Jul 22 2014 - 10:26am Israel Confirms One Soldier Is Missing in Gaza
July 22, 2014

The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that the remains of one of its soldiers presumed to have been killed on Sunday in Gaza had still not been found or identified, two days after Hamas’s military wing said it had kidnapped a soldier.

Jul 22 2014 - 10:17am Gaza death toll tops 500 as U.S. steps up ceasefire efforts
July 22, 2014

The United States, alarmed by escalating civilian bloodshed in an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, took a direct role in efforts to secure a ceasefire on Monday, as the Palestinian death toll jumped to more than 500.

Jul 22 2014 - 10:23am 'No safe place for civilians' in Gaza, U.N. says
July 22, 2014

Palestinian civilians in densely-populated Gaza have no place to hide from Israel's military offensive and children are paying the heaviest price, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Jul 21 2014 - 12:59pm At least 50 Palestinians killed overnight. 509 killed and over 3135 injured in Gaza in 15 days of Israeli attacks
July 21, 2014

509 Palestinians were killed and over 3135 were injured in the past fifteen days of ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. The IDF killed over 50 Palestinians this Monday.

Jul 21 2014 - 12:55pm Gaza crisis reveals regional splits over the Brotherhood
July 21, 2014

The American biologist Barry Commoner famously observed as a fundamental law of ecology that “Everything is connected to everything else”. That truism has rarely been more applicable than in the contemporary Middle East.

Jul 21 2014 - 12:34pm At least 50 Palestinians killed overnight. 509 killed and over 3135 injured in Gaza in 15 days of Israeli attacks
July 21, 2014

509 Palestinians were killed and over 3135 were injured in the past fifteen days of ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. The IOF killed over 50 Palestinians this Monday.

Jul 19 2014 - 11:20am MSNBC's Last Word interview with ATFP President Ziad Asali
July 19, 2014

"Nearly 300 Palestinians have died in the conflict between Hamas and Israel as both sides trade rockets and the blame. But who supports Hamas? Ziad Asali discusses."--MSNBC

Jul 18 2014 - 5:14pm Video of ATFP Panel on Israeli-Palestinian War in a New Regional Landscape
July 18, 2014

The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) yesterday held a policy briefing at the National Press Club in Washington on "Israeli-Palestinian War in a New Regional Landscape." The event was sponsored by ATFP Board Member Ameen Estaiteyeh.

Jul 18 2014 - 10:43am Bibi's First War
July 18, 2014

The best description of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political style is that he is risk-averse. His entire career has been defined by careful calculation, caution, and a steadfast commitment to the status quo.

Jul 18 2014 - 10:43am Israel steps up Gaza ground offensive, civilian casualties grow
July 18, 2014

Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was killing ever greater numbers of civilians.


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