World | May 8, 2008
Middle East milestones Israel's declaration of statehood 60 years ago this month led to decades of conflict with the Palestinians over the land. It was only in the 1990s that the goal of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel became the basis for peace negotiations.
National | Greg Krikorian | July 23, 2007
Nearly six years after it shut down the nation's largest Islamic charity for alleged ties to terrorism, the U.S. government begins the high-stakes prosecution this week of five top officials of the Holy Land Foundation, accused of funneling money to Palestinian militants.
World | Richard Boudreaux | November 20, 2006
Israel said Sunday that it had called off a planned aerial bombardment of a Palestinian militant's home after about 200 of his supporters, in a new defensive tactic, rushed to form a human shield around the residence.
Opinion | Sandy Tolan | May 21, 2006
THE HISTORY of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be glimpsed through a series of maps. First is the sepia-toned map of Palestine under the British Mandate, circa 1936.
World | Martha Groves | August 24, 2005
With limited exposure to the Middle East, Doug Suisman has drawn on his experience designing public spaces and transit systems for Los Angeles to help him with a daunting task: envisioning the new state of Palestine.
World | Sonni Efron | January 8, 2005
Although Bush administration officials see the Palestinian election as an important opportunity to work toward Middle East peace, they will move cautiously until they are convinced that the new president can curb extremist violence, State Department officials said.
World | Ken Ellingwood | May 25, 2004
It had been a week since Eyad Yousef was home and saw his family, which was hemmed in, along with the rest of the neighborhood, behind a cordon of Israeli tanks and soldiers.
