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Hundreds of Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip arrived here by the busload on Saturday to pass through the reopened border into Egypt, taking a tangible step out of a four-year Israeli blockade.

Israel's prime minister promised to present his vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace in a speech before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday, but vowed his country would not return to mid-1967 borders that he termed "indefensible."

The president speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, three days after calling for a Palestinian state along Israel’s pre-1967 borders, adjusted for some Israeli settlement blocks.

Senior Palestinian officials say that negotiations with Israel have become pointless after Israel's prime minister rejected President Barack Obama's call to base Mideast border talks on the pre-1967 war lines....

PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel's 1967 borders are "indefensible", rejecting US President Obama's suggestion they form the basis of a future Palestinian state.

Israeli troops shot at Palestinian protesters on its frontiers with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, killing nine who were marking what they term "the catastrophe" of Israel's founding in 1948.

George J. Mitchell Jr. is leaving after two mostly futile years pressing Israelis and Palestinians to make peace, officials said Friday.

A cable just released by WikiLeaks suggests close cooperation between Israel and forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas when rival Hamas militants overran the Gaza Strip three years ago.

Argentina announced Monday that it recognizes Palestine as a free and independent state within its 1967 borders, a step it said reflects frustration ...

Israelis and Palestinians have embarked on another round of peace talks an outcome that Middle East experts said is about as good as it gets ...