As Jacob, the rivalrous sisters and their clan return to the promised land of Canaan, Rachel makes ... the sisters bore the famed twelve tribes of Israel, from whom will descend Moses, Joshua ...

Robert Wallis Israel Finkelstein has ... crossed into the promised land of Canaan. This, Zertal says, is where Joshua allotted the new land among the 12 tribes, and where the Israelites “became ...

Early Christian historians and Byzantine monks helped establish this site as the biblical mountain through maps and ... erected twelve pillars to represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

Israel has launched a series of strikes against Iran, targeting the country’s nuclear program and other military ...

Blasts rang out across a swath of the Middle Eastern republic’s territory, targeting its nuclear capabilities, military ...

Although Iran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful energy purposes, Israel has long seen it as a threat.

The animated map below shows how Israel’s military has expanded its forced displacement orders since breaking the ceasefire on March 18. On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Gaza ...

Israel restarts archaeological excavations at Sebastia after 12-year hiatus. (photo credit: Uzi Greenfeld) Excavation and conservation work has begun at the ancient site of Sebastia in the West ...

The 12 tribes of Israel, once united, became fractured into the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Civil war, rivalries and betrayal made them ripe for invasion and conquest. The destruction of the ...

About 12% of discharged soldiers showed “significant ... The data, Bar-Haim said, “contributes to the understanding that Israel is facing a mental health emergency.” ...

This legislative district map was drawn by the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state. North Dakota officials were ordered by federal Judge Peter Welte to adopt the map, but an appeals court ...