Anyone who thinks that there is a possibility of peace between Israelis and Palestinians is either delusional or just hasn't been paying close attention to that part of world for the last 65 years.

By: Noa Rom, Saloona One year ago, Israeli solider Gilad Shalit returned home after more than 5 years in captivity of Hamas. Last week he gave ...

JERUSALEM -- A former Israeli soldier held for more than five years by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip has disclosed details about his life in capti...

The clue to Benjamin Netanyahu is the smile. The more that the broken line of the lips relaxes, the more the eyes turn torn, guarded, distantly hostile, a combination lock on a fortune of pain and dread.

* First phase of prisoner exchange completed in October * Prisoners to be released on Sunday JERUSALEM, Dec 15 (Reuters)...

I have been trying to make sense out of what appears to be a strange bargain between the Israelis and Hamas to exchange a single kidnapped Israel sold...

Israel-bashing is not what it used to be. In fact, Israel-bashing is not what it was a week ago. The difference is Gilad Shalit.

Hamas officials have said that Israel pledged to lift the Gaza blockade as part of the prisoner exchange that freed Shalit. Egyptian officials have also indicated that lifting the blockade was part of the deal. But Israeli officials have said that Israel did not agree.

Since the Gaza war, Israel and Hamas have been engaged in a chess game, with each side making marginal gains. Now is the time to make concerted efforts to force a game-changer, without which the region could be headed toward a dangerous and violent explosion.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian prisoners sent to the Gaza Strip in a swap for a captive Israeli soldier last week are contemplating the rest of ...

I've been reading the Times pretty much every single day since I was ten-years-old. That's more than a half-century by now. Along the way, I've been informed, inspired, and occasionally infuriated. This week, there was cause for infuriation.

Israeli was very successful in painting a human portrait of Gilad Shalit. Now after the prisoner release, many Palestinian stories are being heard for the first time.

As long as kidnappings of Israelis continue, Israel will continue to negotiate with terrorists despite every intention and declaration to the contrary.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The release of an Israeli soldier by Hamas as part of a prisoner exchange with Israel is reshaping complex regional ties...

Celebrations rippled through Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday as hundreds of prisoners were reunited with their friends and families ...

Shahira Amin acted as any other journalist -- Israeli, Arab or other -- would have done if they'd been presented with the chance of interviewing the world's most talked about man.

"I am not asking for revenge now, I am asking for justice. When the government releases these murderers, who are supposed to serve life sentences for their horrific deeds, there is no justice."

Why would Israel lock up the most rancid, heartless, and cold-blooded mass murderers in its jails just so that they can serve as a lure for Israelis to be kidnapped in order that these killers be paroled?