UN Report: Israel 'Executed' Yank Activist on Flotilla
The killing of an American activist on board a blockade-running aid flotilla amounted to an "execution" by Israeli forces, a UN committee has found. Furkan Dogan, 19, was shot point blank in the face...
View ArticleIsraeli Probe: Deadly Flotilla Raid Was Justified
A commission created by the Israeli government has cleared the Israeli military and government of any wrongdoing in last year's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla of relief supplies that killed 8 Turkish...
View ArticleRelief Flows as Egypt Opens Gaza Border
After a four-year blockade, Egypt today permanently opened the Gaza Strip's main gateway to the outside world, bringing long-awaited relief to the territory's Palestinian population and a significant...
View ArticleUN Backs Israel Blockade, But Faults Deadly Raid
Israel has won a partial vindication from the UN in a report about its deadly raid on a Turkish flotilla last year that left nine activists dead. The report says Israel was within its rights to create...
View ArticleIsrael Calculated Calories Before Blockading Gaza
Before implementing its controversial blockade of the Gaza strip, Israel did a grim calculation: It commissioned a study detailing the minimum amount of food Gaza's population needed to avoid starving....
View ArticleIsraeli Navy Boards Ship Bound for Gaza
Israeli naval vessels stopped the advance of a pro-Palestinian boat attempting to reach Gaza today in defiance of Israel's blockade of the territory, the military said. The ships diverted the Estelle...
View ArticleHamas Makes Its Demands
With air strikes still smoldering in the Gaza Strip, Hamas made its demands for peace: no more targeted killings and no more blockade on Gaza, Ynet News reports. A Palestinian delegation led by Hamas...
View ArticleIsrael: We Found 'Terror Tunnel' From Gaza
Israel has halted all movement of construction materials across the border to Gaza after finding what the military calls a mile-long "terror tunnel" running into the country from Palestinian territory....
View ArticleIsrael, Hamas OK 12-Hour Ceasefire
Hours after Israel rejected John Kerry's proposed ceasefire, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian truce starting at 7am Israeli time, a US official told the Jerusalem Post . Prime...
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