The typically surreal event involved 50 children hosted by an actor dressed as Queen Elizabeth II for a British-style tea party.

For many Arab Israelis, a young Muslim woman willingly performing national service at a hospital in the city of Haifa is nothing less than a betrayal.

Christians have begun flocking to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas following a tumultuous year of political upheaval and change across the Arab world.

President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine will not hold peace talks without a "complete halt" to Israeli settlement building.