The destruction of Gaza

The conflict within Hamas

The territory's ruling party is by no means united. Until its factions can resolve their differences, peace with Israel is a distant prospect

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The children of Gaza

Five years to the day after her son was killed by an IDF sniper, Jocelyn Hurndall writes on the deaths of children in Gaza as the Israeli onslaught there continues

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Searching for Middle East peace

Jeremy Sare discovers Creativity for Peace, an organisation that helps Israelis and Palestinians to talk about their anger and hatred

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Israel must acknowledge Hamas as the democratic choice of a majority of Palestinians

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Gaza under fire

Every war Israel has waged since 1948 has had the same objective: expulsion of the native people and theft of more land. But why are we in the west silent on this truth?

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Afraid to sleep, afraid to wake

As the invasion intensified, Mohammed Omer, a Gazan journalist injured by Israeli police last year and now in hospital in Amsterdam, spoke by telephone to former contacts and friends Israel's politicians, and people, are seeking total victory in Gaza. They won't get it. By Haim Baram

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A revenge strategy

Israel’s politicians, and people, are seeking total victory in Gaza. They won’t get it

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Voices from an unwinnable war

Until now, young Israelis have been able to ignore the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. The invasion has changed all that

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