Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Opinion 9 Years Later, Here We Go Again in Gaza
A woman cries as Israeli soldiers evict Jewish settlers from Gaza in 2005 / Getty Images Even as war continues to rage, August will mark the ninth anniversary of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Dubbed a “disengagement” by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the retreat was greeted enthusiastically by the institutional Jewish community. A…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Calls U.S. ‘Oprah of Middle East’
Youtube Everyone wants peace in the Middle East. That’s the easy part — saying it. But then, how to achieve it? Jon Stewart may have the answer. On Tuesday night’s “Daily Show,” Stewart opened a segment on the conflict between Israel and Hamas by showing clips of American leaders who “all want to see peace in…
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Breaking News U.N. Informed Israel 17 Times About Gaza School Shelter Before Attack
United Nations officials had told the Israeli military 17 times that a school in Gaza’s biggest refugee camp was a shelter for Palestinian civilians fleeing fighting in the teeming coastal strip, but it was not enough to save them from deadly shelling. Blown to pieces as they huddled asleep on mattresses on classroom floors, at…
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Breaking News Did Barack Obama Have ‘Harsh’ Phone Chat With Benjamin Netanyahu Over Gaza?
U.S. and Israeli officials sharply denied an account of a tense conversation between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The conversation described Tuesday night on Israel’s Channel One TV allegedly was the one Obama and Netanyahu had on Sunday evening, in which the White House had said in a statement that Obama had…
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Food Coconut Quinoa Comfort for Tisha B’av
Photo by Molly Yeh On these days leading up to Tisha B’av — especially in light of the current conflict in the Middle East — thinking about food doesn’t carry the joyous qualities that it typically does. It almost feels trivial. In my kitchen, this is not a time for cakes or colorful foods —…
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Opinion Is Israel Fighting a ‘Just War’ in Gaza — and What About Hamas?
Israel’s current war with Hamas has claimed yet another casualty: As the violence between the Israeli army and Hamas militants has increased, the quality of discourse surrounding the conflict has suffered precipitously. While the conflict has generated unprecedented media attention both in print and online, commentary ranges from largely the vitriolic to the confused and…
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Israel News J Street’s Gaza War Support Wins ‘Moderate’ Praise — But Alienates Some Backers
The last time Israel invaded Gaza, in 2008, the activist group J Street took a hard line against Operation Cast Lead. J Street framed Israel’s attack as collective punishment and demanded an immediate end to the conflict. The organization was pilloried by American Jewish leaders. This time around, J Street has taken a radically different…
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Israel News As Israel’s Gaza War Widens, So Does Tension With U.S.
(JTA) — The dramatic developments in the war between Hamas and Israel have been accompanied by sharp ups and downs in U.S.-Israel relations. On Monday, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, made nice with the U.S. national security adviser, Susan Rice, before an audience of anxious U.S. Jewish leaders. But right before,…
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