Aug 11 2014 - 9:54am Palestinians and Israelis resume talks in Egypt and another cease-fire
August 11, 2014

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Sunday accepted Egypt’s proposal for a new 72-hour cease-fire in the Gaza fighting, which began one minute after midnight on Monday, and agreed to resume Egyptian-mediated negotiations toward a more durable solution.

Aug 8 2014 - 10:20am Hussein Ibish looks at the dilemma facing Hamas between a failed war and more war
August 8, 2014

With ceasefire negotiations proceeding in Cairo and the tense truce on the ground in Gaza set to expire on Friday morning, Hamas faces a series of extremely difficult choices.

Aug 8 2014 - 9:59am The Gaza conflict could lead to the return of the PA to Gaza and renewed peace talks
August 8, 2014

As war raged in Gaza for the past month, PA President Mahmoud Abbas was a mere bystander. Routed from the strip by Hamas seven years ago, the relatively moderate Abbas has been confined ever since to the West Bank, unable to even visit territory he claims as part of a future Palestinian state.

Aug 8 2014 - 9:53am The Gaza ceasefire expires as missiles are launched into Israel and Israel resumes attacks on Gaza
August 8, 2014

As a 72-hour truce in Gaza expired at 8 a.m. Friday, Palestinian militants fired barrages of rockets into Israel and the Israeli military responded with airstrikes, one of which killed a 10-year-old boy, according to relatives.

Aug 7 2014 - 10:54am Making the Gaza Cease-fire Last
August 7, 2014

The New York Times argues for a solution that not only brokers a temporary end to the fighting but also addresses long-term issues.

Aug 7 2014 - 10:49am Egypt officials say Israel demands Gaza demilitarization
August 7, 2014

Officials close to ceasefire talks in Egypt said Thursday that Israel is demanding that the Gaza Strip be demilitarized as uncertainty remains over whether a 72-hour truce will be extended.

Aug 7 2014 - 10:46am Mediators race against the clock to extend Gaza truce
August 7, 2014

Mediators worked against the clock on Thursday to extend a Gaza truce between Israel and the Palestinians as the three-day ceasefire went into its final 24 hours.

Aug 6 2014 - 10:19am Hussein Ibish asks why no one is acting against ISIS?
August 6, 2014

The rise of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) – now grandiosely renamed simply the Islamic State and declared a "caliphate" – raises a series of the most perplexing questions to have emerged in the Middle East in recent decades.

Aug 6 2014 - 10:17am Israeli politicians say Netanyahu presented them with an "nightmare" scenario involving the complete reconquest of Gaza
August 6, 2014

High-ranking ministers were recently exposed to the nightmare scenario that would result from an Israeli effort to recapture the Gaza Strip, as part of an attempt to get ministers to reject even considering such an objective, high-ranking ministers have said.

Aug 6 2014 - 10:12am The Israel-Hamas cease-fire holds for a second day
August 6, 2014

A fragile ceasefire in Gaza pushed into a second day Wednesday as Israeli and Palestinian delegations prepared for crunch talks in Cairo to try to extend the 72-hour truce.


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