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Israel Hamas prisoner talks are mired by politics
One would think that heart wrenching images streaming out of the Gaza Strip suggest that Israel has Hamas over a barrel in stalled efforts...
Guterres: Humanitarian ceasefire only way to end Gaza ‘nightmare’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed hope that a Security Council resolution to get more aid into Gaza, adopted on Friday, could pave the way...
Gaza crisis: Starvation must never be allowed to happen
As the Security Council prepared to meet once again in New York on Friday for a long-delayed vote on a pause in fighting to...
Displacing a Nation: What Led to (and Caused) the Gaza-Israel Catastrophe
The Hamas-Israel War has devastated Gaza and displaced its people. It could result in expulsions in the West Bank over time. It is about...
Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns
As the UN Security Council was slated to meet for a third consecutive day on Wednesday in a new push for consensus to pause...
Failure in Gaza: Biden and Netanyahu… Who will leave First?
New tension is emerging in U.S.-Israeli relations, manifested in the public calls by President Biden to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cease the...
Catching flack: Qatar’s Gaza mediation is a balancing act
A high-flyer at the center of efforts to negotiate temporary pauses and Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swaps, Qatar is catching flack for its relationship with Hamas...
Future of Arab-Israel Relations
There have been worries expressed regarding the possible collapse of regional peace initiatives involving Israel and its Arab neighbors, especially Saudi Arabia, following the...
Hamas maneuvering complicates efforts to secure new prisoner swaps
Israel wasn’t slamming the door on renewed indirect prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas when it this week barred David Barnea, the head of Mossad,...
Hamas is still reaping benefits from its surprise attack on Israel
Much of Gaza lies in ruins, with its people pushed from their homes by Israeli bombardment and the death toll climbing ever higher. On...