Israel Gaza

Investigation Into Deaths Of 21 Gazans Of Single Family Closed

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.02.2012

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said Wednesday it has closed its investigation into the shelling deaths of 21 members of a single Palestinian family...

Truce In Gaza

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.13.2012

JERUSALEM — Israel halted its airstrikes against Gaza Strip militants early Tuesday and rocket fire from the Palestinian territory ebbed as a ce...

Israeli Airstrike Kills 5 In Gaza

AP | KARIN LAUB and IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 05.12.2012

By KARIN LAUB and IBRAHIM BARZAK -- The Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinian civilians and tw...

UN Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Talks About Palestine's Bid for Statehood (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 03.10.2012

Kathleen Wells, J.D.

If I remember correctly, didn't President Bush, the father, at one point make an appeal to the American people on television?

Rockets Hit Israel

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 02.08.2012

JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants fired at least 11 rockets into Israel on Friday after an airstrike against a Hamas target in Gaza that killed ...

Israeli Airstrike Kills Two Suspected Militants

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 02.07.2012

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli aircraft fired missiles at militant facilities in the Gaza Strip early Friday, killing a Palestinian civilian an...

New Flotilla Challenges Gaza Blockade

AP | By IAN DEITCH | Posted 01.04.2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's navy boarded two small protest boats trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip on Friday and towed them to an Israeli port ...

Official: Israeli Government Authorizes 'All Necessary Steps' Against Gaza Rockets

Posted 01.01.2012

By Ian Deitch -- The Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel has authorized its military to take all necessary steps to stop rocket fire from Gaza, i...

Israel And Gaza Militants Exchange Newest Round Of Fire

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 12.29.2011

JERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft struck at Palestinian militants in Gaza on Saturday who responded with a volley of rockets which rained on southern...

Domestic Foreign Policy Storm Clouds -- The Unresolved Israel Palestine Dispute

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 11.07.2011

Clarence B. Jones

The spark most likely to reignite and inflame the Israel Palestinian "peace negotiations" is the pending plan of the Palestinian Leadership to seek admission of Palestine, as an independent "State" to the United Nations.

Turkey Brings Gaza Blockade Before International Court Of Justice

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 11.03.2011

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is preparing to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign minister said Sat...

Israeli Army Kills Two Palestinians In Gaza

AP | Posted 10.16.2011

IAN DEITCH, Associated Press JERUSALEM — The Israeli military killed two Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, one in an airstri...

'Setting Sail on Gaza’s Sea of Spin'

nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 09.02.2011

SOME see a parallel with the Exodus, the ship filled with Jewish refugees that tried to break the British blockade of Palestine in 1947 and helped swa...

A Letter to Richard Goldstone

Adam Chandler | Posted 06.07.2011

Adam Chandler

I know Israel acts very improperly sometimes, but make up your mind already. Either it's the worst of humanity or the fog of war. Don't you understand that discourse about this conflict has no place for nuance and reappraisal?

Barrage Of Rockets Between Israel And Gaza Leaves 1 Dead

AP | ARON HELLER and DAN PERRY | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in Gaza early Thursday, retaliating for rocket attacks on Israeli cities, as tension peaked over...

Israel's Deadly Flotilla Raid Ruled Legal

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — An Israeli panel on Sunday cleared the military and government of any wrongdoing during last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound inte...

Israel Condemns Web List Of Gaza Soldiers

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Israel's military on Friday condemned the publication of names and photographs of 200 Israeli soldiers on a website that called them...

WikiLeaks: Israel Charged Bribes For Gaza Access

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Thursday quoted American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo crossing for goods ent...

WikiLeaks: Israel Said It Would Keep Gaza Near Collapse

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip was meant to push the area's economy "to the brink of collapse," according to a U.S. diplomatic ...

Cloud Computing & Outmaneuvering the Gaza Siege

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Hani Almadhoun

While the siege in Gaza has a harmful impact on all business sectors, one sector might have suffered less than all the others. The Gaza Information Technology sector might have thrived due to the siege.

Irish Nobel Laureate Denied Entry Into Israel

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

An Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate was refused entry into Israel on Tuesday because of her participation in an aid flotilla to Gaza in June, a spokes...

Israel Flotilla Raid Violated International Law, UN Council Says

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

GENEVA — A report by three U.N.-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza...

Trauma Healing in Gaza, the Forgotten Place

James S. Gordon | Posted 11.17.2011

James S. Gordon

During our trips to Gaza we are moved by the ways our team is helping children and other folks to relax in the midst of poverty, danger and chaos. There are about 130 new trainees this year.

Israel Cares About Peace

Steve Sheffey | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Sheffey

In its September 13, 2010 issue, Time magazine asks the wrong question. The question isn't why Israel doesn't care about peace. The question is why th...

Fresh Produce and Electricity Are Still Absent in Gaza

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Hani Almadhoun

This year there are two major challenges in Gaza that make observing Ramadan a lot harder. The first one is soaring prices of fresh produce and the second is frequent and prolonged power outages.