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**FILE** Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel is pictured in 2008. (Associated Press)

Hagel’s group sees Iran as a future ally

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Mr. Fayyad blames Arab countries that haven’t delivered promised financial aid for an escalating financial crisis in the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad blasts Arab donors

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Palestinian workers rebuild a house in Gaza City on Dec. 31, 2012. (Associated Press)

Israel eases ban on building materials for Gaza

By Amy Tiebel and Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

Israel allows construction materials into Gaza Strip

By Amy Teibel and Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers take aim during clashes with Palestinians (not seen) in the West Bank city of Hebron on Dec. 13, 2012, during the funeral of Mohammed Suleima, 17, who was killed by Israeli troops. Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of the city, chanting anti-Israel slogans and waving green Hamas flags. (Associated Press)

Israeli troops clash with Palestinian protesters

By Nasser Shiyoukhi - Associated Press

Embassy Row: The best and the worst

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Exiled leader Khaled Mashaal (center), in his first visit to Gaza, joins Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (right) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the militant group. Once the target of an Israeli assassination attempt, Mr. Mashaal now is confident enough to enter Gaza and walk around in public. (Associated Press)

Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

World Briefs: Netanyahu says world has double standards

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal waves to Palestinian Hamas supporters during a rally to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the militant group, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Illustration: Obama and Israel

MEYERS: Obama can’t blame Israel for Palestine

By David Meyers

Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal arrivaes at Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 7, 2012. The exiled chief broke into tears as he arrived in the Gaza Strip for his first-ever visit, a landmark trip reflecting his militant group's growing international acceptance and its defiance of Israel. (Associated Press)

Crowds greet Hamas chief on 1st-ever Gaza visit

By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

On Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, Palestinian schoolchildren walk in the rubble left days after an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Hamas Interior Ministry in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel, Palestinian militants begin talks on truce details

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

WILLIAMS: In Gaza: Life and death, blessing and curse

By Armstrong Williams

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican (Associated Press)

McCain threatens to end aid to Egypt

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Palestinian schoolchildren walk in debris by a damaged school in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Schools in Gaza opened Saturday for the first time since the truce, which calls for an end to Gaza rocket fire on Israel and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, came after eight days of cross-border fighting, the bloodiest between Israel and Hamas in four years. The school was damaged when Israeli forces struck on a nearby building. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Israel eases Gaza border restrictions after truce

By Karin Laub and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Smoke rises Nov. 23, 2012, in Gaza City from the Hamas government building known as Abu Khadra, which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike two days prior. (Associated Press)

Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence; 1 dead

By Karin Laub and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

**FILE** Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks Nov. 16, 2012, during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Associated Press)

Abbas determined to seek U.N. nod for Palestine

By Dalia Nammari and Karin Laub - Associated Press

**FILE** Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves Oct. 23, 2012, to the crowd as he arrives with Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for a corner-stone laying ceremony for a Qatari-funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City. (Associated Press)

Two powers, Qatar and Iran, try to sway Hamas

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

Israeli reserve soldiers remove detonators from shells in a 155 mm artillery position near Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signaling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Gazans clean up as truce with Israel holds

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - Associated Press