Israel Gaza Airstrikes

Open Letter to Hamas: You Are Responsible for Your People's Fate

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.15.2012

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It is time for Hamas to realize that it holds the key to the future of its own people. Israelis will not move towards peace as long as Hamas, a central player and crucial part of Palestinian society will not endorse peace explicitly.

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The Normality of the Unexpected

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 04.09.2012

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It will be impossible for us to control or insulate ourselves from events in the Middle East as long as we remain dependent on oil from the region and committed to honor our military defense of Israel.

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Israeli Aircraft Strike Gaza Strip

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 12.31.2011

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JERUSALEM — With rockets falling on southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday issued a tough warning to Palestinian militants...

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Violence Along Israel-Gaza Border Continues

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 10.24.2011

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JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants fired rocket barrages that wounded an Israeli baby Wednesday, and Israel retaliated with airstrikes that kille...

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Israeli Army Kills Two Palestinians In Gaza

AP | Posted 10.16.2011

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

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Goldstone Report Author Rethinks Findings On Israel And Gaza War Crimes

AP | DANIEL ESTRIN | Posted 06.02.2011

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JERUSALEM — The head of a U.N.-appointed expert panel that investigated the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas in the winter of 2008-2009 said in...

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Israel Warns Of Military Retaliation If Palestinian Rockets Continue

AP | Posted 05.28.2011

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister is warning Gaza militants of a military retaliation if they resume firing rockets at southern Israeli communities...

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Israel Rocket Defense Shield Deployed For First Time Against Gaza Rockets

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Israel deployed its newly developed "Iron Dome" rocket defense system for the first time Friday to defend its southern communities f...

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Barrage Of Rockets Between Israel And Gaza Leaves 1 Dead

AP | ARON HELLER and DAN PERRY | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Hamas Deploys Forces To Stop Gaza Rocket Fire

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's Hamas rulers deployed forces near the Israeli border Thursday to try to prevent smaller militant groups from firi...

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A Minnesota College Newspaper Editor on Israel-Hamas Conflict, from Tel Aviv

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are 6 sets of parents in America right now who might be wishing that their kids weren't college newspaper editors.

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Israeli Airstrike Kills Senior Hamas Rocket Maker

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian le...

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Let Us Expand the Definition of Terrorism

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

In these days of extremism at home, we cling to a narrow, selective definition of terrorism, while ignoring blatant forms of terrorism in our midst. In doing so, we can't see the forest for the trees.

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Obama's New Path To Mideast Peace?

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's Mideast speech laid out a new vision for Israel and the Palestinians. But the U.S. can't impose solutions unless the participants break out of the old patterns of antagonism.

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Home/fronts: Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan Books, 2009)

Jared Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sacco's latest book is a return to Palestine and the origins of Sacco's own career in comics journalism, a field he has all but singlehandedly created out of the example of his remarkable work.

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2010 Warns Of Attacks On Activists

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the growing strength of the human rights movement, abusive governments have begun to hit back at activists who challenge them, according to Hu...

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Netanyahu's Challenge to the UN -- And My Challenge to Liberals -- For Moral Consistency

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Based on these core principles, liberals should overwhelmingly demand that the Palestinians accept Israel's minimal request to bring peace.

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Living Under the Bombing of Gaza

Khulood Ghanem | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the start of the Gaza war I was on my way walking in the street. I heard the first rocket, the second and the third, at this moment I could see nothing, all I remember was the biggest explosion I have ever seen.

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Israeli Ambassador Explodes: Gaza War Critics Are Calling Us Nazis

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.'s take on the Goldstone report is ridiculous. In fact, nowhere in his piece does he dispute the report's finding that Israel (and Hamas) committed war crimes.

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Gaza War Crimes Trial Reopens

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council will reopen the debate about alleged war crimes in Gaza later this week after Palestinians succeeded in g...

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Richard Goldstone: Why I Investigated Israel's Conduct in Gaza

RealClearWorld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Five weeks after the release of the Report of the Fact Finding Mission on Gaza, there has been no attempt by any of its critics to come to grips with ...

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The Hyposcrisy of "Universal Jurisdiction"

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is disgraceful that Israeli leaders cannot walk the streets of London safely, while Hamas and Hezbollah leaders are honored and celebrated.

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The Goldstone Report on Gaza

Jessica Montell | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the release of the Goldstone report, Israel has a choice. It can continue to shoot the messenger and bury its head in the sand, or it can initiate a genuine process of truth-telling and taking responsibility.

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Israel Diary: Voices of Peace, Stories of Conflict

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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My last day in Israel was a whirlwind of visits -- and points of view. I met with people on both sides of the conflict, all hoping to break through old paradigms that no longer work. READ MORE Meet the HuffPost Game Changers We've announced the top ten Game Changers in Entertainment and Green, and now it's up to you to pick the Ultimate Game Changer in each category. READ MORE WATCH: Arianna Discusses "Pigs at the Trough" on The View WATCH: Arianna Talks Iran, the GOP, and Polanski on Morning Joe WATCH: Arianna Defends Rep. Alan Grayson on Countdown WATCH: Arianna Takes on Red State Blogger on Dylan Ratigan's Show WATCH: Arianna Talks Letterman, KFC, Jiggling Breasts, and the Olympics on Leno

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Israel's Ehud Barak: Terrorism Pays At The UN

wsj.com | EHUD BARAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week the United Nation's Human Rights Council produced a 600-page report alleging that Israel carried out war crimes in Gaza. The Goldstone Repor...

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