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Israel-Gaza conflict: Low expectations

No one knows for sure why the Gaza hostilities began. We know that there had been weeks of intensifying rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, rockets fired by various Palestinian groups that were tolerated, even encouraged by the governing Hamas.

From Sandy to Gaza rockets, students weather each other’s storms

Between Israeli youths going through Hurricane Sandy and American youths experiencing the onslaught of rockets from Gaza, participants of November’s America Israel Friendship League’s (AIFL) student exchange rode an emotional and historic rollercoaster on both sides of the Atlantic.

Thousands protest in Egypt against Israeli attacks on Gaza

Thousands of people protested in Egyptian cities on Friday against Israeli air strikes on Gaza and Egypt\’s president pledged to support the Palestinian enclave\’s population in the face of \”blatant aggression.\”

One million Israelis under rocket fire

Adele Raimer lives on Kibbutz Nirim less than a mile from the Gaza Strip. She’s a high school English teacher, a teacher trainer, a volunteer medical clown and the mother of four children aged 22 – 32. She’s spent much of the past four days running to safe rooms and shelters in her home and school.

Israel-Gaza truce mostly observed

An Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and militant groups in the Gaza Strip was largely observed on Tuesday after four days of violence in which 25 Palestinians were killed and 200 rockets were fired at Israel.

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