The town of Taybeh is the last entirely Christian town in the occupied West Bank, representing “a unique presence in the ...

Today, roughly 1,200 residents call Motza home – a mix of multi-generational families and a growing wave of young professionals drawn by the promise of space and quiet.

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

A Palestinian farmer recently stumbled upon a 1,500-year-old mosaic dating to the Byzantine era beneath his olive orchard in Gaza. The mosaic is about the size of a basketball court, and it features ...

Illegal Israeli settlers uprooted nearly 200 olive trees in Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank on Monday, a Palestinian ...

An olive tree native to Jerusalem grew into a tree from a branch in the ground fertilized with prayer. Twenty-two years later, claims of the miraculous are still rooted near "The Miracle Tree" in ...

In 1972, 182 families gathered on a hillside in Jerusalem and planted 182 olive trees. These were the bereaved parents, siblings, and children of the brave soldiers who fell in the siege of ...

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Israeli settlers on Wednesday, uprooted 500 centuries-old olive trees in a village, southern Nablus in West Bank. Head of the village council, Yousef Al-Hajj Muhammad ...

A new documentary, Where Olive Trees Weep, explores Palestinian loss, trauma and the fight for justice over decades of life under Israeli occupation. We speak with two people featured in the film ...

Pope Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the president’s residence May 11, 2009, in Jerusalem. (photo: Rina Castelnuovo / Pool / Getty Images) ...

The hills of Palestine are covered in dusty scars where olive trees once grew. In their place, rows and rows of pine trees have been planted. The metaphor almost writes itself.

Between its ancient olive trees and its bustling modern cities, Israel invites us to witness the enduring symbiosis of history and innovation.