Wall Street Journal | US Sway Over Israel on Gaza at a Low Wall Street Journal JERUSALEM—White House and State Department officials who were leading U.S. efforts to rein in Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip were caught off guard last month when they learned that the Israeli military had been quietly securing supplies ... Israel targets 'terror sites'; Hamas OKs cease-fire Gaza conflict: Israel and Hamas agree to extend ceasefire by five days Egypt: Israel, Hamas to Extend Temporary Truce |
New York Times | Cuomo, Visiting Israel, Joins Growing US List New York Times Summertime trips to Israel are nothing new for American officials, but amid the fighting in Gaza, more and more of them are seizing on their annual sojourns or booking last-minute excursions to make a political statement. Representative Steve Israel, a ... Cuomo travels to Israel, tells Netanyahu, 'We pray for peace' In Israel, Cuomo and lawmakers pledge support Foreign Policy at Fore in Cuomo Israel Trip |
Wall Street Journal | Israel-Hamas Talks Over Gaza Deadlocked Wall Street Journal The truce, which began Monday, was due to expire at midnight local time, but the hours leading up to the end of the truce were marked by preparations for more fighting in the costliest conflict yet between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that ... |
Hillary Clinton Twists Herself In Knots To Avoid Blaming Israel For UN Bombing Huffington Post A few weeks later, on July 30, five Israeli shells rained down on a U.N. school at the Jabalia refugee camp, killing more than 15 people, mostly women and children. The attack, which also wounded more than 100 civilians, marked the second time in a ... |
Fox News | Fox News Poll: Majorities disapprove of Obama on Iraq, Israel and Ukraine Fox News Voters are generally dissatisfied with how President Obama is handling the world's hot spots -- most give him a thumbs-down for the job he is doing on Iraq, Israel and Ukraine. At the same time, they approve of U.S. airstrikes he's ordered against ISIS ... |
The Guardian | Gaza and Israel locked in talks as end of ceasefire approaches The Guardian Palestinian and Israeli delegations were locked in tense talks on Wednesday night as the end of a 72-hour ceasefire approached. Though the truce – the eighth bid to stop the month-long war – was due to expire at midnight on Wednesday, there was still ... |
New York Daily News | U. of I. rescinds professor's job offer after tweets that criticized Israel Chicago Tribune 16, with a tenured position in the American Indian studies program. His job offer came under scrutiny recently, however, after he posted numerous tweets criticizing Israel in its ongoing conflict with Hamas, including some that contained vulgar language. Tweets on Israel Cost Professor a New Job |
CBS News | Rocket lands in Israel hours before ceasefire's end New York Post Israel wants Hamas to disarm, or at least be prevented from rearming. Hamas has recovered from previous rounds of violence with Israel, including a major three-week ground operation in January 2009 and another weeklong air offensive in 2012. Renewed Israel, Palestinian truce off to shaky start Israel and Hamas to extend temporary truce, Egypt says Two Journalists Among 6 Dead in Gaza Bomb-Disposal Accident |
Rocket fire targets southern Israel hours before temporary cease-fire deadline Jerusalem Post A Hamas spokesman denied on Wednesday any rockets had been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel, after a rocket launched from the territory landed in southern Israel. Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Hamas "denies there was any rocket fire at the ... |
Israel: Gaza War Talks See Little Progress Huffington Post GAZA/JERUSALEM, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Islamist militants in Gaza have made no progress so far, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, as a 72-hour ceasefire in the shattered Palestinian enclave held for a ... |