The maps show Israeli forces occupying around 40 percent of Gaza, with Palestinians concentrated in Rafah before being ...

According to Hebrew texts, 12 tribes once occupied the Land of Israel. Formed by descendants of the patriarch Jacob (later ...

A century-old Orthodox synagogue in a Rust Belt town lost most of its congregation, its rabbis, and almost everything else — ...

Malik Lutfi contemplated which of his family's belongings to salvage in the few moments he was given while Israeli troops carried out home demolitions in the Tulkarm refugee camp where he grew up in ...

The Bnei Menashe community claims descent from the Lost Tribes of Israel, and have pushed for recognition and acceptance from the broader Jewish community, particularly from Israel, to allow them ...

Other Christians saw in the Native tribes not lost Israelites but to-be-defeated Canaanites, from whom the Children of Israel had conquered the Promised Land.

Before Marco Polo and the great medieval travelers, a humble merchant went on an odyssey to find himself and his people. This unassuming man was not only one of the first medieval travelers but also a ...

NEW DELHI: A "lost tribe" of Israel in northeast India has been swept up in months of deadly ethnic violence, with at least one death, synagogues torched and hundreds forced to flee, members say.

The Indian ‘lost tribe’ that wants to move to Israel, even ‘fight Hamas’ Amid an ethnic conflict at home, a small community in northeast India is trying to move to Israel, where they say ...

Six Pacific Island countries have voted with Israel to oppose the UN resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. For many nations in the region, the connection to Israel runs deep.

The Bnei Menashe community claims to have descended from the Manasseh -- one of the biblical "lost tribes" of Israel exiled in 720 BC by Assyrian conquerors.