It is far too early to assess the impact of the latest war in Gaza, but still some preliminary thoughts are in order:
The threat of renewed war in Gaza loomed on Wednesday as the clock ticked toward the end of a three-day cease-fire with no sign of a breakthrough in indirect talks in Cairo between Israel and the Palestinians.
Strengthened by crisis in Gaza, hundreds of Jews on a Monday aliyah flight to Israel share their stories.
Now that the latest Gaza conflict appears to be over – or, nearly, so — it’s time to take stock of the winners and losers.
Israel\’s elder statesman Shimon Peres bowed out of active political life on Thursday with an ardent defence of the war in Gaza against Hamas militants and a defiant prediction that peace will \”one day\” come to the Middle East.
As an American visiting Jerusalem for a month, the Tuesday night of the first air raid siren in the city was a new experience for me.
While Gazans, their Hamas leadership and pro-Palestinian supporters around the world condemn Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, now turning into a ground invasion, it’s time Muslims examined the Other Occupation: the inexorable advance of political Islamism over Islam.
Dwight Howard has never been able to transfer his deftness on the basketball court, his drive, his sheer, bold athleticism and vision, to his public relations.
Israel’s military said it was investigating the deaths of four Palestinian boys who were playing on a Gaza City beach when it was shelled.
The recent cycle of violence in Israel, after a period of relative calm, raises concerns that perhaps we are on the threshold of another intifada, or another Operation Pillar of Defense (a full-scale operation in Gaza), or both.
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