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Kerry Pushes Weeklong Gaza Truce as Palestinian Death Toll Nears 800
Allie Jones · 07/25/14 07:10AMMideast War Gets Jewish American Singles Ready to Fuck
Adam Weinstein · 07/24/14 11:40AMAt Least 16 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strike on School Shelter
Allie Jones · 07/24/14 10:25AMAt least 16 Palestinians were killed by Israeli shelling on a school being used as a shelter today. The U.N., which has been operating the shelter, says this is the third time a school shelter has been hit in the 16-day conflict. The AP has published photos of children injured in the attack (like the one above).
Hamas Leader Says He's Ready for a Cease-Fire in Gaza
Allie Jones · 07/23/14 02:47PMAdam Weinstein · 07/23/14 12:32PM
"We've come to Washington to ask our government to stop demanding for Israel to show restraint," the Christians United for Israel founding pastor told his audience. Later, an IDF veteran told the cheering, flag-waving Christians: "The soldiers of Israel must smash their skulls and break their spines."
Major U.S. Airlines Cancel Flights to Tel Aviv After Rocket Scare
Allie Jones · 07/22/14 12:06PMWSJ Op-Ed Defends Killing Gazans in Eerily Familiar Language
Adam Weinstein · 07/22/14 11:07AMJon Stewart Perfectly Illustrates the Problem With Talking About Gaza
Andy Cush · 07/22/14 08:21AMIs Israel Really as Good at Shooting Down Rockets as it Claims?
Adam Weinstein · 07/21/14 12:50PMGraphic Video Shows Sniper Shooting a Relief Worker on a Gaza Street
Adam Weinstein · 07/21/14 12:22PMThe man was perhaps in his early twenties, laboring with yellow-vested relief workers in the rubble of Shujaiyeh to cart out survivors on gurneys and find his family and friends. He was shot, and he fell. The shots kept coming. In a conflict marked by horrific images, this may be the worst yet.
Israel Destroys More Hamas Tunnels, Palestinian Death Toll Nears 500
Allie Jones · 07/21/14 07:33AMIsraeli officials said Monday that its military destroyed two more hidden tunnels operated by Hamas, killing 10 militants attempting to enter Israel. Israel may not get to finish its operation to destroy all the tunnels, however—Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Cairo to "seek an immediate halt to hostilities."
Turkish PM: Israel Is Guilty of "Barbarism That Surpasses Hitler"
Dayna Evans · 07/19/14 01:30PMDozens Dead in Gaza as Netanyahu Warns Significant Widening of Assault
Andy Cush · 07/18/14 07:19AMWhy Did NBC Yank a Gaza Reporter Who Saw Children Killed on the Beach?
Adam Weinstein · 07/17/14 02:05PMMedia attention in Gaza yesterday focused on a sudden Israeli artillery strike that killed four children as they played on the beach, in front of numerous journalists. One of those reporters, NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin, documented the aftermath in stark detail. Today, NBC pulled him out of Gaza.
Israel Agrees to Five Hour “Humanitarian Window”
Aleksander Chan · 07/16/14 06:01PMIsrael has agreed to halt its attacks on Gaza for five hours Thursday in accordance to a deal brokered by the United Nations' special envoy to the Middle East, Robert H. Serry. The temporary break from assaults for a "humanitarian window" comes after days of airstrikes between the Israeli military and Hamas and the death of more than 200 Palestinians.
Even Rihanna Regrets Tweeting #FreePalestine
Allie Jones · 07/15/14 03:45PMOn Saturday, Amare Stoudemire deleted an Instagram captioned "Pray for Palestine." That same day, Dwight Howard tweeted and quickly deleted "#FreePalestine," claiming the tweet was a "mistake." Today, Rihanna also tweeted and deleted "#FreePalestine," proving that even the world's largest Twitter troll wants no part of the Israel-Palestine debate.
Ceasefire Agreement Brings Bloody Israel-Gaza Conflict to an End [UPDATE x2: With Photo of Deal]
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/21/12 01:05PMAfter eight days of intense fighting during which nearly 150 Palestinians and five Israeli were killed and hundreds of others were injured, both the Israeli government and Hamas officials have agreed to the terms of an Egypt-brokered ceasefire that is set to go into effect at 9 PM local time (2 PM ET).
This Is Not a Human Shield
John Cook · 11/21/12 11:45AMBy launching rockets from densely populated civilian areas, we are told, Hamas is guilty of using "human shields." It is deliberately conducting military operations near civilians in order to deter Israel from responding, for fear of killing civilians. There is one problem with this formulation: Israel has not been deterred. The humans are not shielding Hamas. The Israeli Defense Forces are killing them. They're not "human shields." They're just dead.