Tag: Israel

Beltway Confidential

Politician with 40+ years experience forgets to watch out for hot mics: What John Kerry had to say about Israel

Becket Adams · July 21, 2014 1:19 pm

President Obama's fundraising swing through the West Coast will include events in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where he will deliver remarks on the importance of job-driven skills training at a community college in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Obama continues midterm money chase amid challenges in Ukraine, Gaza

Susan Crabtree · July 21, 2014 12:29 pm

Palestinian U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour speaks during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the worsening situation in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Sunday, July 20, 2014. A Jordan-drafted resolution obtained by The Associated Press expresses "grave concern" at the high number of civilians killed in Gaza, including children, and it calls for an immediate cease-fire, "including the withdrawal of Israeli occupying forces from the Gaza Strip." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

UN Security Council holds urgent meeting on Gaza

Alexandra Olson · July 21, 2014 4:08 am

Israel Under Attack

Lee Smith · July 21, 2014 4:00 am

National Security

Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 21, 2014 3:59 am

Israeli soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade mourn over the grave of Sgt. Bnaya Rubel during his funeral at the military cemetery in Holon, Israel, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Rubel was killed while fighting Palestinian militants in Gaza on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Scores dead in first major ground battle in Gaza

KARIN LAUBTIA GOLDENBERG · July 21, 2014 2:01 am

Palestinian medics carry a wounded woman to an emergency room at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, July 20, 2014. In the heart of Gaza City, as its citizen again find themselves under fire from Israeli airstrikes and artillery, the wounded and their wailing families stream into Shifa Hospital without end. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Amid bloodshed, frenetic Gaza hospital improvises

Karin Laub · July 21, 2014 12:18 am

French youth, police clash at anti-Israeli protest

MILOS KRIVOKAPICELAINE GANLEY · July 20, 2014 9:34 pm

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the situation in Ukraine Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama dragged down by chaos at home and abroad, not by the economy

Michael Barone · July 20, 2014 9:00 pm

Hot Mic: Kerry Mocks Israel: ‘A Hell of a Pinpoint Operation’

Daniel Halper · July 20, 2014 1:21 pm

Palestinian boys read at a United Nations school where dozens of families have sought refuge after fleeing their homes following heavy Israeli forces' strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israeli bulldozers destroy Hamas tunnels in Gaza

IBRAHIM BARZAKIAN DEITCH · July 20, 2014 5:11 am

Palestinians mourners pray over the lifeless bodies of nine Palestinians killed in an early morning Israeli missile strike, at Bilal mosque during their funeral in the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 19, 2014. Even as the death toll mounts in the Gaza Strip, attempts to broker a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel have so far run aground, in part because they have become mired in the deep schism between Mideast countries. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Mideast divisions cloud Gaza cease-fire efforts

Maggie Michael · July 19, 2014 4:19 pm