Tag: Middle East

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

Israel Under Attack

Lee Smith · July 21, 2014 4:00 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

European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, address the media after closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

National Security

UN: Iran gets rid of sensitive nuclear material

George Jahn · July 21, 2014 1:24 am