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Qatar must rethink the US’s Al Udeid Military Air Base
US involvement in the Middle East and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation make the US military base in Qatar a target
The ICC and the fragility of a consensus on international law
International divisions on the charges against Hamas and Israeli leaders echo hypocrisy and threats to the rule of law in domestic politics
Israel, Hamas reject bid before ICC to arrest leaders for war crimes
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said he had applied for arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders over the conflict
Hamas leader says no change in truce position after sons killed
Talks mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have been ongoing since Sunday
Israelis fear tunnel attacks from Hamas
Residents close to the border think they can hear digging, while the Israeli military says the tunnels linking Gaza to Israel top their priority list.
Peace efforts intensify as Gaza toll tops 1 000
Israel struck fresh targets on Thursday and waged street battles in Gaza as the international community stepped up efforts to broker a truce.
Tutu in Gaza to start probe into deaths
Desmond Tutu, the South African archbishop, met the former Palestinian prime minister and Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Gaza at the start of a much-delayed United Nations…
Hamas sets terms for ceasefire with Israel
Hamas set out its conditions on Wednesday for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to all acts of Israeli ”aggression” in the Gaza Strip and West Bank and the reopening of…
UN slams Israel after bloody day in Gaza
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Israel for using ”excessive” force in the Gaza Strip and demanded a halt to its offensive after troops killed 61 people on…
Israel kills at least eight Hamas members in Gaza
Israeli forces killed at least eight Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a day after a suicide bombing in Israel claimed by the Islamist group. Six of the Hamas men…
Egyptian soldiers seal Gaza border
Egyptian security forces closed the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday nearly two weeks after the wall was first breached. Gunmen from the Hamas movement, which controls Gaza,…
Israeli forces kill 15 Palestinians in Gaza
Israel killed 15 Palestinians, nearly all of them militants, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, dealing its deadliest blow to Hamas in more than a year in raids that followed a peace…
10 000 police will guard Bush during Israel visit
Israeli officials in Jerusalem are to deploy more than 10 000 police officers in a vast security operation ahead of the arrival this week of George Bush, the first United States…
Olmert rules out ceasefire, strikes on Hamas continue
The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, on Sunday ruled out ceasefire negotiations with the Islamist movement Hamas and said his military was fighting a ”true war” against armed…
Israel court backs Gaza fuel cuts
Israel’s top court has upheld a government decision to reduce the Gaza Strip’s fuel imports, but postponed planned electricity cuts to the Hamas-ruled territory, Israeli…