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Black smoke billows over the skyline as a fire at the oil depot for the airport rages out of control after being struck in the crossfire of warring militias battling for control of the airfield, in Tripoli, Libya Monday, July 28, 2014. The latest violence to plague the country has so far killed scores of people and wounded hundreds as foreigners flee the chaos. Libya's interim government said in a statement that the fire could trigger a "humanitarian and environmental disaster" in Tripoli, appealing for "international help" to extinguish the inferno. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ben Khalifa)

Attack on park in Gaza war kills 10, mostly children

By Karin Laub and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

United States U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, left, speaks with Israeli U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the situation in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 28, 2014. The U.N. Security Council called for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire" in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas at an emergency meeting. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

U.N. Security Council calls for Gaza cease-fire

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

President Barack Obama listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014. Seeking to keep a pair of delicate diplomatic efforts afloat, Obama will personally appeal to Netanyahu to move forward on peace talks with the Palestinians, while also trying to manage Israel's deep suspicion of his pursuit of a nuclear accord with Iran. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama urges Netanyahu to accept cease fire

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

"Let Israel win!" Rep. Mike Coffman, Colorado Republican, said that being a supporter of Israel "means that I will stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel in the recognition that Hamas is a terrorist state and that Israel should never negotiate with terrorists." (Associated Press)

Protesters rally in Colorado to support Israel’s fight with Hamas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

WILLIAMS: A time when our ally Israel most needs our support

By Armstrong Williams

FILE - This April 22, 2013 file photo shows TV personalities Joan Rivers, left, and daughter Melissa Rivers at the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards in New York. Rivers, who for more than a half-century has turned her life inside out for comedy, is starting her fourth season doing it for the reality show she shares with her daughter, Melissa. &quot;Joan &amp; Melissa: Joan Knows Best?&quot; airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. on WEtv. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Joan Rivers: CNN should be ‘ashamed’ of its Israel, Gaza reporting

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers work on their armored personnel carriers near the Israel and Gaza border Friday, July 25, 2014. Early Friday, Israeli warplanes struck tens of houses throughout the Gaza Strip as international efforts continue to broker a cease fire in the 18 day-old war. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Israel agrees to extend Gaza war truce by 4 hours

Associated Press

An Israeli soldier mourns over the grave of reserve Master Sgt. Yair Ashkenazy, 36, during his funeral at the military cemetery in Rehovot, Israel, Friday, July 25, 2014. Ashkenazy was killed early Friday during operations in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces reported. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israel rejects John Kerry’s calls for Gaza truce: report

Associated Press

Palestinian medics treat a child wounded in an Israeli strike on a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, at the emergency room of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tank shells hit the compound, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens more who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

U.N. school in Gaza caught in cross-fire; 15 killed

By Ibrahim Barzak and Peter Enav - Associated Press

An Israeli soldiers walks by a military vehicle near the Israel Gaza Border, early Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Israeli Cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to end a week of conflict with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has killed 185 Palestinians and exposed millions of Israelis to Hamas rocket fire. No Israelis have been killed as a result of Hamas rocket launches. A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian militant group rejects an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

VANNESS: Keep Rafah closed

By Alex VanNess

A Palestinian man carries his father as he and others run to take cover during an Israeli air strike in Rafah on Wednesday. (Associated Press photographs)

Hamas rejects Kerry’s call for cease-fire; Fears grow others could join fight against Israel

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ron Dermer, Israel's new ambassador to U.S., has presented his credentials to President Obama. Mr. Dermer started developing close ties with Republicans when he worked with party strategist Frank Luntz in the 1994 congressional campaigns. (Twitter/@AmbDermer) ** FILE **

Israel’s ambassador praises Obama, slams Human Rights Watch report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Maj. Amotz Greenberg, 45, during his funeral in the Israeli city of Hod Hasharon, Sunday, July 20, 2014. According to reports, Greenberg was killed fighting a group of militants who infiltrated Israel through a tunnel from the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Hamas terrorists wear Israeli army uniforms to ambush soldiers in Gaza

By Abraham Rabinovich - Washington Free Beacon

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks at the 2014 Fiscal Summit organized by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation in Washington, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi: Israel has not lost moral authority

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Israeli police officers secure a destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, a Tel Aviv suburb near the airport, central Israel, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. As a result, Delta Air Lines and U.S. Airlines decided to cancel their scheduled flights to Israel.(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Airlines ban flights to Israel after rocket strike

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

** FILE ** Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters at parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey gives White House cold shoulder: Prime Minister Erdogan says he no longer talks to Obama

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times