Tag: Middle East

VIDEO: Obama announces Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Steve Doty · July 22, 2014 5:34 pm

Smoke from an Israeli strike rises over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A police spokesman said Israeli aircraft have hit dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip, including the home of the late leader of Hamas' military wing, several mosques and a football stadium. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israeli aircraft hit more than 70 targets in Gaza

Karin Laub · July 22, 2014 5:36 am

Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble of a house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza death toll rises as truce effort intensifies

KARIN LAUBYOUSUR ALHLOU · July 22, 2014 1:21 am

Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon make statements to reporters in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 21, 2014. Kerry has returned to the Middle East as the Obama administration attempts to bolster regional efforts to reach a cease fire and sharpens its criticism of Hamas in its conflict with Israel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

National Security

US urges global push for Israeli, Hamas cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 21, 2014 9:51 pm

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Staff Sgt. Moshe Melako, 20, during his funeral at the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, July 21, 2014. Melako was one of 13 soldiers killed in several separate incidents in Shijaiyah on Sunday, as Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers. In Israel, a country where military service is mandatory for most citizens, military losses are considered every bit as tragic as civilian ones. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli mood turns dark with mounting casualties

ARON HELLERDAN PERRY · July 21, 2014 9:25 pm

Major newspaper editorials condemned Hamas, but their condemnation was hedged by calls for "restraint" on "both sides" and "proportionality" in Israel's response to the attacks. (AP Photo)

The best way to help Palestinians is to stop helping terrorists

Cal Thomas · July 21, 2014 9:00 pm

Protestors burn a hand-painted Israeli flag next to a graffiti of the Star of David symbol, seen on the ground, during an anti Israel demonstration outside of the Israeli embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, July 21, 2014. Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters demanded a halt to military action in Gaza during a peaceful protest near the Israeli embassy in the Cypriot capital. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Protesters denounce Israel at embassy in Cyprus

Washington Examiner · July 21, 2014 6:18 pm

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike hit Gaza City, Monday. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

Beltway Confidential

Why is the U.S. funding a United Nations group that transfers weapons to terrorists?

Philip Klein · July 21, 2014 3:25 pm

Mehrere hundert Menschen beteiligen sich am 20.07.2014 an einem Protestzug durch die Innenstadt von Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) bei einer pro-palÃ¤stinensischen Kundgebung, um gegen das Vorgehen der israelischen Armee im Gazastreifen zu protestieren. "The world must Stop Israel"heiÃt es auf einem Plakat. Die Polizei ist mit einem massiven KrÃ¤fteaufgebot vor Ort. Foto: Boris Roessler +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

German Jewish leader condemns anti-Semitism

Washington Examiner · July 21, 2014 12:50 pm

A member of Iraq's Special Weapons and Tactics Team stands guard as blindfolded suspected terrorists are displayed at the federal police headquarters in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Iraq's SWAT arrested 21 suspected terrorists during recent security operations in Basra, according to police. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Overnight attacks in Iraq kill at least 16 people

Sinan Salaheddin · July 21, 2014 9:24 am

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

The Truth About Iraq

liz-cheney, dick-cheney · July 21, 2014 4:00 am