The situation on the ground in the Gaza Strip is fast-changing, and so too is the Israeli government's stated intentions with respect to its continued military presence. While just yesterday top officials said it was too soon to discuss a timetable, forces are now...
The repeated accusations during the course of Israel's three week war on the Gaza Strip regarding their use of white phosphorus against civilians gained yet more momentum today, when Amnesty International's fact-finding team determined that there was indisputable...
The 1.5 million residents of the Gaza Strip haven't even finished digging all the bodies of friends and family out of the rubble yet, but already thought is being given to how the towns, cities and refugee camps leveled in the 22-day Israeli onslaught will be...
Not long after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared victory in their 22-day long attack on the Gaza Strip, Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared victory on behalf of the Hamas government. "The enemy has failed to achieve its goals," Haniyeh insisted. He...
Notwithstanding a handful of incidents on both sides, the dueling ceasefires declared by Israel and Hamas seem to be holding up. The Israeli military has even begun to withdraw some of its forces from the devastated Gaza Strip. The Hamas government's ceasefire is...
With the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip seemingly over (or at the very least on hold) its political parties are back in campaign mode, gearing up for February 10th's election and hoping to cash in on their role (or public position on) the war. The current polls show...
With no fighting in the last 16 hours, there is some hope that the 1.5 million people in the Gaza Strip can eventually return to some kind of normalcy. But for now their time is spent digging through the rubble of their former homes, searching for loved ones long...
Hot on the heels of last night's declaration of a unilateral ceasefire by the Israeli government, Hamas has declared a unilateral ceasefire of their very own. Neither side is willing to talk to the other about it, but so far calm has prevailed in the roughly 16 hours...
Though both sides continued fighting right up until the official start of the Gaza ceasefire, which took effect at 7:00 PM Eastern, calm has prevailed in the first few hours, neither side his reportedly attacked the other, and there is hope, however fleeting, that the...
Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, an Israeli-trained Palestinian doctor who is also known as a peace activist and promoter of joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, sobbed during a press conference given by phone at the Sheba medical center as he spoke of losing three of his...
