Tag: Hamas

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announces a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire beginning Friday between Israel and Hamas, in New Delhi, India, Friday. (AP/Lucas Jackson)

Seriously, what is John Kerry doing?

David Harsanyi · August 1, 2014 2:55 pm

Midweek, the Times reported that 1,410 Palestinians have died and only 59 Israelis, while Israel had launched 3,577 rockets into Gaza compared to 2,753 fired by Hamas at Israel. (AP Photo)

Hamas’ propaganda victory

Linda Chavez · August 1, 2014 2:53 pm

Palestinians return to the heavily bombed Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah, close to the Israeli border, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. A three-day Gaza cease-fire that began Friday quickly unraveled, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of violating the truce. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

In brief lull, Gaza’s displaced survey devastation

Karin Laub · August 1, 2014 1:46 pm

Free Gaza From Hamas

Michael Warren · August 1, 2014 1:29 pm

After the ‘Ceasefire’

After the ‘Ceasefire’

Michael Warren · August 1, 2014 12:51 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference addressed jointly with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 31, 2014. This is Kerry's first visit to India following the resounding election win of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool)

National Security

Brokering a truce in Gaza no easy deal for Kerry

Lara Jakes · August 1, 2014 11:24 am

10 celebrities who have opinions on the Israel-Palestine conflict that no one asked for

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10 celebrities who have opinions on the Israel-Palestine conflict that no one asked for

Becket Adams · August 1, 2014 10:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 16, 2014, file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas listens to Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby, during their meeting at his residence in Cairo, Egypt. Nearly a month into Israel's fierce assault on Hamas in Gaza, Abbas is facing mounting domestic pressure to seek war crimes charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Abbas seeks broad support for war crimes charges

KARIN LAUBJOHN HEILPRIN · August 1, 2014 3:58 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference addressed jointly with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 31, 2014. This is Kerry's first visit to India following the resounding election win of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool)

Gaza truce comes after days of pushing for a deal

Lara Jakes · August 1, 2014 2:24 am

Rockets are fired from Gaza Strip towards Israel, Thursday, July 31, 2014, as international efforts to end the 23-day-old conflict seemed to sputter despite concern over the mounting death toll. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Top UN aid official urges daily ‘pauses’ in Gaza

Edith Lederer · July 31, 2014 11:00 pm

Palestinian Heygar Jendiyah, gestures as she speaks to the photographer, while her daughter Ranin, 10, stands background, at the house, partially destroyed by an Israeli strike earlier during the war, in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2014. The building houses 21 members of the extended family, and now with several rooms destroyed, they try to go about their lives, without electricity and without running water for several hours a day. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israel vows to destroy Hamas tunnels, deaths spike

IAN DEITCHIBRAHIM BARZAK · July 31, 2014 9:47 pm

An Israeli activist waves the Israeli flag in support of Israel's operation in Gaza, during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, in this file photo taken Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

An American living in Israel: Numbers don’t tell the true story about Israel in Gaza

Eliana Rudee · July 31, 2014 4:13 pm