Israeli Jets Strike Gaza As Leaders Convene Peace Talks
JERUSALEM — A mortar attack by Palestinian militants and airstrikes by Israel formed the grim backdrop as Mideast leaders ended their latest rou...
JERUSALEM — A mortar attack by Palestinian militants and airstrikes by Israel formed the grim backdrop as Mideast leaders ended their latest rou...
AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011
JERUSALEM — An Israeli government report released Thursday insisted that "incessant" Hamas rocket attacks forced Israel to hit Gaza hard earlier...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
In part of an ongoing schism within the ranks of the Israeli Defense Forces over alleged abuses against Palestinian civilians during Operation Cast Le...
Mikhael Manekin | Posted 05.25.2011
Twenty-six soldiers have now come forward to talk about their combat experiences in the Gaza War, and their testimonies are radically different from the official version given by Israel Defense Force spokesmen.
BBC | Posted 05.25.2011
A UN inquiry into possible war crimes in Gaza will go ahead even if Israel does not co-operate, says Richard Goldstone, who leads the inquiry team....
AFP | Posted 05.25.2011
A Palestinian doctor whose three daughters were killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza war has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize an Israeli minis...
Times Online | Posted 05.25.2011
White phosphorus bombs used by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip were produced and supplied by American arms manufacturers, according to an Amnesty Int...
Nomika Zion | Posted 05.25.2011
Not in my name and not for me did you go into this war. The bloodbath in Gaza is not in my name nor for my security. Behind this accursed leadership of Hamas live human beings.
Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011
Unless Israel can make five to seven million Palestinians disappear, it must find some way to co-exist with them. Israeli leaders on the center and right continue to avoid facing this fact.
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011
Counting on international pressure to bring a quick end to the Israeli onslaught may prove to be misplaced as Israel is now determined to never allow a return to the status quo ante.
Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011
What is the international community waiting for, to see even more dismembered people, and families erased before they act? What is happening is against humanity. Are we not human?
Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011
The Israel Air Force pressed on with its assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip Friday evening, bombing the home of Hamas member Mohammed Madhoun,...
Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011
Four days after Israeli air attacks against the Gaza Strip began, hospitals are already overwhelmed by the influx of wounded patients.
Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011
The proud towers of Wall Street have fallen, disgorging packs of thieves and fraudsters. The mighty US suddenly exposed as the proverbial king without clothes. Uncle Sam is bankrupt.
Mustafa Barghouthi | Posted 05.25.2011
After hundreds dead and counting, it is Israel who refuses to re-enter talks over a cease-fire. They are not intent on securing peace as they claim; it is more and more clear that they are seeking regime change -- whatever the cost.
Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011
Israel, torn in anger and exaggerated feelings of vulnerability, is unlikely to stop bombing until it realizes that is has once again shot itself in the foot.
Jillian York | Posted 05.25.2011
During the Mumbai attacks, Twitter users provided up-to-the-minute coverage, and today, as Israeli airstrikes continue to hit Gaza, the Twittersphere is deep in discussion.
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011
I've been living in Israel now for almost a decade, and have survived biological warfare threats from Saddam, Intifada #2, terror attacks targeting Israeli civilians, and the war with Lebanon. But today, I feel pissed off.
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011
Collectively punishing the mothers and children of Gaza does not just violate international law, it does not just kill the people of Gaza, it kills any chance of a future peace.
Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011
The Israeli government wants peace, but only one imposed on its own terms, based on the acceptance of defeat by the Palestinians.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011
The foreign press, and even Haaretz in Israel, carries more balanced accounts than the American media.
Nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 05.25.2011
JERUSALEM -- Israel's military operation in Gaza is aimed primarily at forcing Hamas to end its rocket barrages and military buildup. But it has anoth...
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011
Nationalist MPs shared together in a clear act of national consensus as they torched the Israeli flag at the outset of the parliament's session Sunday.
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011
Israel's deadly airstrikes against Gaza continued for a second day on Sunday. The strikes, intended to target Hamas militants, have killed 280 Palesti...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011
Israel Defense Forces released aerial photos of the Hamas facilities targeted by fighter pilots on Saturday's Operation Cast Lead. The red outline indicates the Hamas facilities targeted.
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011