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Arab League to appeal for Gaza 'no-fly zone'
10/04/2011 - ISRAEL - GAZA

Arab League to appeal for Gaza 'no-fly zone'

Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa announced Sunday his intention to appeal to the UN Security Council for a no-fly zone over Gaza, where repeated Israeli air strikes have left at least 18 people dead since Thursday.
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Hamas appeals for ceasefire in Gaza
10/04/2011 - ISRAEL - GAZA

Hamas appeals for ceasefire in Gaza

A senior Hamas official went on Israeli radio Sunday to say that if air strikes in the Gaza Strip were halted then the authorities there would cease rocket attacks. Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu earlier threatened harsher military action.
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Israel stages deadly attacks on Gaza after Hamas bus blast
09/04/2011 - ISRAEL - GAZA

Israel stages deadly attacks on Gaza after Hamas bus blast

Israel has staged its most deadly offensive on Gaza in more than two years, killing at least 18 people – including six civilians – and wounding 65, after Hamas targeted a school bus Thursday, wounding two people.
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Israel demands UN retract 'biased' Gaza report
03/04/2011 - ISRAEL

Israel demands UN retract 'biased' Gaza report

Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that Israel will seek the retraction of a report criticising its 2008-2009 Gaza Strip incursion after the main author, judge Richard Goldstone, accused the UN body behind the study of bias against Israel.
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Hamas threatens retaliation after Israeli air strike
02/04/2011 - ISRAEL

Hamas threatens retaliation after Israeli air strike

Hamas on Saturday threatened retaliation after an Israeli air strike on Gaza killed three of its members. Israel said the raid was a preemptive strike against militants planning to kidnap Israelis during the upcoming holiday period.
The Palestinian Revolution - with a difference
31/03/2011 - GAZA

The Palestinian Revolution - with a difference

Palestinians are watching events in the Arab world and have decided that they too want to start a revolution - with a difference. The March 15th Movement is calling for an end to the division between Hamas and Fatah leaders in Gaza and the West Bank in order to defeat the Israeli occupation, and they're using online social media to do it. But in Gaza, they're facing many obstacles in the process - in the form of Hamas.
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Two killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza
28/03/2011 - GAZA STRIP

Two killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza

Two people were killed in an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, a day after Palestinian militants said they would cease firing rockets into Israel if Israeli forces reciprocated.
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Israel: Netanyahu ready to react with 'great force'
25/03/2011 - TOP STORY

Israel: Netanyahu ready to react with 'great force'

It is the Middle East’s oldest conflict. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been absent from our front pages for some time. But over the past week there’s been a bombing in Jerusalem and an escalation of violence along Israel's border with the Gaza strip.
Israel set to use 'great force' against militants
25/03/2011 - ISRAEL - GAZA

Israel set to use 'great force' against militants

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that his country is prepared to act with "great force" against militant offensives, one day after a series of attacks spurred Israel to launch retaliatory strikes in Gaza.
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“Libya has exposed Europe’s fault lines”
24/03/2011 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

“Libya has exposed Europe’s fault lines”

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Thurs. 24/03/11, According to the Guardian, the Libyan crisis has exposed deep divisions between France and Germany and is putting Europe’s diplomatic unity in peril. Meanwhile, as violence escalates in Israel, two newspapers on what course of action Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should take. Haaretz calls for moderation, where as the Jerusalem Post calls for a strong military response in Gaza. Finally, newspapers across the world mourn Elizabeth Taylor.
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