Israel-Gaza war

Palestinians flash victory signs as hundreds of Gazans gather in the streets to celebrate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on August 26, 2014 in Gaza City. (photo: Activestills)
Did Gaza win the war?
The terms of Tuesday’s ceasefire declaration matter less than the new leverage, measured in international will, with which Palestinians now approach the negotiating table. As a much-anticipated ceasefire took hold Tuesday, punctuating Gaza’s horrifying stretch without sleep or succor, spontaneous celebrations erupted throughout the Arab world. But the most jubilant displays were, of course, in…
By Samer Badawi August 27, 2014
Relatives and family members of the Israeli solider Bayhesain Kshaun mourn during his funeral in Netivot city, Israel, on July 22, 2014. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Israel during wartime: Loving our soldiers to death
War brings out the best in Israel, and the worst. But it’s the worst qualities that allowed this war to happen in the first place, and that are preparing the ground for the next one. I’ve always thought, and still think, that if I were in real trouble somewhere, if I were being mugged in…
By Larry Derfner July 24, 2014
A Palestinian child injured in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip arrives at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on the night of July 8, 2014.
Blame Israel and Hamas both for Gaza’s civilian deaths
Sorting through the propaganda war. The main outrage now, in the fourth day (Friday) of Operation Protective Edge, as Israel calls it, is the rising number of killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli airstrikes, mainly as a result of attacks on residential buildings where militants live or are thought to live. Haaretz reported that the…
By Larry Derfner July 11, 2014
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A group of Palestinians from Beit Hanoun, together with internationals demonstrated against the buffer zone in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip. (photo: Activestills)
Ceasefire tells the world: Gaza still under Israeli occupation
By agreeing to negotiate freedom of movement for Gazans, Israel has admitted – with the whole world watching – that 1.7 million Gazans are not free. A victory for truth in the ‘information war’. One of the good things about the Israel-Gaza ceasefire is that it highlights a truth that Israel and its mouthpieces have…
By Larry Derfner November 23, 2012
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