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• Worse than Hamas? Gaza’s other terror groups

  August 15, 2014 7:29am

  Experts say that if Hamas is defeated, the other groups poised to take over Gaza could be much worse. JTA’s Ben Sales details Hamas’ would-be successors.

• Missing Mrs. Doubtfire

  August 12, 2014 12:05pm

  Robin Williams made me love the movies. This scene from “Mrs. Doubtfire” is why.

• How much has Israel’s war in Gaza cost?

  August 11, 2014 11:06am

  Including both direct military expenses and lost economic activity, the total cost of Israel’s four-week Operation Protective Edge is estimated at between $2.5 billion and $3.6 billion.

• Amid multiple attacks on U.N. facilities, Israel faces mounting criticism of Gaza tactics

  August 4, 2014 1:53pm

  United Nations facilities sheltering civilians have been struck six times during the Gaza fighting, prompting charges of possible Israeli war crimes.

• On the Israel-Palestinian front, a year of disappointment

  July 29, 2014 2:46pm

  A year ago Secretary of State John Kerry announced the launch of peace talks. Now, he can’t even get the two sides to agree on a cease-fire.

• From Israel, a Holocaust survivor worries about her Gazan daughter

  July 29, 2014 11:11am

  A 79-year-old Holocaust survivor who converted to Islam when she married an Arab-Israeli man years ago is caught between two worlds and worrying about a daughter caught in the crossfire.

• One group’s proposal for Mideast peace: Build the Third Temple

  July 28, 2014 4:26pm

  The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has created a $100,000 Indiegogo campaign to draft architectural plans for a Third Temple.

• As chapter closes, Shimon Peres hailed by normally divided Knesset

  July 28, 2014 1:02pm

  After nearly six decades in Israeli politics, the Nobel laureate and elder statesman leaves public life having failed to achieve the peace he long sought.

• After flight cancellations, a waiting game at Ben Gurion Airport

  July 23, 2014 11:28am

  Not all flights in and out of Israel were canceled after the decisions by U.S. and European aviation authorities on air travel to Tel Aviv. Some passengers with the right tickets — or good fortune — were able to fly.

• Cease-fire or reoccupy? Israeli leaders split on Gaza endgame

  July 22, 2014 2:37pm

  As Operation Protective Edge enters its third week, some are calling for Israel to reoccupy the Gaza Strip.