A hunger strike among Palestinian prisoners in Israel has been growing of late, to the point where as many as 2,000 of the more than 4,500 Palestinians being held by Israel have been refusing to eat, but on Monday they agreed to end the strike.
The casualty count in the missile exchange between Israelis and Palestinians over the weekend has climbed to 21 Gazans but only two seriously wounded Israelis, bringing new focus to Israel's "Iron Dome" anti-missile system, which has worked so well in the lastest skirmish Israel wants to triple its size in a year.
In an interview with The Jewish Channel, Newt Gingrich appealed to Zionists with a very quotable opinion on how "an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs" are waging war against Israel.
Perhaps President Obama and French President Nicholas Sarkozy have a burn book as well.
Yesterday, the U.S. responded to the United Nations vote admitting Palestine to UNESCO by curbing funding for the organization--and today, Israel is issuing its own rejoinder.
Palestine won a victory in its climb to full UN membership today when it was admitted as a full member to UNESCO, the organization's cultural body, in "a highly divisive move" opposed by the United States, Germany, and other nations, the AP is reporting.
It's not quite the 1027-to-1 exchange rate that Hamas received, but 25 Egyptian prisoners will be going home in exchange for the release of suspected Israeli spy Ilan Grapel.
Around 1,000 Palestinian prisoners will be released in two phases
Radical settlers target both Palestinians and the Israeli government
Palestinians condemn the move
Going against U.S. pressure, President Mahmoud Abbas delivered the request to Ban Ki-moon
Over the last 24 hours, moves by Abbas and Sarkozy have dampened America's role
Cartoonist Steve Benson on Palestine's bid for statehood
A compromise plan would defer a vote while negotiations take place
The Republican presidential candidate will lay out his unwavering support in New York
By not supporting Palestine's bid for statehood, the group comes under fire
20 percent of Congress is headed to Israel and critics of its policies aren't happy
The grace of Betty Ford, the good side of Rupert Murdoch, and more
The Arabic-language iPad app calls for a Palestinian uprising
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