With the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip increasingly dire, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will allow the military to establish a "humanitarian corridor" in the Gaza Strip through which Gazans would be permitted periodic access to the food, clean...
Israel Promises Investigation in Friendly Fire Killings
The Palestinian death toll in the first 11 days of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip has soared to at least 635 and Israel continues to be unwilling to consider a truce or even acknowledge the growing humanitarian crisis among the strip's 1.5 million residents....
Olmert ‘Fed Up’ With Pushes for Ceasefire as Death Toll Spirals
Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip continue to net more and more casualties, 635 killed based on the most recent reports, and while the operation continues to fail at its stated goal of bringing rocket fire from Hamas to a halt Israeli officials remain in no mood to...
World’s Largest Embassy Opens in Baghdad
Weeks of moving are finally completed, and the United States has opened its enormous new embassy in Baghdad. Taking over three and a half years to complete and costing in the realm of $700 million, the gargantuan compound is bigger than the Vatican, and the largest...
House to House Fighting Reported in Gaza
Israeli forces moved into Gaza City today, sparking major gunbattles with Hamas militants. Tanks rolled through the streets, firing dozens of shells, and local hospitals are filling up with civilians. Witnesses on the ground say the Palestinian forces have attacked...
Reports: Khalilzad Ordered to Keep UN From Stopping Gaza War
The French government is reportedly working with the Arab League on yet another draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, while also urging the Israeli government to allow humanitarian aid into the strip. According to America's ambassador...
As Israel Rules Out Peace, Exit Strategy Remains Elusive
10 days into its attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli government seems to have painted itself into a rather unpleasant corner. Regime change isn't the goal, the government says it has no intention of occupying the Gaza Strip with its thousands of invading soldiers....
Civilian Toll Soars as Gaza Attacks Continue
10 days into the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, the violence continues to escalate and there is still no end in sight. But as the violence moved into the most densely populated portions of the tiny strip, civilians are increasingly in the line of fire and...
Israel Arrests Iranian TV Journalist for Reporting Start of Gaza Invasion
Among the first to break the news Saturday that Israel had begun its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip was a journalist working for an Iranian television station. What did this reporter get for is troubles? Arrested, for one. In a nation with a history of at least...
Israeli Officials Flout Court Ruling, Still Won’t Let Journalists Into Gaza
Freedom of the press in Israel, such as it is, took another hit today as the Israeli Defense Ministry announced that, in spite of an order by the Israeli Supreme Court to allow eight foreign journalists to enter the Gaza Strip, it would continue to keep them out,...