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Israeli journalists report outside the apartment building of Ethiopian-Israeli Avraham Mengisto, 28, in the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, July 9, 2015. An Israeli security official said Thursday the Hamas militant group has been holding Mengisto in the Gaza Strip for nearly a year. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Avraham Mengisto of Israel held by Hamas in Gaza, officials say

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

Smoke and dust rise after an Israeli strike hit Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ** FILE **

Hard-hit Gaza neighborhood still trying to recover from war

By Dalton Bennett - Associated Press

Illustration on the folly of pressuring for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CLIFFORD MAY: Deadlines worsen the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

By Clifford D. May

Smoke and dust rise after an Israeli strike hit Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) ** FILE **

U.N. report on Gaza: Both Israeli and Palestinian groups may be guilty of war crimes

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Ella Rozenberg with one of her art students at her studio in the Gaza border town of Ashkelon, Israel. The studio is located inside a stone stable built inside the ancient walls of a old hotel dating back to the crusades. (Photo by L. Todd Wood)

L. TODD WOOD: Painting under the rockets on the Gaza border

By L. Todd Wood

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP)

Israelis go on offensive ahead of UN report

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinian masked militants of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, take part in a parade to mark the 11th anniversary of the Israeli assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin in Gaza, in the northern Gaza Strip, March 23, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hamas terror group designation overturned by Egyptian court

Associated Press

Fighters with the Islamic State group march in Raqqa, Syria, in this undated file image posted on a militant website on Jan. 14, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

LOUIS RENE BERES: How a Palestinian state could fall to ISIS

By Louis Rene Beres

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Christians not leaving Israel

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at Lake Area Technical Institute, Friday, May 8, 2015 in Watertown, S.D. Obama visited South Dakota to promote his proposal to offer two years for free community college to qualified students. (AP Photo/{photo})

EDITORIAL: New flash point in Gaza

United Nations: Israeli actions killed 44 Palestinians at U.N. shelters

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Fatah revolutionary council in the West Bank city of Ramallah in this Oct. 18, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians want leverage on Israel in international court

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

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#AskHamas Twitter campaign backfires: ‘Why did you murder 30 civilians?’

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Egypt court declares Hamas a ‘terrorist’ group: report

Associated Press

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader) ** FILE **

Iran’s Ayatollah tweets #BlackLivesMatter in rant against U.S.

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

An Israeli officer was injured by a stone from Palestinian protesters following a prayer for Palestinian Cabinet minister Ziad Abu Ain, who collapsed shortly after a protest on Dec. 10 in the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, as they clash with the troops near the village outside of Ramallah, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces at a West Bank military checkpoint near Turmus Aya, where Abu Ain collapsed and later died en route to hospital. Palestinian and Israeli pathologists subsequently disagreed over the cause of Abu Ain's death. The Palestinian expert said the cause of death was a &quot;blow,&quot; while his Israeli colleague said Abu Ain died of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel carries out airstrike on Hamas site in Gaza

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

Benjamin Netanyahu’s years as Israel’s prime minister see surge in West Bank settlements

By Dan Perry and Josef Federman - Associated Press

Topographic rendering of the Rawabi planned city Rawabi Foundation image

CLIFFORD D. MAY: Building a shining Palestinian city on a hill

By Clifford D. May