If you want to know the truth about what's happening in the Middle East, you won't find it watching PBS or listening to NPR.

How appropriate that it landed in my junk folder. The email telling me that the headline speaker at the UN Women Australia International Women’s Day Luncheon I’d paid $199 to attend was Mary Robinson, ...

Israel and Hamas conducted a tense hostage and prisoner swap. The exchange turned chaotic as crowds of Palestinians surged to ...

From the blog of Orna Raz at The Times of Israel ...

The latest round of exchanges of hostages from the Gaza Strip for Palestinian prisoners, was carried out with Israel on Thursday.

The Islamist group Hamas welcomed the “large crowds” of Gazans who attended the operations to free the three Israeli and five ...

The exchange is set to begin at 3 a.m. EST, according to sources. The names of the three hostages set to be released Thursday have been identified, according to the Hostage Center. American Keith ...

Crowds of spectators gathered around vehicles carrying hostages in southern Gaza on Thursday, raising fears the captives ...

Hamas released eight hostages, including three Israelis and five Thais, as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

Israeli officials says they are delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners until Hamas can assure them future hostages ...

In exchange, Israel freed 110 Palestinian prisoners. Their release was delayed because of chaos surrounding Thursday’s ...

Eight more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been released amid chaotic scenes as part of the ceasefire deal with Israel.