When Google Maps leads her into settlements, Buttu says she speaks in English in the hopes of passing as a lost foreigner.

The lack of tourism in the enshrined spot where baby Jesus was said to be born follows 14 months of war in Gaza.

Where the high hills of the occupied West Bank tumble into the Jordan valley, half a dozen heavy Israeli diggers pound the ancient rocks around the Palestinian village of Bardala. Low-scudding ...

JENIN, West Bank — The black-clad militants of Jenin refugee camp raced through sewage-filled alleyways to dodge gunfire echoing all around. “Quickly,” a Palestinian fighter urged as they ...

JALUD, West Bank — Even before the U.S. presidential election, Israel’s far-right settlers had been rapidly taking ground, buoyed by support in the highest levels of Israeli government.