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Illustration on Israeli/Palestinian amity by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

One Israeli’s defiantly optimistic attempt to be neighborly

By Clifford D. May

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians, Friday, June 1, 2018, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Nikki Haley is killing it at the United Nations

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An Israel soldier extinguishes a fire started by a kite with attached burning cloth launched by Palestinians from Gaza, a near the Israel and Gaza border, Friday, June 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israeli minister: Gaza casualties don’t tell the story

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Illustration on Hamas' use of human shields by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The inhumanity of Hamas’ human shields

By Joe Wilson

Smoke raise flowing an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Israeli jets bombed Gaza hours after militants from the territory on Tuesday fired more than 25 mortar shells toward communities in southern Israel in what appeared to be the largest single barrage since the 2014 Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza’s Hamas rulers say cease-fire reached with Israel

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

Israeli police officers guarded a playground near the Israel and Gaza border last month after Gaza militants fired more than 25 mortar shells toward communities in the south. The Israeli military said it appeared to be the largest single barrage fired since the 2014 Israel-Hamas war. (Associated Press)

Israeli jets bomb Gaza after mortar shells fired from strip

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, May 22, 2018 photo, Hamed al-Shaer, 34, waits for a permit to cross the border to Egypt. in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip. Egypt has opened Rafah for the duration of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, temporarily easing a border blockade of Gaza it has enforced, along with Israel, for the past 11 years. But thousands of people hoping to travel are on a waiting list, a backlog accumulated over long periods of Rafah closures, and Egyptian border officials are processing them at an excruciatingly slow pace. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

In Gaza, border opening brings relief and anxiety

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Israeli military hits Hamas sites in Gaza after infiltration

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Illustration on Hamas' goals towards Israel nby Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

For Hamas and its allies, the worse the better

By Clifford D. May

Mahmoud Abbas comes into the meeting with President Trump very unpopular among Palestinians, who view their leadership as corrupt and are as pessimistic as the Israelis about the prospects for a peace deal. (Associated Press/File)

Mahmoud Abbas replacement unclear as Palestinians fear leadership vacuum

By Asma' Jawabreh and Jacob Wirtschafter — Special to The Washington Times

The United Nations Security Council observes a moment of silence for those killed during the deadly violence along the Israel-Gaza border before a meeting to discuss the situation, Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Calls for investigation, but no consensus at UN Gaza meeting

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

A relative of a Palestinian killed during a protest on the border with Israel mourns over his body in a morgue in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 14, 2018. Israeli soldiers shot and killed dozens of Palestinians during mass protests along the Gaza border on Monday. It was the deadliest day there since a devastating 2014 cross-border war and cast a pall over Israel's festive inauguration of the new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Israel faces diplomatic fallout after dozens killed in Gaza

By FARES AKRAM and KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman walks through black smoke from burning tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Israeli military sends aid to Gaza

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Riders from the Samson Riders, an Israeli motorcycle club, arrive on a road leading to the new U.S. Embassy during a group ride from the old embassy in Tel Aviv, ahead of the official opening, in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 13, 2018. On Monday, the United States moves its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the holy city at the explosive core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and claimed by both sides as a capital. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Latest: OIC condemns US embassy move to Jerusalem

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Palestinian protesters burn tires during a protest on the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting near Gaza's border with Israel, as Israel prepared for the festive inauguration of a new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

The Latest: Gaza Health Ministry releases latest death toll

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Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, May 11, 2018. Gaza activists burned tires near the sealed border with Israel on Friday in a seventh weekly protest aimed at shaking off a decade-old blockade of their territory. Israeli soldiers fired tear gas volleys from the other side of the border fence. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel bombs Gaza tunnel, closes key crossing after attack

By Aron Heller and Fares Akram - Associated Press

File - In this Friday, April 27, 2018 file photo, Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded youth during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis. The deadly scenes that have been playing out for weeks now along Gaza’s border, with thousands of Palestinians marching and threatening to storm the security fence and Israeli troops opening fire, are eerily familiar to Israeli author Mishka Ben-David. They have already taken place _ on the pages of his best-selling thriller last year, “The Shark.” And while the novel’s doomsday scenario may seem far-fetched to some, Ben-David fears for the region in the absence of an overall peace initiative. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Deadly unrest at Gaza border mirrors Israeli author’s novel

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinian Children in Harm's Way Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

When children are cannon fodder

By Abraham Cooper

FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, Palestinians carry a wounded man during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel. The Supreme Court on Monday, April 30, heard the first legal challenge of the Israeli military's open-fire rules, after at least 39 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,700 wounded by Israeli fire during mass protests on the Gaza border over the past month. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra, File)

Israel’s use of live fire in Gaza protests faces legal test

By KARIN LAUB and MOSHE EDRI - Associated Press

In this photo made Sunday, April 22, 2018, Yasser Abed Rabbo, 73, a decade Palestinian Liberation Organization Number two, who was sidelined by Abbas in 2015, talks to the Associated press during an interview in his office at the PLO headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians vote on aging leadership as Abbas tightens grip

By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press