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  • September 2008

    • Gaza Camps Offer Arts and Crafts, Not AK-47s

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 4, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Gaza Camps Offer Arts and Crafts, Not AK-47s

      (Newser) - The UN’s Relief and Works Agency is combating extremism in the Gaza Strip with some unconventional weapons: hula hoops, finger-painting, and sports, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The agency runs summer programs in 350 locations for Gaza’s youth in an attempt to counteract Hamas’ militant equivalent, where young Palestinians learn martial arts, train with fake weapons, and are taught religious intolerance. More »

  • June 2008

    • Rockets Hit Israel, Olmert Ends Ceasefire

      Associated Press  |  Jun 24, 08 9:48 AM CDT

      Rockets Hit Israel, Olmert Ends Ceasefire

      (AP) - Police say three Palestinian rockets have hit southern Israel and Ehud Olmert's office says the ceasefire that took effect last week has been broken. Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip say they carried out the attack to avenge an Israeli military raid that killed one of their fighters in the West Bank early today; two people were lightly wounded in the rocket barrage. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Middle East  • West Bank  • Gaza Strip  • truce  • rockets

  • May 2008

    • Israel Resumes Gaza Fuel Shipments

      BBC  |  May 12, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      Israel Resumes Gaza Fuel Shipments

      (Newser) - Israel is allowing fuel shipments into Gaza again after the region's only power plant had to shut down for 2 days due to lack of fuel. The plant's delivery terminal reopened this morning, the BBC reports. "We have received three trucks of industrial diesel for the power station so far," says an official at the plant. More »

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      Israel  • Israel and Palestinians  • Gaza Strip

    • Israeli Fuel Delay Shuts Gaza's Lone Power Plant

      Haaretz (Israel)  |  May 12, 08 3:41 AM CDT

      Israeli Fuel Delay Shuts Gaza's Lone Power Plant

      (Newser) - A fuel delivery delay from Israel has shut Gaza’s only power plant since Saturday, cutting electricity to about a third of the Strip’s residents, Ha’aretz reports. The shortage shut down area bakeries yesterday. More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Gaza Strip  • Arab Israeli conflict  • fuel  • power outage  • power plant

  • April 2008

    • Palestinian Factions OK Israel Truce Proposal

      AFP  |  Apr 30, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      Palestinian Factions OK Israel Truce Proposal

      (Newser) - Twelve Palestinian militant groups have agreed to a proposal for a truce with Israel, already backed by Hamas and Fatah. Egypt, mediating talks, will now try to sell the plan to Israel, AFP reports. The proposal calls for a "comprehensive, simultaneous, and reciprocal period of calm to be applied progressively, first in Gaza and then in the West Bank." More »

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      Gaza Strip  • Arab Israeli conflict  • Palestinians  • Islamic Jihad

    • Hamas Truce 'Not Serious': Israel

      AFP  |  Apr 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT

      Hamas Truce 'Not Serious': Israel

      (Newser) - Israel said a Hamas truce proposal yesterday was not genuine, and the Islamist organization would only regroup and strengthen itself during the 6-month ceasefire, AFP reports. "Unfortunately, this appears not to be serious at all," an Israeli spokesman said today, although officials said a prolonged halt in the near-daily rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip could convince them otherwise. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • Gaza Strip  • Egypt  • ceasefire  • rocket attacks  • Gaza blockade  • Gaza Egypt border

    • Hamas Pitches Deal for Gaza 'Calm'

      Reuters  |  Apr 24, 08 2:26 PM CDT

      Hamas Pitches Deal for Gaza 'Calm'

      (Newser) - Meeting with Egyptian authorities, Hamas leaders today proposed a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip and, eventually, the West Bank, Reuters reports. A Palestinian source said the group agreed to "a calm” in Gaza and, after a “specified period,” in the West Bank. The deal, supported by other militant groups, would require Israel to end blockades and military action in Gaza. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • West Bank  • Gaza Strip  • Arab Israeli conflict  • peace deal  • truce

    • Hamas Would Accept Peace With Israel: Carter

      Reuters  |  Apr 21, 08 8:36 AM CDT

      Hamas Would Accept Peace With Israel: Carter

      (Newser) - Hamas would accept a peace deal brokered by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas if  Palestinian voters favored the agreement, Jimmy Carter said after talks with a Hamas leader in Damascus. "There's no doubt that both the Arab world and the Palestinians, including Hamas, will accept Israel's right to live in peace within the 1967 borders," Carter said, urging reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas leaders as a step in the peace process. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza Strip  • Jimmy Carter  • Palestinians  • peace deal  • Khaled Meshaal

    • Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23

      Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23

      (Newser) - Three Israeli soldiers and at least 20 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli attacks rocked the Gaza Strip, the AP reports. Fadel Shana, a Reuters cameraman, was among the dead in fighting that undermined an Egyptian-negotiated peace effort and saw the highest death toll in a month. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • Fatah  • Gaza Strip  • Egypt  • airstrike  • Reuters

    • Hamas Amps Up Anti-Jewish Rant

      New York Times  |  Apr 1, 08 10:32 AM CDT

      Hamas Amps Up Anti-Jewish Rant

      (Newser) - In the 15 years since the Oslo accords, the Palestinian Authority under Fatah has tamped down anti-Semitic rhetoric. But in Hamas-controlled Gaza, incitement to violence against Jews has been amped up in everything from sermons to television cartoons. The New York Times investigates how virulent hatred of Jews—not just Israelis—compounds the difficulties of the peace process. More »

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      television  • Hamas  • Fatah  • Gaza Strip  • Palestinian Authority  • Palestinians  • anti-Semitism  • Zionism

  • March 2008

    • Islamic Groups Reject Truce in Egypt Peace Talks

      Reuters  |  Mar 27, 08 3:49 PM CDT

      Islamic Groups Reject Truce in Egypt Peace Talks

      (Newser) - Egypt’s talks with Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, aimed at establishing a truce with Israel, ended unsuccessfully today, Reuters reports. The militant groups demanded Israel stop Gaza and West Bank raids, end its Gaza blockade, and reopen border-crossings. Hamas and Israel already appear to have instituted a de facto ceasefire, Reuters notes. Islamic Jihad continues to fire rockets into Israel. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza Strip  • Egypt  • peace talks  • Islamic Jihad  • Gaza blockade

    • US 'Will Never Pressure Israel' on Security: VP

      Reuters  |  Mar 22, 08 7:24 PM CDT

      US 'Will Never Pressure Israel' on Security: VP

      (Newser) - The US supports recent Israeli strikes on Palestine and "will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security," Dick Cheney said in Jerusalem today. On a trip to spur stalled peace talks, Cheney is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leaders this weekend. A Hamas spokesman called Cheney's remarks "inciteful and completely biased in favor of the Israeli occupation." More »

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      Israel  • Palestine  • Ehud Olmert  • Dick Cheney  • Mahmoud Abbas  • West Bank  • Gaza Strip  • Salam Fayyad

    • Israel Peace Not Imminent: McCain

      Reuters  |  Mar 19, 08 4:33 PM CDT

      Israel Peace Not Imminent: McCain

      (Newser) - John McCain's tour of the Middle East continued today in Sderot, an Israeli town hit frequently by rockets from the Gaza Strip, Reuters reports. The Republican presidential candidate said he doubts peace between Israel and the Palestinians will be reached this year, and added that he supports Israel's rights to retaliate for the strikes. More »

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      John McCain  • Israel  • Gaza Strip  • Sderot

    • Jihad Rockets Hit Israel After Raid

      Haaretz (Israel)  |  Mar 13, 08 7:44 AM CDT

      Jihad Rockets Hit Israel After Raid

      (Newser) - A week-long moratorium on rocket attacks in Israel exploded today when the militant group Islamic Jihad fired two rockets into the town of Sderot on the Gaza border. Nobody was injured in the attack. The radical Palestinian group claims its rocket launch was in retaliation for a raid by the Israelis in the West Bank yesterday, which claimed four lives, reports Haaretz . More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • Gaza Strip  • rocket attacks  • Islamic Jihad  • Ismail Haniya  • Sderot

    • Egypt Works for Gaza Ceasefire

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 12, 08 10:13 AM CDT

      Egypt Works for Gaza Ceasefire

      (Newser) - Egypt is quietly working to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with its intelligence chief meeting with both Hamas and Israeli officials, allowing the two sides to formally deny that they are talking to each other, the Guardian reports. Israel is calling for a trial 30 days of calm before entering into a ceasefire, according to Egyptian sources. Israelis want rocket attacks from Gaza to stop, and arms smuggling from Egypt into Gaza to be halted. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Mahmoud Abbas  • diplomacy  • Gaza Strip  • Egypt  • ceasefire  • rocket attacks  • Gaza Egypt border

    • Israel Scales Back Gaza Offensive

      BBC  |  Mar 10, 08 8:16 AM CDT

      Israel Scales Back Gaza Offensive

      (Newser) - Israel is reining in its Gaza offensive after seeing a big reduction in cross-border rocket fire over the weekend, the BBC reports. But Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said there was no truce in place. “The fighting is ongoing and will at times increase or decrease,” he said, saying that a lapse in rocket fire would lead to “quiet day(s).” More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Ehud Olmert  • Israel and Palestinians  • Gaza Strip  • ceasefire  • rocket attacks  • Ehud Barak  • Qassam

    • Attack Won't Derail Talks: Israel

      BBC  |  Mar 7, 08 4:55 AM CST

      Attack Won't Derail Talks: Israel

      (Newser) - Israel has vowed that US-backed peace talks with the Palestinians will continue despite an attack on a Jerusalem seminary last night that killed eight students, the BBC reports. A Palestinian gunman fired into a group of 80 Jewish students before he was shot dead. Israel and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas both slammed Hamas for hailing the shootings as a "natural reaction" to Israeli missile attacks on Gaza that claimed 120 Palestinian lives.  More »

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      Israel  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Fatah  • Gaza Strip  • Jerusalem  • religious violence

    • 8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

      BBC  |  Mar 6, 08 3:24 PM CST

      8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

      (Newser) - At least eight people are dead and many more wounded after gunmen attacked a Jewish seminary tonight in Jerusalem, the BBC reports. The shooters—possibly as many as three—are Palestinian, Reuters adds, and two were killed. Witnesses said gunfire lasted 10 minutes. "They were still shooting when we got here," a medic said. "It's horrible inside—dead bodies and wounded—it's horrific." More »

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      Hamas  • Middle East  • Israel and Palestinians  • Gaza Strip  • Jerusalem  • religious violence  • Jewish seminary

    • Egypt Hosts Gaza Truce Talks

      Reuters  |  Mar 6, 08 12:44 PM CST

      Egypt Hosts Gaza Truce Talks

      (Newser) - Egypt has begun talks with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in an attempt to broker an end to rocket attacks on Israel and retaliatory Israeli raids in Gaza, Reuters reports. A ceasefire would make it easier for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to resume peace talks with Israel. Leaders of the groups met with officials in Egypt today, but were noncommittal, except to say they'd study Egypt's proposal. More »

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      Hamas  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza Strip  • Egypt  • peace talks  • Islamic Jihad  • Mahmoud al-Zahar

    • Gaza in Worst Crisis in 40 Years, Charities Warn

      Independent (UK)  |  Mar 6, 08 5:19 AM CST

      Gaza in Worst Crisis in 40 Years, Charities Warn

      (Newser) - As Israeli and Palestinian leaders tentatively prepared to resume peace talks, a new report by a coalition of British charities warns of a crushing humanitarian crisis in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The international consensus to isolate Hamas has led to unemployment, medical shortages and hunger worse than at any time since Israel's seizure of the Strip in 1967, they warn. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • Fatah  • Gaza Strip  • Gaza blockade  • Palestinian people

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