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Judge Mulls Verdict in Jesus Forgery Trial

JERUSALEM (Oct. 5) -- The discovery in 2002 of a limestone burial box with the Hebrew inscription "James son of Joseph brother of Jesus" electrified the world of archaeology. If genuine, the burial box, or ossuary, would be the only archaeological artifact yet found with a possible direct link to Jesus of Nazareth. Amid...

Abbas Says Settlements Block Mideast Peace Deal

UNITED NATIONS (Sept. 25) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their future state. "Israel must choose between peace and the continuation of settlements," Abbas said in his...

Opinion: Are Mideast Peace Hopes in Danger?

(Sept. 14) -- Less than two weeks after President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed optimism that U.S.-sponsored peace talks between Israel and Palestine would be successful, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has complicated the process by announcing he will not extend the freeze on...

PM Says Palestine Will Soon Be Ready for Statehood

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Aug. 30) -- Days before the first direct Mideast peace talks in more than 18 months, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad declared that the process had reached "a moment of reckoning," while in Israel statements by protesting actors and an outspoken rabbi fueled furious public debates. Launching a...

Is Holy Land Archaeology Being Hyped by Politics?

JERUSALEM (July 15) -- Bible-era scholars say they are getting fed up with headline-grabbing archaeological discoveries that seem more influenced by modern political agendas and showmanship than by scholarship. Some recent announcements have been tainted with "exaggeration and speculation the likes of which haven't been...