Gaza

State Dept. designates Gaza-based council a terrorist group

The U.S. State Department designated a Gaza-based jihadist umbrella group as a terrorist organization.

Jews take up the Ice Bucket Challenge — and some choose hummus

Jewish celebrities and politicians have enthusiastically taken up the Ice Bucket Challenge. But the IDF has taken a different, chickpea-flavored, tack.

In Ferguson, echoes of Middle East?

What does Michael Brown, the unarmed black teen killed by police earlier this month, have to do with the Palestinians?

Culture

Worse than Hamas? Gaza’s other terror groups

Israel

Negotiations progress as cease-fire holds

Israel

Slow progress reported in Cairo talks on cease-fire’s final day

Israel

Little progress reported at Cairo truce talks

Israel

How much has Israel’s war in Gaza cost?

Israel

Israeli soldiers in Gaza exempt from Tisha b’Av fast, chief rabbis rule

Global

Belgian doctor refuses to treat Jewish woman, citing Gaza conflict

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