YEHOSHUʿA BEN ḤANANYAH (first and second centuries CE), Palestinian tanna who taught in Jerusalem and later at Yavneh and Peqiʿin. Legend has it that when he was a child his mother carried him to the study hall so that he would...

The territory of the land of *Israel. The country was so called from late Roman times, but the name was officially changed in 1948 with the founding of the State of Israel. The term Palestinian is used for the non-Jewish previous inhabitants of the...

Secular name of the Land of Israel. Originally the Roman name for the Land of Israel, adopted after the defeat by the Romans of the JEWISH REVOLT of 132–135 C.E. led by Bar...

AT THE EASTERN end of the Mediterranean Sea lies a small piece of land once known as Palestine, about 280 miles long by 80 miles wide at its widest point. The land has no significant natural resources. Its fertile areas are covered in fields of grain,...

Palestine (from Greek: Παλαιστίνη; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ארץ־ישראל‎, formerly also פלשתינה Palestina; Arabic: فلسطين Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn, Filisṭīn) is one of several names for the geographic region between...

The West, Israel and U.S.-allied Arab states want to demonstrate to the Palestinians that moderation pays, and next week's peace summit is the first sign of the strategy.But after Hamas' bloody takeover of Gaza, a two-headed Palestine complicates prospects for a final peace deal.West Bankers...

I asked someone who would know, Ali Abunimah (of electronic intifada), who lives in Chicago. Abunimah wrote me back: I used to know Obama when he was my state senator. I met him several times in different contexts, and he was often very progressive about...

The Palestinian prime minister said he failed to win assurances from Israel's defense minister Thursday that he'll ease stifling restrictions on Palestinian movement — a measure seen as key to the success of an ambitious international effort to revive the Palestinian economy.The World Bank warned...

The State Department said Monday full funding of a proposed $86 million in security assistance for the Palestinian Authority hinges on whether U.S. officials receive assurances that none of the funds can benefit Hamas.Spokesman Sean McCormack commented after four House Foreign Affairs Committee members, including...