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We used Gaza civilians as shields, say Israelis

15.07.09
The Israeli army used reckless force in Gaza, resulting in needless deaths and damage, former soldiers said in a report... more

Academics blast Science Museum’s Israel Day

03.03.09
The Science Museum was accused of promoting Israeli universities whose research was used in the military campaign in Gaza... more

Flap and fuss in Seven Jewish Children

13.02.09
A post-show collection for a Palestinian charity doesn’t send out the most balanced message ever after Seven Jewish Children.... more

Bud of hope emerges in Gaza

12.02.09
Gaza is sending 25,000 flowers to Europe for Valentine's Day, its first exports in more than a year... more

Are the fat cats of TfL taking us for a ride?

09.02.09
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Let Gaza aid through, Brown urges Israel

05.02.09
Gordon Brown made a fresh appeal to Israel to help aid get to the victims of the Gaza conflict after talks at Downing Street with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas... more

Rush-hour route is blocked in clashes at Gaza demo

30.01.09
Pro-Gaza protesters clashed with police outside a building in London where a retired Israeli colonel was due to make a speech.... more

Obama: Getting tough won't mend Mid-East

27.01.09
Barack Obama has signalled a radical change in America's approach to the Middle East when he said his administration would not "dictate" to the region... more

'Mortar fire' claim threatens ceasefires in Gaza

20.01.09
The ceasefires declared by Israel and Hamas were strained almost to breaking point as Israel's military leaders claimed militants in the Gaza Strip fired a mortar shell... more

Israel begins Gaza pull-out

19.01.09
Israeli troops will pull out of the Gaza strip before tomorrow's inauguration of Barack Obama as US president, government officials said today.... more

Hamas 'ready for ceasefire' to end 20-day Gaza conflict

16.01.09
Hamas is reported to be ready to call a ceasefire within the next 24 hours as Israel declared that the Gaza conflict was nearing its "final act"... more

Council suspends two for Gaza email

15.01.09
Two workers who paralysed the communications system of Tower Hamlets council when they sent an email showing disturbing pictures of violence in Gaza were suspended for a day... more

Prophecy of doom that bore fruit in Gaza

12.01.09
What's happening in Gaza is, of course, a humanitarian tragedy for the Palestinians; but it is also a political tragedy for both Arab and Jew... more

Israel halts bombing for three hours to allow aid into Gaza

07.01.09
Israel has called a three-hour halt to its bombing raids over Gaza to allow humanitarian supplies into the war-stricken territory... more

There is a way out of this conflict - but not until Israel is secure

07.01.09
The sufferings of the Palestinians remind us of the failures of past peace plans. But that is no reason to stand aside this time... more

'A little girl played in the sun. She was shot down by an Apache helicopter'

06.01.09
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Family of 7 killed as Israel sets out to split Gaza City from rest of territory

05.01.09
A family of seven was reported killed while a further three Palestinian children died after being hit by an Israeli tank shell as fighting continued to rage in Gaza... more

Police accused over baton charge at embassy protest

05.01.09
Demonstrators have accused the Met police of heavy-handed tactics after they were charged in an underpass during the Gaza protest on Saturday... more

'The first bomb was like being punched by a ghost ...'

31.12.08
Sami Abdel-Shafi gives an eyewitness report on the fighting in Gaza City... more

Israel rejects calls for ceasefire as 'unrealistic'

31.12.08
Israel has rejected calls for a Gaza ceasefire hours after Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran... more

Palestinians stage third day of London demos

31.12.08
Protesters demonstrated for the third day in a row outside the Israeli Embassy in London against the airstrikes in Gaza ... more

Embassies under fire as demos are staged around world

30.12.08
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We are ready for long weeks of action, says Israeli defence chief

30.12.08
Israel launched a wave of new bombing raids against Hamas government and military targets in Gaza as the country’s defence chiefs warned that “long weeks of action” lay ahead... more

It's now time for Obama to speak

30.12.08
AS THE Israeli army waits on Gaza's border, ready to re-invade the territory after the collapse of a ceasefire agreement with the radical Hamas government, the stakes could not be higher for the Middle East... more

Israeli attack on Gaza sparks rise in price of gold and oil

29.12.08
Commodities: Oil prices leapt by more than 10% to above $40 a barrel after the Israeli assault on Gaza, with energy chiefs warning the cost of crude could be back above $100 within a year... more

Police on alert after riot at Israel's London embassy

29.12.08
Riot police were on standby in London after pro-Palestinian demonstrators tried to storm the Israeli embassy... more

Navy joins bombardment of Hamas terrorist bases

29.12.08
Israel's air force obliterated Hamas strongholds today, the third day of its overwhelming assault on Gaza... more

Only Obama can end this bloody stalemate as Gaza cries for help

29.12.08
As Israel prepares an all-out attack on Hamas, one expert on the region says that a new US President must now seize his chance to intervene... more

Year by year, how infighting and war with Israel have reduced Gaza to ashes

29.12.08
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Blockade putting Gaza at risk of starvation, says UN

12.11.08
The UN warned that Gaza would run out of food aid in two days unless Israel's blockade, which it described as "shameful and unacceptable", is relaxed... more

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