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Israel and Palestinians stories: 173 news summaries

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OPINION

No Way Mitchell Hits Latest Pitch Out of Park

Bungled baseball steroids report bodes
ill for Mideast efforts

Jan 28, 09 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Those who think George Mitchell will achieve progress in the Middle East point to his record of robust diplomacy in Northern Ireland 10 years ago. One hopes, for the sake of peace, that Mitchell follows his work there and not a more recent example, Will Leitch writes for the New ... More »

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steroids • Gaza • Hamas • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • Mitchell Report • Palestinian statehood • Will Leitch • Deadspin • Obama administration

 Israel to Back 
 Soldiers Accused 
 of War Crimes 

Government fears tribunals following civilian deaths in Gaza war

Jan 25, 09 4:35 PM CST
(AP) - Special legal teams will defend Israeli soldiers against potential war crimes charges stemming from civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, promising the country would "fully back" those who fought in the three-week offensive. "The soldiers and commanders who were sent on missions... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • war crimes • civilian casualties • Israel and Palestinians • soldier • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • war crimes tribunal • Israel Defense Force

(AP) - The last Israeli troops left the Gaza Strip before dawn today, the military said, as Israel dispatched its foreign minister to Europe in a bid to rally international support to end arms smuggling into the Hamas-ruled territory. The timing of the pullout reflected Israeli hopes to defuse the Gaza crisis... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Europe • Tzipi Livni • troop withdrawal • Israel and Palestinians • Brussels • Arab Israeli conflict

(AP) - Uniformed Hamas fighters emerged on Gaza City's streets today as leaders of the group vowed to restore order in the shattered Palestinian territory, the AP reports. Hamas proclaimed victory as Gazans picked through the rubble, which included some 4,100 homes and 1,500 factories valued at nearly $2 billion.... More »

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 Israel Speeds 
 Gaza Pullout to 
 Beat Inauguration 

Aim is to get troops out before Obama is inaugurated

Jan 19, 09 9:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel hastened its withdrawal from Gaza today, saying the troops could be out in time for Barack Obama’s inauguration tomorrow—assuming the Palestinians keep their end of the ceasefire. But some rockets were fired after the ceasefire was declared, and Hamas’ armed wing has promised to rearm ASAP, the... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict

(Newser) - Israel began pulling troops out of the Gaza Strip today after Hamas echoed the call for a ceasefire, the Times of London reports. As troops started leaving, Gazans came out of their homes to survey the damage. Mosque loudspeakers declared "victory," but Palestinians appeared too stunned to... More »

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Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • troop withdrawal • Israel and Palestinians • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict • Ban Ki-Moon

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 Israel Quiets 
 Guns in Gaza 

Goals achieved, PM says; Hamas rejects ceasefire and makes demands

Jan 17, 09 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel ended its 3-week assault on Gaza today by enacting a unilateral ceasefire that Hamas has vowed to ignore, Reuters reports. Israeli leaders voted today to halt the offensive, which has killed nearly 1,200 people and incited strong reactions worldwide, MSNBC reports. “Goals have been achieved and even... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians

 Israel Shells UN Headquarters 

Offensive escalates even as ceasefire hopes rise

Jan 15, 09 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli shells set fire to the UN’s relief agency headquarters and a hospital today, as Israeli tanks pushed deep into Gaza City, the BBC reports. Some 700 people were inside the compound, along with large amounts of fuel and aid supplies; at least three UN employees were injured. Secretary-General... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Ehud Barak • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • hospital • Arab Israeli conflict • United Nations Relief and Works Agency • Ban Ki-Moon

 Gaza Neighborhoods Fall to 
 Machine Gun Battles 


Israeli troops shoot it out with militants in suburbs as Egypt tries to broker ceasefire

Jan 14, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli troops are battling Hamas militants in the suburbs of Gaza City, filling residential streets with the chilling rat-a-tat-tat of machine gun fire, reports the BBC. Israeli forces have advanced deep into several neighborhoods, and air strikes hit 60 targets in Gaza overnight, including tunnels under the Egyptian border and... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • IDF • offensive • airstrike

OPINION

 Waltz With Bashir 
 Has Echoes of Gaza 

Award-winning film on 1982 Lebanon massacre looks plenty familiar

Jan 13, 09 8:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel’s Gaza assault is slipping from US front pages, yet ironically, Waltz With Bashir, an Israeli animated film about the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war, is taking America by storm, earning mountains of critical praise and a Golden Globe. The parallels between that atrocity and the current conflict are striking, Gary... More »

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Israel • film • Gaza • Lebanon War • Cannes Film Festival • Israel and Palestinians • documentary • Arab Israeli conflict • Sabra and Shatilla

ANALYSIS

Hamas, Israel Deploy Deadly New Tactics

Civilians pay the price
of 'asymetrical urban warfare'

Jan 11, 09 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The disturbing civilian death toll in Gaza is a result of new tactics being deployed by Hamas, Steven Erlanger writes in the New York Times. Hamas militants, trained by Hezbollah and Iran, are said to be systematically hiding weapons in schoolyards, mosques and hospitals, fighting in civilian clothes, using tunnels... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Israeli offensive • Israeli Army

 Israelis Drive to 
 Heart of Gaza City 

Death tolls edges to 900 in 16-day offensive.

Jan 11, 09 6:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli forces pushed toward the heart of Gaza City today in continued defiance of a UN call for a ceasefire and killing close to 30  Palestinians, Reuters reports. Nearly 900 people have been killed in the 16-day offensive. Israeli forces and tanks backed by helicopter gunships battled Hamas militants as... More »

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(Newser) - The UN Security Council tonight passed a resolution—with the US abstaining—calling for "an immediate and durable" cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the BBC reports. The vote was 14-0. It's unclear how much of an effect it will have on the ground, and Israel appeared to be resuming... More »

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Vatican, Israel Scrap Over
Gaza Remark

Cleric defends calling Palestinian enclave 'concentration camp'

Jan 8, 09 12:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel slammed a Vatican official today for calling Gaza “a big concentration camp,” Reuters reports. Israel denounced the comparison by Cardinal Renato Martino as “the vocabulary of Hamas propaganda.” “We are astounded to hear from a spiritual dignitary words that are so far removed from... More »

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Israel • Pope Benedict XVI • Gaza • Vatican • Israel and Palestinians • concentration camp • Palestinians • Cardinal Renato Martino

(Newser) - Israel continues to press its assault and Hamas continues to fire its rockets, but a sliver of hope emerged tonight toward an end to the Gaza hostilities, MSNBC reports. Representatives from Israel, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority will meet—probably separately—with Egyptian officials in Cairo tomorrow to discuss a... More »

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Gaza Fighting Continues After 3-Hour Break

Militant rocket fire breaks lull, Israel says

Jan 7, 09 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Fighting resumed in Gaza today after a 3-hour ceasefire, the Times of London reports. The lull was broken by a rocket attack launched by Palestinian militants into the Israeli city of Beersheba, Israeli officials said. The Israeli military plans to halt fighting every day from 1-4pm (local time) to allow... More »

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Gaza • Israel and Palestinians • Red Cross • Palestinians • assault • Palestinian people • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict

 UN: No Militants 
 in Shelled School 

Mortar may have been fired from nearby grove

Jan 7, 09 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The UN says it found no evidence to support claims there were militants inside the UN-run school Israeli forces fired on yesterday in Gaza, killing 40 civilians and injuring 55 more, Time reports. Israeli Defense Forces “returned fire,” a spokesman said, after militants fired mortars from inside the... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict

 Israel Grants 3-Hour Reprieve 

Mulls international ceasefire

Jan 7, 09 6:34 AM CST
(AP) - Israel's military paused its Gaza offensive for three hours today to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and the country's leaders debated whether to accept an international ceasefire plan or expand the assault against Hamas. More than 500 aid trucks have entered Gaza since operations began, but military... More »

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Israel • Gaza • aid • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • invasion

(Newser) - Israel and Hamas are considering a new truce proposal floated by Egypt and France, Reuters reports. Few details emerged, but the US supports the plan, as does Europe. The development comes on the deadliest day yet of the conflict, after an Israeli missile struck a UN school and killed at... More »

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Al-Qaeda
No. 2: Gaza
Raid Is 'Gift
From Obama'

Zawahiri mocks him
as a potential 'savior'

Jan 6, 09 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader called the Israeli invasion of Gaza a "gift from Obama" and urged Muslims to take revenge against Israel, CNN reports. In an audio message posted on extremist websites, Ayman al-Zawahiri said that Barack Obama was portrayed as "the savior who will come and change... More »

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