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Kidnapped Italian Activist Found Dead in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The body of an Italian activist was found hanged in a Gaza apartment just hours after he was abducted by an al-Qaida-inspired group, Hamas said early Friday, in the first kidnapping of a foreigner since the militant Hamas overran the coastal strip nearly four years ago. Hamas officials said police...

Hamas, Israel Negotiating Cease-Fire [VIDEO]

Hamas Gov't Official Appeals to Israeli Public for Cease-Fire

JERUSALEM -- A senior Hamas government official in Gaza has gone on Israel Radio to make a rare direct appeal to the Israeli public for a halt in the current round of fighting. Hamas' deputy foreign minister, Ghazi Hamad, told the radio station Sunday that the group would cease its attacks on southern Israel if Israel...

Israel Pounds Hamas Targets in Gaza for Third Day

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel pounded Hamas targets in Gaza with air strikes and tank shells Saturday, killing four militants, Palestinian officials said, as Palestinian missiles reached deeper into Israel in the most intense round of fighting since the Gaza war. In all, 18 Gazans have been killed and more than 65...

Israel Strikes Hard in Gaza After School Bus Hit

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli aircraft and tanks pounded Gaza on Friday, killing seven Hamas militants and five civilians in a surge of fighting sparked by a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day before. Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers seemed on the brink of another round of intense violence, just a...

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Stephanie Spiro: The New School Presents a Sneak Preview of the Documentary Flying Paper

Last night I attended the sneak peak preview party for the partially completed documentary film, Flying Paper at The New School for Public Engagement.

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Daoud Kuttab: Bringing Together the Palestinian Divide

The end of Hana Shalabi's 44-day hunger strike has produced mixed results, and has pointed out another under-reported issue -- the separation and difficulty of movement between Gaza and West Bank. Shalabi, like Khader Adnan before her, have done a great service to fellow Palestinians by exposing the undemocratic nature...

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Baby Dies From Power Shortage

A Gaza man said Sunday his 5-month-old baby died after the generator powering his respirator ran out of fuel, the first known death linked to the territory's energy crisis.

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Egypt-Hamas standoff leads to Gaza power crisis

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -A dispute between Egypt and Gaza's Hamas government has produced the worst energy crisis here in years: Gazans are enduring 18-hour-a-day blackouts, fuel is running low for hospital backup generators, raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea for lack of treatment pumps and gas stations have shut...

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05/29/12 Turkey charges senior Israeli commanders in Mavi... Source: PanArmenian.net A Turkish court has charged four senior Israeli military commanders over the killing of nine Turkish activists trying to reach Gaza in 2010, according to BBC News. Ex-military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and former heads of military intelligence, the navy and air force are expected to be tried in absentia.
05/29/12 UN official criticizes Israel over ongoing Gaza... Source: Ynetnews - Israel The UN official responsible for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday that Israel has been too slow to relax its blockade of Gaza , which has devastated the isolated economy and failed to achieve its security goals.
05/29/12 Palestinian factions edge toward unity Source: Telegram & Gazette - Worcester MA GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya, the Hamas prime minister in Gaza, made the first step Monday to end his groups disputes with the Palestinian Authority, which governs in the West Bank, and create a unity government.
05/29/12 Shalit Effect Felt in Hamas Elections Source: Virtual Jerusalem Hamas will publish the results of its internal elections in the coming days, and Khaled Mashaal's faction is expected t o emerge victorious, according to a report by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC).
05/28/12 Gaza Cultural Exchange holds fundraiser Source: Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis OR The Gaza Cultural Exchange is holding its summer fundraiser at 6 p.m.

Background on Gaza

Gaza ( ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.

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