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Israel agrees to daily combat halt

Under international pressure to ease its 12-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Israel agreed Wednesday to suspend the fighting for three hours a day and to permit humanitarian relief goods to reach the beleaguered population....

High-profile British Jews advised to 'review security' after Gaza attacks

High-profile British Jews were warned to review their security today amid fears of reprisal attacks as bloody violence continues in Gaza. Celebrities, politicians and wealthy business people were among prominent names...

Israel Ponders Truce Plans as Conflict Enters Its 12th Day - NYTimes.com

One day after Israeli mortar shells killed as many as 40 Palestinians, among them women and children, outside a United Nations school in Gaza, Israel pondered its next move in the 12-day conflict, under international pressure...

'Israel's image being destroyed'

Jerusalem - Israel has taken a battering in the global propaganda battle over its war with Hamas, despite deploying all the latest weaponry from YouTube videos to Twitter blogs and an overworked spokesperson, experts said....

Editorial: Desecration does nothing to help Gaza

The actions of an extremist Catholic priest in desecrating the Wellington memorial to Nobel Prize winner Yitzhak Rabin undo any good that a thousand others protesting against Israel might have hoped to achieve. Father Gerard...

Brussels condemns Israeli bombing of UN school

ELITSA VUCHEVA Today @ 09:29 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Pressure to obtain a ceasefire in Gaza has been mounting, with the EU warning Israel it was "destroying" its image, while Israeli forces on Tuesday (6 January) killed at...

Dick Morris:A Netanyahu victory is for the interest of Israel

President-elect Obama, for his part, has remained largely silent, declaring that America has "only one president at a time." But his silence is militated as much by his desire to see Livni get elected as by any support for...

Nicolas to the Rescue

Why would the French president want to save Hamas? No sooner had Israel hit Hamas command and control centers last week than Nicolas Sarkozy scolded Jerusalem for using "disproportionate force" and called for an immediate...

Czech FM: Gaza situation develops in dangerous direction

The situation around the Gaza Strip is developing in a dangerous direction, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said after returning from the Middle East as the head of an EU mission Tuesday. Schwarzenberg, who...

Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza - Summary

Caracas - Venezuela ordered the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador on Tuesday to protest Israel's ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip. At this tragic and outrageous hour, the people of Venezuela express their...

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