Tom Hundley

Teams of archeologists from Israel's Antiquities Authority began digging in the Judean wilderness this week, but all they've unearthed so far is a few scraps of parchment and a lot...

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is a hoary Arab proverb that also happens to be the first law of politics in the Middle East. How else could...

What's Paris without the Eiffel Tower, New York without the Empire State Building or Jerusalem without Mayor Kollek? Almost unimaginable. For 28 years Teddy Kollek has been a Jerusalem institution,...

The nightly scene seems almost medieval: Government troops and armored personnel carriers take up positions on all roads into the capital. Their mission is to defend Algeria's secular state against...

In the dimly lit lobby of the cavernous Uzbekistan Hotel, a polyglot assortment of international businessmen are getting ready to play the local version of ''Let`s Make A Deal.'' Two...

The mosque is jammed for Friday prayers, but virtually all of the faithful are men. The few women, all of them old, retreat to a screened pen in a distant...

Who murdered Albert Ernst Glock-and why? Glock, a 57-year-old American professor of archeology at a West Bank university, was shot and killed by a masked gunman late Sunday night. Police...

For the Palestinians, Tuesday`s meeting with Secretary of State James A. Baker III was a modest first step toward political rehabilitation after the debacle of the Persian Gulf war. The...

In the aftermath of Iraq`s Scud ballistic missile attack on Israel, the mood of Arabs in East Jerusalem and the occupied territories Friday was grim and fearful. ''The serious fear...

No matter how the Persian Gulf crisis ends-in a clash of armies in the desert or with diplomats negotiating over sweetened tea-the Arab states are looking ahead to the shape...