In 1994, Yasser Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Israeli leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres.

Hours after Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa has earned trust among Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and Egyptians alike, developing a ...

Pope Francis plants an olive tree with Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, second from left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, in a sign of ...

(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File) FILE - Pope Francis plants an olive tree with Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, second from left, and Ecumenical Patriarch ...

Then-President Shimon Peres visited the Vatican multiple times, including with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to plant a peace tree in the Vatican Gardens. But the Israeli ...

Pope Francis flanked by Israel's then President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo ...

Then-President Shimon Peres visited the Vatican multiple times, including with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to plant a peace tree in the Vatican Gardens. But the Israeli ...

In 2014, Pope Francis tasked him with organizing the prayer meeting between President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen at the Vatican, and two years later, again Pope ...