal in Tel Aviv, the fresh, full-flavored dishes—easy on the cook and eminently satisfying—are only the beginning of a long and meaningful evening

Israeli lawmakers had long resisted settler demands to amend the disengagement law, which dismantled all Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the West Bank, including Homesh.

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Hamas fired thousands of rockets as far north as Tel Aviv and sent fighters into southern cities near the border.

A demand by ultra-Orthodox lawmakers to exempt their community from the draft is pushing the government to rethink what it requires of the nation’s youth.

The Palestinian militant group has stepped up a campaign urging Palestinians in the West Bank and Israel to attack Jews in the wake of clashes between Israeli security forces and Muslims around the...

Success would give the former prime minister a capstone to more than 30 years in public life. Polls show he is within striking distance of achieving that goal in Tuesday’s election.

The death penalty continued its yearslong decline in both liberal and conservative swaths of the country.

The leader of the far-right Religious Zionism party said he plans to spend billions of dollars building infrastructure and investing in Jewish settlements in the territory.

The coordinated assault by Palestinian militants punctures the country’s aura of invincibility.

Once a political outsider, Mr. Ben-Gvir is now surging in polls ahead of the coming Israeli elections, a sign of how the country has shifted to the right.

Two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis in an ax attack on Israel’s independence day were captured Sunday after an intensive manhunt, according to Israeli authorities.

Teachers fret as hundreds of books are pulled from school libraries, and the country’s largest teachers union pledges to challenge every new law.