Tag: Hamas

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

Palestinian mourners carry the body of their loved one, killed on an Israeli strike in Shijaiyah neighbourhood, out of the morgue of Gaza City's Shifa hospital, during the funeral, on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Israeli strikes hit the crowded shopping area in Gaza City, hours after tank shells tore through the walls of a U.N. school crowded with war refugees Wednesday in the deadliest of a series of air and artillery attacks that push the Palestinian death toll above 1,300 in more than three weeks of fighting.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Obama takes tougher line against Gaza casualties

Julie Pace · July 31, 2014 12:57 am

Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Kentucky Democrat challenging Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for reelection, told reporters that Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system prevents Hamas militants from tunneling into the Jewish state. (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Beltway Confidential

Gaffe Watch: Alison Lundergan Grimes explains how Israel’s Iron Dome protects against Hamas tunnels

Kevin Daley · July 30, 2014 9:27 pm

Media reports filed under the sway of terrorists can’t be trusted

Beltway Confidential

Media reports filed under the sway of terrorists can’t be trusted

Charles Hoskinson · July 30, 2014 9:20 pm

Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

U.S. shouldn’t let Israel’s enemies mediate a ceasefire

Jed Babbin · July 30, 2014 9:00 pm

Deadly Israeli strikes hit UN school, market area

KARIN LAUBTIA GOLDENBERG · July 30, 2014 8:13 pm

Smoke rises in the skyline from Israeli strikes in eastern Gaza City, early Wednesday, July 30, 2014, amid Israel's heaviest air and artillery assault in more than three weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

AP ANALYSIS: Amid war, endgames in Gaza emerge

Dan Perry · July 30, 2014 7:39 pm