This is the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Opinion Israel’s Moral Dilemma in Waging Gaza War
The far-reaching implications of the war in Gaza was recently driven home to me when I observed Israeli paratroopers preparing to take out missiles hidden in homes — in Lebanon. On June 11 I was part of a group of students of international affairs who were invited to an Israel Defense Forces base, Eliakim, near…
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Fast Forward Israel Returns to Talks as New Gaza Truce Starts
Israel and the Palestinians began talks in Cairo on Monday to try and end the conflict in Gaza and lift the blockade on the coastal enclave, Egypt’s state news agency MENA said. The indirect talks are being mediated by Egypt and began a day after the two sides agreed to begin a new 72-hour truce….
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Opinion Orwell Would Ask Where ‘Pro-Israel’ Leads Us
“Thought can corrupt language,” George Orwell wrote in the 1943 essay I referred to in my column, “but language can also corrupt thought.” Gil Troy’s response to my piece offers a concise portrait of this process. But his critique is more than a helpful example of the rhetorical phenomenon I wrote to challenge. In form…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Backs Israel’s Handling of Gaza
Hillary Rodham Clinton defended Israel’s handling of the Gaza conflict and said anti-Semitism was possibly behind some of the criticism of Israel. Clinton also appeared to back Israel’s insistence on maintaining a security presence in the West Bank and stopping Iranian uranium enrichment. The former U.S. secretary of state made her remarks in an interview…
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Fast Forward Sprawling Anti-Israel Rallies Hit London and Cape Town
Tens of thousands of people protested Israel’s operation against Gaza in both London and Cape Town. Demonstrators in central London marched though the West End shopping area and on to Hyde Park for a rally on Saturday. It is the third major demonstration on behalf of Gaza in London in the last month. Organizers said…
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Fast Forward Gaza Deal Reached for New 72-Hour Truce
A Palestinian official said on Sunday agreement had been reached on a new 72-hour Gaza ceasefire. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel or Hamas, the dominant movement in the Gaza Strip, that a truce had been agreed. “The Israeli and the Palestinian sides have agreed to the new 72-hour truce to begin serious negotiations…
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Fast Forward Small Israel Rally Slams Gaza War
More than 150 Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday against a Gaza war entering its second month, in defiance of a police ban on the assembly that cited military restrictions on public gatherings in cities within range of rocket fire. The relatively small turnout was similar to the numbers that have shown up for…
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Fast Forward Israel Pounds Gaza Killing 9 — Hamas Hits Back
Israel launched more than 30 air attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing nine Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the conflict entered a second month, defying international efforts to revive a ceasefire. The violence seemed at risk of jeopardizing talks brokered by Egypt aimed at securing a permanent truce. The Palestinian delegation in…
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