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Gaza

Despite their country’s overwhelming military success in Gaza, many Israelis are disheartened at the perceived results. Given time and fortitude, they may change their minds.

Aug. 29 2014 12:01AM

Slogans and hashtags compare Israelis to Nazis, and Gaza to genocide. But only one party and its supporters aim at genocide, and those who chant. . .

Ron Rosenbaum
Aug. 29 2014 12:01AM

Hamas surprised Iran by starting a war with Israel. But it still looks to Iran for support, as do others, and Tehran is playing a. . .

Eldad Pardo
Aug. 28 2014 12:01AM

Holocaust inversion—the claim that Israelis are the new Nazis and Palestinians the new Jews—has come to the American university campus.

Aug. 26 2014 5:00PM

By the UN’s own figures, the percentage of women and children killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes is far lower than the percentage killed by. . .

Aug. 22 2014 12:01AM

Putting Mahmoud Abbas and the PA in charge of Gaza would only relieve Hamas of the burden of governance and enable it to focus on its military operations.

Khaled Abu Toameh
Aug. 22 2014 12:01AM

Why should Gazan poverty be an Israeli or American obligation? It was caused by Palestinian government policy, and it can be cured the same way.

Shoshana Bryen
Aug. 13 2014 12:01AM

Criticism of IDF conduct in Gaza is unrestrained. What would Churchill say? And what would Hitler say about Hamas’s conduct? 

Aug. 11 2014 12:01AM

When the current round of fighting in Gaza is over, Israel must seize the opportunity to weaken Hamas politically as well as militarily. 

July 28 2014 12:01AM

Memo to the UN Human Rights Council: yes, civilian deaths in Gaza amount to war crimes—planned and executed not by Israel but by Hamas against. . .

Richard Kemp
July 25 2014 12:01AM

Badly damaged in the 2012 conflict, Hamas is now able to wreak havoc thanks to a steady supply of money and weapons from the Islamic Republic.

Sayeh Hassan
July 21 2014 12:01AM

With no quick fixes available, Israel’s preference for limited engagement rather than all-out war in Gaza has so far proved effective, and may yet succeed.    

Gabriel Scheinmann
July 18 2014 12:01AM

Many of the usual suspects have invoked the Gaza conflict to express their hatred of the Jewish state; but some have kept surprisingly quiet. 

July 17 2014 12:01AM

Hamas had several war aims when it launched its attack on Israel, including killing many Israelis and freeing terrorist prisoners. So far, it has achieved none of them. 

July 16 2014 12:01AM