Another break in ceasefire as election approaches
Monday, February 2: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert lived up to his word when he said Israel would deliver a "disproportionate" response to rocket and mortar attacks on southern Israel from within the Gaza Strip.… [continued]
Hamas executions feared as evidence emerges of Gaza murders
Friday, January 30: A string of murders in the Gaza Strip has left dozens of Gazans dead even while the two fragile ceasefires prevent the war from continuing. The Guardian
reports that among the dead… [continued]
Read the Guardian article in full 
Why Gilad Shalit holds the key to peace
Thursday, January 29: Not for the first time, the issue of an abducted Israeli soldier has moved centre stage in the complicated search for peace between Arabs and Jews. This time,
the soldier concerned is… [continued]
Seth Freedman's article in full
Donald Macintyre's Independent article in full
Will Self: Israel – not the BBC – is the villain of Gaza
Mitchell greeted by new tunnel bombings
Wednesday, January 28: Hours before Barack Obama's newly appointed Middle East envoy George Mitchell was due to meet Israeli leaders today, Israel
resumed the bombing of smuggling tunnels under the Gazan border with Egypt.… [continued]
Gaza File: IDF soldier and Palestinian farmer die
IDF soldier and Palestinian farmer die in clash on Gaza border
Tuesday, January 27: An outbreak of violence on the Israel-Gaza border today has resulted in the death of an Israeli solder and a Palestinian farmer. Arabic news channels are
reporting that the Israeli soldier died… [continued]
The Obama White House: President reaches out to Arab world
A full ceasefire: what are the sticking points?
Monday, January 26: The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised members of his armed forces state prosecution from foreign prosecution for war crimes. In
response to international calls for war crimes hearings, Olmert said… [continued]
In pictures: the Gaza ghetto
Letters to the editor: where does your bias lie?
Hamas admits to killing collaborators
Thursday, January 22: Western speculation during the 22-day Gaza conflict that the Israelis were relying on Palestinian informers to help them target Hamas leaders has been confirmed by reports now coming out of Gaza City… [continued]
Inquiry launched into white phosphorus use
Thursday, January 22: After continually denying reports that they were illegally using white phosphorus shells during the 22-day offensive in Gaza, the Israeli military has now
announced that it has launched an inquiry into their… [continued]
Gaza File: Row over Israeli use of white phosphorus
UN chief urges Israel to open crossings so rebuilding can begin
Wednesday, January 21: The UN humanitarian chief John Holmes has requested that Israel opens all its crossing with Gaza to allow a free flow of building materials.
As reported her yesterday, the reconstruction of Gaza… [continued]
'I watched my girls die': the Independent report in full
Gaza File: Ban Ki-moon outraged by attacks
Ban Ki-moon outraged by attacks on UN buildings
Tuesday, January 20: The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has demanded a full investigation into Israel's shelling of three of its buildings in the Gaza Strip, condemning the Israeli
action as "outrageous, shocking and alarming".… [continued]
Gaza File: Relief compound 'hit by Israeli fire'
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