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Continue reading the main story Mid-East crisis Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip is currently on hold after both sides agreed to a long-term ceasefire. The past seven weeks have seen the deadliest violence in years, punctuated by a succession of failed truces.

Continue reading the main story Mid-East crisis Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip is currently on hold after both sides agreed to a long-term ceasefire. The past seven weeks have seen the deadliest violence in years, punctuated by a succession of failed truces.

Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip is currently on hold after both sides agreed to a long-term ceasefire. The past seven weeks have seen the deadliest violence in years, punctuated by a succession of failed truces.

Posted: Israel withdrew its last forces from Gaza on Tuesday, as a 72-hour ceasefire between the country and Palestinian militants went into effect. Nearly 2,000 people have lost their lives in a month of fighting, a majority of them civilians. The violence in Gaza can be painstakingly difficult to comprehend, both on an emotional level and from a historical perspective.

Posted: Israel withdrew its last forces from Gaza on Tuesday, as a 72-hour ceasefire between the country and Palestinian militants went into effect. Nearly 2,000 people have lost their lives in a month of fighting, a majority of them civilians. The violence in Gaza can be painstakingly difficult to comprehend, both on an emotional level and from a historical perspective.

The New York Times is furiously rewriting the history of the Gaza conflict to put all the blame on Hamas for the violence, and say nothing about the seven-year-long Israeli siege of the Strip. It blames Hamas for starting the war by kidnapping Israeli teens, leaving out disclaimers of Hamas's responsibility and Israel's interest in waging war on Hamas to end its unity deal with Fatah.

The New York Times is furiously rewriting the history of the Gaza conflict to put all the blame on Hamas for the violence, and say nothing about the seven-year-long Israeli siege of the Strip. It blames Hamas for starting the war by kidnapping Israeli teens, leaving out disclaimers of Hamas's responsibility and Israel's interest in waging war on Hamas to end its unity deal with Fatah.

Israelis and Arabs have been fighting over Gaza on and off, for decades. It's part of the wider Arab Israeli conflict. After World War II and the Holocaust in which six million Jewish people were killed, more Jewish people wanted their own country.

Israelis and Arabs have been fighting over Gaza on and off, for decades. It's part of the wider Arab Israeli conflict. After World War II and the Holocaust in which six million Jewish people were killed, more Jewish people wanted their own country.

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has entered its third week and left much of Gaza City damaged from heavy shelling by the Israel Defense Forces. The conflict broke out on July 8, when Israel launched "Operation Protective Edge" in response to Hamas launching rockets toward Israel.

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has entered its third week and left much of Gaza City damaged from heavy shelling by the Israel Defense Forces. The conflict broke out on July 8, when Israel launched "Operation Protective Edge" in response to Hamas launching rockets toward Israel.

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has entered its third week and left much of Gaza City damaged from heavy shelling by the Israel Defense Forces. The conflict broke out on July 8, when Israel launched "Operation Protective Edge" in response to Hamas launching rockets toward Israel.

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has enetered its third week and left much of Gaza City damaged from heavy shelling by the Israel defence foreces. The conflict broke out on July 8th when Israel launched "operation protective edge" in response to Hamas launching rockets toward the Israel.

Israel is in the midst of its second ground invasion of the Gaza Strip in six years. Here's the story of the ceaseless conflict, told through historic quotes. The origins "We are a generation that settles the land, and without the steel helmet and the cannon's fire we will not be able to plant a tree and build a home."

Ilan Pappe Correspondent people in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine feel disappointed at the lack of any significant international reaction to the carnage and destruction the Israeli assault has so far left behind it in the Strip.The inability, or unwillingness, to act seems to be first and foremost an acceptance of the Israeli narrative and argumentation for the crisis in Gaza.

A large majority of Palestinians believe that the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, won its 50-day war with Israel, a new Palestinian public opinion poll said Tuesday.

Example of a Palestinian perspective (09/03)

STAB website.