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BY AMOS In the past two years, we have seen repeated crises in Turkish-Israeli relations. Most of these were set off by Turkish condemnation...

More and more reports are appearing in the international press about dissatisfaction with Hamas in Gaza, though these are balanced by quotat...

Hamas  agrees  to allow Fatah forces to patrol Rafah crossing (Ha'aretz): The London-based Asharq al-Awsat reported Saturday that Hamas ...

Corriere della Sera  reported today that Palestinian civilians are accusing Hamas of having prevented civilians from fleeing areas under att...

The video is not currently up unfortunately: Footage of a presenter on the Arabic language television station  Al-Arabiya apparently confirm...

The bizarre diplomatic spat sparked by Olmert's annoucement that he had intervened with Bush personally to overrule Rice should not be b...

From Ha'aretz : Said Sayyam and Salah Abu Shreich, two senior Hamas figures, were killed in an air strike in Jabaliya. The home of anoth...

Egyptian FM Ahmed Abu El Gheit (Photo: NATO ) Hamas's press conference did not yield a major breakthrough for Israel. Although Hamas see...

According to reports in the Israeli media, Hamas is close to agreeing to a cease fire that might meet some of Israel's conditions. A sta...

Map showing the Philadelphi Corridor Although the IDF build-up on the border to Gaza is continuing, there are signs that Israel is hesitan...

Ha'aretz: The main problem is the fact that Israel is preconditioning a cease-fire to a solution to the smuggling, while Egypt is asking...

At the current stage of fighting, these are the aims of some of the important players: Israel wants to keep fighting to further weaken Hama...

Officers of the EU Border Assistance Mission at Rafah at a Medal ceremony.  T he mission has been on standby since June 9, 2007 ( EU BAM Raf...

These are the details of the Mubarak proposal announced at Sharm, as reported in Ha'aretz . My translation / paraphrase with intersperse...

Philadelphi Corridor Current objectives: 1. Get the international community to force a settlement on Hamas under which it commits to a cessa...

Turkish PM Erdogan Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" has generated a number of interesting diplomatic moves and rifts that give u...

Much of my thinking about the current operation has been guided by a hidden axiom, that Israel cannot, under any circumstances, reoccupy the...

As a number of commentators are pointing out, "Operation Cast Lead" has reached a critical point. It looks like the air force is s...

I wonder if the Knesset members from the Arab parties will mention these victims of Hamas's rocket attacks in their speeches : One Israe...

Video: Israel's Foreign Ministry Addresses the People of Gaza Let's assume that Hamas is a rational political actor. What did the or...