Last Friday's resolution in the United Nations Security Council urging a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed 14-0, with the abstention of the United States. The abstention came after President Bush sent last minute orders to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says it may take "a few more days" to resolve a handful of "technical issues" standing in the way of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. But conflicting reports emerging...
An attempt by the British government and other members of the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel's attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency headquarters in the Gaza Strip was foiled today, after Israel found out about the attempt and...
There was utter panic in one Gaza City neighborhood this evening after an Israeli tank shell hit the crowded al-Quds hospital, setting it ablaze. The area was shelled for most of the day, and desperate patients wounded in the war struggled to get out of their beds and...
With its continued refusal, after 20 days, to allow international journalists into the Gaza Strip to cover the ongoing war, the Israeli government is no stranger to being accused of attacks on freedom of the press. But earlier today, attacks on journalists' ability to...
Though it caused a minimal number of direct casualties, the Israeli attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) made headlines across the world and sparked a litany of public condemnations, not the least of which because UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness...
In a hopeful sign that the 20 day long Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip may finally be winding down, Israel's Ynet is quoting Palestinian sources as saying both Israel and Hamas have agreed on the general outline for the Egyptian ceasefire and will soon...
Hamas has reportedly told the Egyptian government that it will agree to a year-long, renewable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if Israel withdraws its forces from the strip in the next week and reopens the border crossings which have long remained closed. The offer falls...
The headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip was attacked today by Israeli artillery, sparking a fire which continues to burn. The compound was reportedly housing 700 civilian refugees and storehouses of increasingly scarce...
Retired judge Susan Crawford, who was responsible for overseeing the Guantanamo tribunals, admitted in an interview published today that the United States tortured detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani. "This was not any one particular act; this was just a combination of...
