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The Tinderbox: Israel's Battle Against Hamas Could Spark Wildfire
The bitter battle in Gaza highlights the fact that Islamist extremists have gained ground in the Palestinian territories with support from Egypt and Iran. The next battleground is likely to be the...
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Erratic Rockets: How Hamas Terror Works Along the Israeli Border
Hamas is firing rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip each day, bringing normal life to a halt for Israelis living near the border. Each time the sirens wail, residents are forced to flee into...
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Weakened But Unbroken: Hamas Can Replenish Arsenal -- If Egypt Lets It
Hamas has fired some 1,000 rockets at Israel. Its arsenal includes missiles made in Iran and China as well as the homemade Qassam rockets. Israel says it has destroyed most of them. But as long as...
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Tel Aviv Bus Bombing: Israelis Call for Retaliation After Attack
A bus explosion in Tel Aviv has stunned Israel. Though those responsible have yet to be identified, most Israelis believe Hamas is to blame. They say that there is no option but retaliation.
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Deciphering the Ceasefire: Israeli Press Declares Victory for Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to claim Wednesday's ceasefire deal as a personal success. But not many seem to agree. Influential commentators in Israel believe that Hamas came...
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Sifting Through the Fallout: Death Hangs over the Gaza Strip after the Fighting
More than 160 people died in the eight-day Gaza war. And though the fighting may have stopped, the dead and the nightmares remain. Survivors and victims' families say they want revenge.
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EU Initiative: Berlin Seeks to Stop Weapons Smuggling into Gaza
Germany wants the European Union to help monitor the borders of the Gaza Strip and prevent weapons smuggling, according to media reports. Part of the plan calls for the EU to resume a mission at the...
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'The Killing Has to Stop': A Visit to the Home of Former Hostage Gilad Shalit
Gilad Shalit, who spent more than five years in the hands of Hamas kidnappers, harbors no thoughts of revenge toward the Islamist group. And his father, who is beginning a political career, says that...
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Gaza in Crisis: The Strong Female Voice of Hamas
Isra al-Mudallal is the outspoken, strong-willed new spokesperson for the Hamas government in Gaza. Her goal is to become a role model for young girls -- but first she has to overcome the region's...
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Ex-Israeli Security Chief Diskin: 'All the Conditions Are There for an...
In an interview with SPIEGEL, Yuval Diskin, former director of Israel's internal security service Shin Bet, speaks of the current clash between Israel and the Palestinians, what must be done to achieve...
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The Children of War: A Humanitarian Catastrophe Unfolds in Gaza
Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip triggered a bloody war. Brutal images of dead and injured Palestinians have circulated widely, but a cease-fire still appears to be a long way off.
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Global Missionary: John Kerry's Faltering Effort to Redefine US Foreign Policy
John Kerry has spent months rushing from one conflict to the next, but has little show for it. His failures are symptomatic of an America that lacks a foreign policy identity -- and of a country that...
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Gaza Crisis: 'The Real Danger to Israel Comes from Within'
Israel pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, but left behind death and destruction. Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz tells SPIEGEL that her country is gripped by fear and is becoming increasingly...
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The Spoils of War: Violence in Gaza Leads to Youth Radicalization
The most recent cease-fire appears to be holding in the Gaza Strip, but vast damage has already been done. In addition to the appalling loss of life and destruction of property, the war has pushed even...
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The Unprotected: A Gaza Family Destroyed by Israeli Bombs
For an entire week, eight people -- women, children and an elderly man -- were trapped in their house in Gaza. They couldn't leave and nobody could help. An hour before the cease-fire, the family was...
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Michael Ignatieff Interview: 'Those Fighting Islamic State Are the Lesser Evil'
In an interview, Harvard professor and UN advisor Michael Ignatieff discusses his concept of the responsibility to protect civilian populations threatened by genocide, German weapons deliveries to the...
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Nahostkonflikt: Uno bezeichnet Gazastreifen als unbewohnbar
1,9 Millionen Menschen leben im Gazastreifen unter härtesten Bedingungen. Aus Sicht der Vereinten Nationen hat sich die Situation für die Menschen dort zuletzt erheblich verschlechtert.
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Chasing Paradise: A Palestinian Clan Dreams of Going Home
The members of a large Palestinian clan dream of escaping Gaza and going back to their homeland, the village of Ni'ilya. For 70 years, they've been imagining this return to a place that no longer...
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Freitagsprotest im Gazastreifen: Zwei palästinensische Jugendliche erschossen
An der Grenze zum Gazastreifen haben Angehörige des israelischen Militärs zwei Palästinenser getötet. Die Freitagsproteste dauern seit knapp einem Jahr an, mehr als 250 Menschen wurden schon getötet.
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Finanzhilfe für Westjordanland und Gazastreifen: Katar verspricht...
Katar will die Palästinenser nach den jüngsten Vergeltungsangriffen Israels auf den Gazastreifen finanziell unterstützen. Dafür stellt das Emirat fast eine halbe Milliarde Dollar in Aussicht.
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