Tag: Israel

A Conversation Between the President and Susan Rice

Irwin M. Stelzer · July 28, 2014 4:57 pm

The U.N. Security Council convenes on the worsening situation in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 28, 2014. The U.N. Security Council called for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire" in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas at an emergency meeting just after midnight Monday morning. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

UN chief reinforces call for Gaza cease-fire

Edith Lederer · July 28, 2014 4:26 pm

A member of the Keferna family cries upon his return to the family house, which was destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Is Obama To Blame for the World’s Crises?

Steve Chapman · July 28, 2014 2:36 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, file photo, Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas Politburo in Damascus, talks during a news conference following his talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo. Hamas leader Meshaal said in an interview broadcast Monday, July 28, 2014, that he believes the world hasn't taken an even-handed view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Hamas leader Meshaal demands end to occupation

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 12:59 pm

A relative guides a girl in prayer at the grave of their loved one in a cemetery in Gaza city, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. Monday marked the beginning of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which caps the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims usually start the day with dawn prayers and visiting cemeteries to pay their respects to the dead, with children getting new clothes, toys, shoes and haircuts, and families visiting each other. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

In war-struck Gaza, civilians struggle to get by

KARIN LAUBIBRAHIM BARZAK · July 28, 2014 12:06 pm

VIDEO: John Kerry vows U.S. will continue push for Israel-Palestinian ceasefire

Ed Sykes · July 28, 2014 9:37 am

FILE - In this Thursday, July 24, 2014, file photo, blood and and discarded belongings are left behind at a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli tank shells hit the compound, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens more who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside, Palestinian officials said, as Israel pressed forward with its 17-day war against the territory's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Israel acknowledges mortar shell hit UN school

Yousur Alhlou · July 27, 2014 11:28 pm

Netanyahu: Israel can lose on PR but not security

Philip Elliott · July 27, 2014 8:39 pm

Obama: US worried about worsening Gaza conditions

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 8:17 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Christian support for Israel rooted in Genesis promises, not end-times prophecy, evangelicals say

Philip Klein · July 27, 2014 8:07 pm

Smoke raises in the air following an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Sunday, July 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu: Hamas violating its own cease-fire

Sean Lengell · July 27, 2014 4:21 pm

Palestinian says Israeli action extends conflict

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 2:19 pm