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UN Chief Urges Unilateral Israeli Cease-Fire

AP, CBS News | IBRAHIM BARZAK and MARK LAVIE | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The U.N. chief urged Israel Friday to declare a unilateral cease-fire in Gaza, but Israel rebuffed the idea as its diplo...

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Pelosi Bemoans "Huge" Civilian Deaths In Gaza War, Urges Cease Fire

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was meeting with the Egyptian ambassador on Thursday to push for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza...

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A Jew's Prayer for the Children of Gaza

Bradley Burston | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living

In this day, when the trepidation and rage and mourning that is called war, seizes our hearts and patches them in scars, we call to you, the Lord whose name is Peace.

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Israel Seeks Three Hour Ceasefire for Screen Actors Guild Awards Show

Scott Blakeman | Posted 02.15.2009 | Home

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Although Israel is planning many more days of bombing and killing in Gaza, it reportedly wants a three hour ceasefire to allow its troops to watch the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild awards, live from Hollywood on January 25.

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Israel Shells UN Headquarters In Gaza

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli artillery shells struck the U.N. headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting a food warehouse ablaze and...

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Palestinian Authority Rep: End Gaza Crisis with Suicide Attacks

GroundReport | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news at the local level. One week ago, in an effort to s...

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Weighing Proportionality in Gaza

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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The losses on both sides will be all in vain if the final outcome of the war does not substantially improve both the prospects for an eventual Israeli-Palestinian peace.

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Israel Treading a Familiar Path in Gaza

Jared Levy | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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Hamas doesn't shoot rockets from civilian neighborhoods, mosques and UN buildings to deter an Israeli response. They do it precisely because they know Israel will respond with deadly force.

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Hamas Creates YouTube Site, Palutube, To Broadcast Message

Haaretz | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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Hamas has set up a YouTube site showing graphic scenes from the fighting against Israel over the past few days. The militant group also attacks its po...

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Israel's Use Of White Phosphorus Not Illegal: Red Cross

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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GENEVA — The international Red Cross said Tuesday that Israel has fired white phosphorus shells in its offensive in the Gaza Strip, but has no e...

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Israel's Waltz with Injustice

Wajahat Ali | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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Waltz with Bashir, an autobiographical "animated documentary" from Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman, offers a sobering reminder of Israel's current, brutal military offensive in Gaza.

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Egypt Pushes Hamas To Accept Truce

AP | SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian mediators pushed the militant Palestinian group Hamas to accept a truce proposal for the embattled Gaza Strip in talks T...

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Iran Could Be Real Winner In Gaza Conflict

Spiegel Online | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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Despite the horrifically high death toll among civilians, Israel continues its war in the Gaza Strip, even threatening to launch a full invasion. So f...

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War Diary from Sderot

Nomika Zion | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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.

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Gaza Crisis Imperils Two-State Solution

nytimes.com | MICHAEL SLACKMAN | Posted 02.11.2009 | Home

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CAIRO -- With every image of the dead in Gaza inflaming people across the Arab world, Egyptian and Jordanian officials are worried that they see a fun...

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Gaza Conflict Will Have Long-Term Consequences On Arab World: Ismail Patel

Guardian.co.uk | Posted 02.11.2009 | World

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The human cost of Israel's decision to attack Gaza is being paid by the Palestinians. However, the fallout from this wanton violence is going to have ...

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UN: Probe Israeli shelling of Gaza building

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — With fighting all around them, Israeli troops knocked on the door of the Samouni clan in Gaza City last weekend and told them to lea...

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Israel, Hamas Continue Attacks Despite UN Resolution

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK and JASON KEYSER | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rocke...

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While Gaza Burns, the World Watches

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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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.

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What Israel Can Learn From Turkey

GroundReport | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism site covering world news at the local level. By Selene Verri Turkey recently conde...

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Will Obama be a Peacemaker?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Clearly, what the world desperately needs from America and its new president is a peacemaker, not another warrior.

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Gaza Talks In Cairo Thursday (UPDATES, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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Scroll down for video, photos UPDATE: 1/7 5:30 pm Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority will meet Thursday to negotiate a cease-fire plan, rep...

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Inside the Tel Aviv Bubble

Omri Marcus | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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Here is a short guide to the various characters you will find in the Tel Aviv bubble these days, including Mr. Right Wing, Mr. Left Wing, The Escapist, and The Conspiracy Theory Guy.

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Courage Needed

Shunit Harpaz | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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A courageous leader would spark the enthusiasm towards peace. The Israelis are in a down spiral, but with the right leadership they could bounce back hungry for peace as ever before.

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Sarkozy Says Israel Accepts Egyptian-French Cease-Fire Plan, But Hamas Rejects It

CBS News | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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(CBS/AP) French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that Israel had accepted an Egyptian-French cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip, but Hamas off...

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