By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 May 2008 Sixty years ago, May 8, 1948, Israel declared its independence - following a decision by the United Nations to partition the area known as the British mandate territory of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. Isr...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 17 May 2007 Israeli aircraft carried out air strikes against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and Israeli tanks moved to the Gaza border on Thursday. VOA's Jim Teeple reports a planned meeting of Palestinian leaders in Gaza w...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 February 2007 In a bid to abide by the latest ceasefire, gunmen from rival Palestinian factions are withdrawing from streets in Gaza City, where fighting has killed 28 people since Thursday. Reports from Gaza say after f...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 August 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and urged Israel to lift its blockade of Lebanon and ease restrictions in the Palestinian territories. Israel says Hezbollah...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 16 March 2006 A new report from the World Bank warns that projected cuts in economic aid to Palestinians once the Islamic militant group Hamas forms the next Palestinian govern...