Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Operation Protective Edge, a 2014 war in Gaza.
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Fast Forward Universal Studios Says Gaza War Wasn’t A War In Bizarre Insurance Fight
Universal Cable Productions, a subsidiary of media conglomerate NBCUniversal, is suing an insurance company for millions of dollars in a case that hinges on whether Operation Protective Edge, the 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas, was a “war” or merely “terrorism.” The Universal-owned USA Network was filming a show in Israel in the summer of…
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Breaking News Parents Of Soldiers Killed In 2014 Gaza War Rip Netanyahu At Hearing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The parents of soldiers killed in Israel’s 2014 Gaza War verbally attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government during a Knesset hearing, with one throwing a cup of water at a lawmaker. At the Knesset State Control Committee hearing Wednesday on the state comptroller’s report on the war, the mother…
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Opinion Is Israel Abandoning Push for Two States?
In a potentially explosive report, veteran Yediot Ahronot defense commentator Ron Ben-Yishai writes on Ynet that Israel is headed toward a new confrontation with the United States and its allies in the wake of this summer’s Operation Protective Edge. The Americans and Europeans insist that Israel must strive for a two-state solution with the Palestinians,…
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Opinion Why Hamas Never Wanted War — and Knows It Lost
Hamas is eager to have Mahmoud Abbas’s U.S.-trained Presidential Guard take control of the border crossings between Gaza and Israel. But the Islamist organization isn’t likely to give in to pressure from Abbas and the West to put its own military wing under Abbas’s control, nor to let officials of the proposed Fatah-Hamas unity government…
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Breaking News Israel Withdraws Most of Its Troops To Areas Around Gaza Border
The Israel Defense Forces has withdrawn most of its troops from Gaza to areas around the border, Israeli media reported. Despite the withdrawals on Sunday, there has been no order to end the Gaza operation, in its 26th day. The IDF spokesperson said in a tweet that “As operation Protective Edge moves to the next…
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