Archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem offer new insight into the prolonged drought that once struck the city, and the creative ways its residents responded

Gaza provides an exaggerated glimpse of political processes now visible in the West. As democracy lurches out of control, technocrats are summoned to restore order. The same could happen in other – quite surprising – countries

A herd of cattle from a nearby outpost stormed a Palestinian family's yard, munching on everything in sight – including the reeking pile of trash settlers dumped there days earlier. Israeli soldiers palled around with the intruders, while the residents hid indoors. Another day in the Jordan Valley