The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has proposed a ceasefire to the deadly attacks raged between Israel and Hamas, calling for a halt to further offensives until a truce can be negotiated. The Israeli government and leaders of Hamas have reportedly said they will consider the offer.

The 15-member U.N. Security Council announced in a press release on Friday that it's unanimously calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Over 130 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli offensive began on Tuesday.

Nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed this week in an ongoing Israeli offensive aimed at stopping rocket fire from Hamas. Hamas leaders promised a "long battle" with Israel on Friday: "We have prepared ourselves for a very long battle, not for a week or 10 days, as some have said, but for many long weeks," the group said in a statement.

At least 80 Palestinians have been killed since Tuesday in an Israeli offensive aimed at stopping rocket fire from Hamas, which fired rockets deep into Israel last night. And situation shows no sign of letting up: Haaretz reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't have an exit strategy.

Since Tuesday, Israel's offensive on Gaza has killed 41 Palestinians, including eight children. And the operation, aimed at stopping Hamas' recent barrage of rocket attacks, shows no sign of letting up. The New York Times reports that Israel is calling up as many as 40,000 reservists to "free them for a possible ground invasion of Gaza."

Israel has launched an offensive from air and sea aimed at Hamas militants in Gaza. Palestinian officials say these military strikes have killed at least 10 Palestinians so far, including two children. This could be a long-term offensive, and the Israeli government is authorized to deploy 40,000 more troops.

Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed nine Hamas militants early Monday morning. Later Monday, Hamas promised Israel "will pay a tremendous price" for the strikes. The attacks in part targeted rocket launchers, after Hamas militants in Gaza fired rockets into Israel over the weekend.

Israeli police have arrested six suspects in connection to the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was kidnapped from his home last week in East Jerusalem and is believed to have been beaten and then burned to death. Unnamed officials told the Washington Post that the suspects have "nationalistic" views, only further stoking speculation that Khdeir was killed as an act of revenge for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers.

Airstrikes have been reported in Gaza following the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenagers today. Citing the Israel Defense Forces, Haaretz reports that 34 "terror targets" have been attacked by the Israeli Air Force. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon earlier today called for the "ending" of Hamas.

The bodies of the three Israeli teens kidnapped earlier this month were found just north of the Palestinian city of Hebron. Israeli security forces, who have been looking for the teens in the West Bank, have sealed off the area.

A plane drops flame retardant to help extinguish the massive forest fire in Jerusalem, Israel. Hundreds were evacuated from their homes as the fire was contained Wednesday evening. Israeli police are still investigating the cause of the fire, but suspect arson. Image by Olivier Fitoussi via AP.

The Syrian government claimed Monday that airstrikes launched by Israel last night killed four people and wounded nine. So far Syria has not said if it will retaliate; if it does, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised not to back down.

Israeli motorists stand next to their cars on a freeway as a two-minute siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Image via Ariel Schalit/AP.

And on the 18th day, explanatory journalism provided us all with "Everything you need to know about Israel-Palestine." Whew! Thank goodness that's settled. Wait, there's no explainer card for "Why isn't that 'Palestine-Israel?'"

A group of left-wing academics have formed a group to oppose other groups of left-wing academics who are calling on academics to boycott Israel. The outcome of this struggle will determine the future of Palestine.

[An Israeli police officer points his gun at photographers and Palestinian demonstrators on Friday afternoon in East Jerusalem. Image via Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

MA'ALEH ADUMIM, WEST BANK – Scarlett Johansson's decision to part ways with international anti-poverty outfit Oxfam so she can keep her endorsement deal with Israeli fizz-maker SodaStream has intensified the global controversy over businesses that operate in the occupied Palestinian territories. But the Palestinian employees here basically have no idea who she is.

Bombshell actress and Obama campaigner Scarlett Johansson surprised plenty of people today by parting with the social justice charity Oxfam over her decision to star in a series of ads promoting Sodastream, an Israel-based company. What the hell happened? Here's everything you need to know.

Bill de Blasio wants you to know he shovels his own snow-encrusted sidewalk, arranging feel-good photo-ops to show off his civic pride. The New York mayor feels a bit differently, however, about wooing the powerful pro-Israeli lobbying group AIPAC, whose members he spoke to in a Manhattan hotel on Thursday night, for a speech omitted from his public itinerary.

Call Israelis "the strongest democrats in the Middle East." Call them complex and fractious. Call them militarized tools with racist streaks who expand their territory at the expense of peoples they consider inferior. Only don't call them Nazis, because they will totally throw you in jail!