It has now been two weeks since the Israeli military began its attacks on the Gaza Strip, and one week since they began their ground invasion. In that time, over 800 people have been killed in Gaza, and around 3,300 others have been wounded. Both the United Nations...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the large civilian death toll in the first two weeks of Israel's ongoing war on the Gaza Strip today, saying "it's hard" for Israeli troops to avoid killing civilians because the tiny strip is so densely populated. Rice...
Responding to last night's report from The Guardian, Barack Obama's chief national security spokeswoman Brooke Anderson has denied that the Obama Administration would ever participate in secret low level talks with the Hamas government. "The President-elect has...
Last night's United Nations Security Council vote calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed with universal support, except from the United States who abstained from voting. The resolution was a watered-down version of two previous UN resolutions which would...
Earlier this afternoon, the United States House of Representatives voted 390-5 in favor of H. RES. 34, voicing their support for the Israeli military effort in the Gaza Strip. The bill, co-sponsored by 11 representatives, demanded that Hamas end its rocket fire...
Israeli ground troops ordered around 110 Palestinian civilians into a single home in Gaza City's Zeitun neighborhood and ordered them to stay indoors on Sunday. On Monday morning, Israeli forces repeatedly shelled the building, killing at least 30 of the civilians...
Unlike the two previous attempts at a UN Security Council resolution calling for the end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, last night's was non-binding. Likewise, unlike the previous two, the United States allowed this one to pass (though they themselves abstained...
The Guardian is reporting that incoming President Barack Obama is being urged by advisers to abandon the Bush Administration's policy of isolating Hamas and to allow for multipartite or clandestine talks with the Islamist organization. But even if the Obama...
After Israel's last minute attempts to force another delay in the vote failed, the United Nations Security Council finally managed to pass a Gaza Strip ceasefire resolution with a 14-0 vote. The United States abstained from voting on the resolution. The resolution...
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced today that he would ban Iranians from leaving the country to carry out suicide attacks against Israel. The ban is an attempt to silence calls by Iran's far right to take a direct role in confronting Israel on its attacks...
