Sami Sockol

For the first time in two years, Bethlehem has restarted its Christmas festivities to "reignite the spirit that everybody needs" while Palestinians continue to live under restrictions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's backers view his corruption trial as a witch hunt — but his detractors argue it is the system finally catching up to a ruthless political operative who is prepared to do anything to hold on to power.

Thousands of Palestinians turn out in Gaza's Khan Younis to celebrate the wedding of 54 couples who had been unable to tie the knot during Israel's bombardment of the strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally asked for a pardon from President Isaac Herzog relating to corruption charges against him.

Heavy rain causes significant flooding in Gaza, with thousands of Palestinians living in tents bearing the brunt of the sudden burst of winter weather.

After Palestinians were expelled from three refugee camps in the Israeli occupied West Bank this year, some fear a new ceasefire in Gaza could prompt Israel to expand its operations in the area once more. 

Hundreds of thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews have shut down one of the busiest junctions at the entrance to Jerusalem in protest against moves to force them to serve in the Israeli military.

Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank ramps up every year during olive harvest, but a brazen attack caught on camera has left the community shaken. 

Despite spending more than 20 years behind bars, Marwan Barghouti is the man most Palestinians would want as their leader.

A quiet town north-east of Ramallah, is on the front line of a territorial battle in the West Bank. It is playing out against the backdrop of international recognition of a Palestinian state.

With Hamas yet to provide its response to Donald Trump's peace plan, affected civilians on both sides of the war share their concerns and hopes for the future.

When Amina Al-Mufti left the home her family was sheltering in, her parents expected she would quickly return with a bucket full of water. But she never came back.

A newborn baby was left in a Gaza hospital, the sole survivor of a deadly Israeli strike which killed her family. A couple who had struggled to have children of their own knew they had to provide her with a home.

Bezalel Smotrich, who is sanctioned by Australia and the UK, says a controversial new development "definitively buries the idea of a Palestinian state". 

The Palestinian Authority's foreign minister says Australia's decision will "bring others to recognise, hopefully, and it safeguards the two-state solution". 

Rabbis have forbidden approaching what is considered the site of the Holy of Holies in Jerusalem, but one right-wing religious activist is pushing to overturn centuries of tradition as tensions increase around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. 

US President Donald Trump says Israel needs to "make a decision" about its next steps in Gaza, as more than 100 humanitarian agencies warn of mass starvation. 

Israel shows little sign of easing its bombardment of Gaza. And with the hunger crisis in the strip worsening, questions are being asked about Israel's ultimate goal.

In a ward of Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, multiple children and some adults can be found emaciated from the lack of food. Doctors say the rate of death from starvation is rapidly rising.

The streets of Tel Aviv often feel a world away from conflict. But the mood across Israel's largest population hub is subdued, to say the least.