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Pompeo's visit to Israel was widely seen as a farewell victory lap and celebration of the pro-Israeli policies of the Trump administration.

There is no room to condemn the historic peace agreement between Israel and the UAE.

The Democratic Party can no longer be described as "pro-Israel."

The Israeli government is poised to annex up to 30 percent of Palestinian West Bank territory as part of President Donald Trump's controversial "peace plan."

The Israeli prime minister had set Wednesday as his target to begin annexing parts of the West Bank, a campaign promise condemned by the international community and illegal under international law.

Talk about Israel's possible "annexation" of portions of Judea and Samaria is legally misguided.

Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria is a win for security and a win for peace.

It is long past time for Israel to extend sovereignty to large swaths of the West Bank.

The European Union is hypocritical in its appeals to international law concerns.

The promise to annex parts of the West Bank might have helped Netanyahu hold on to power—but between opposition from his own coalition partners and the prospect of Trump losing in November, keeping it is a different matter.

A veteran Middle East diplomat explains how we arrived at the present moment in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel should apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, but President Trump must avoid the ill-fated two-state solution.

It is long past time for Israel to apply sovereignty to large swaths of Judea and Samaria.

Israel applying sovereignty to the West Bank is too risky and carries too few tangible benefits.

Israel's conservative defense minister explains what needs to happen for Israeli conservatives to support the Trump administration's peace plan.

"This is a political ploy by both leaders to distract from their abuse of power," IfNotNow's Emily Mayer said, referring to Trump and Israel's Netanyahu.

After 1,400 years in Rome, the wood fragment arrived in Bethlehem one day before the start of Advent, the Christian month of preparation leading up to Christmas.

"The Trump administration was never focused on promoting peace, but instead on propping up Netanyahu's and Trump's careers," Rabbi Alissa Wise said.

From losing longtime ally John Bolton to having several tested electioneering tricks backfire, Israel's prime minister is not having a good week.

Netanyahu made his pledge on Tuesday in a bid to win over right-wing voters ahead of next week's election, which is expected to be close.

Netanyahu also promised to annex the West Bank, home to controversial Israeli settlements, just prior to his last election in April. "I'm going to extend sovereignty," he said in an interview with Israeli Channel 12 at the time.

"Who wouldn't be proud of a granddaughter like that? I love her and am so proud of her," Tlaib's grandmother told The Washington Post.

"I know many Jews that are in favor of a two-state solution or are pro-Palestinian and they're not against themsleves, or anti-Semitic," Leslie Marshall said.

"I will make sure we control the territory west of Jordan," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the run-up to the election.

"We want to show that there are people in his intended base who are concerned about U.S. policy in the Middle East region as being dogmatically pro-Israel," one protest organizer told Newsweek.

Egypt and Jordan were among the Arab states to condemn U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli. They were joined by Turkey and Iran in the region, as well as France, Germany, Russia and the U.K. abroad.

White supremacist and former GOP Louisiana state senator David Duke appeared to endorse Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's 2020 campaign for president as she and other Democrats are being blasted by pro-Israel lobbyists and publications.

Yair Netanyahu, 27, called for all Muslims to leave Israel.

The rare artifact, made from pink and yellow sandstone, was discovered this year by a man walking through a field near the Israeli settlement of Pnei Hever in the occupied West Bank.

Tlaib, 42, made history, along with Minnesota's Ilhan Omar, as they become the first Muslim women elected to Congress.