That is precisely what Israel was persuaded to do in 2005, and it is why we ended up where we are today. A two-state solution will not magically take root now for the same reason it has not happened in every year since 1947 — it is rejected by way too many Palestinians. T...
It doesn’t look like it to me. The main reason may be international public opinion. Hamas started this war by invading Israel and killing 1,400 Jews–mostly civilians and some soldiers. Then they captured about 230 hostages and took them back to Gaza. These hostages supposedly are being ke...
On Monday evening, Hamas and other Gaza militant groups, who formed a joint operations room, claimed responsibility for firing barrages of rockets from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. In response, Israeli war jets carried out intensive airstrikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad facilities and stru...
In a Friday interview with theBBC, Macron said that he condemns the Oct. 7 Hamas attack but there is "no reason" and "no legitimacy" for Israel's killing of innocent women, children and elderly people in Gaza. He also called for a cease-fire. The Israeli Prime Minister responded that ...
Another reason is optics. Israeli strategists are wary of triggering a major response from its enemies Iran and Hezbollah, the well-armed Iranian-backed militant organization in Lebanon on Israel's northern border, says Ryan Bohl, a senior Middle East and North Africa analyst at Rane. ...
In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media.
The war between Israel and Hamas has just taken a much more serious turn. It was reported this morning that political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed during an overnight strike of the Iranian capital Tehran, according to reports. The move will likely hit Hamas hard – and could very ...
developments in the Gaza Strip crisis are clear evidence of the tense situation in the entire Middle East. Regardless of whether Israel and theHamas terrorist movementreach an agreement, all options remain open, especially as any deal will neither mean the end of the war nor the beginning of ...
It had been the only exit point for Palestinians during the war before Israel closed it in May. The reopening would mark another key step in the first phase of the ceasefire. 07:15:59 Good morning Welcome back to our live coverage, as Hamas and Israel take part in the fourth...
"You cannot use the horrific things that Hamas did as a reason for collective punishment of the Palestinian people," Guterres told CNN in an interview, adding that 101 U.N. personnel have died so far in the Hamas-Israel war that erupted after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. ...