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Palestinian protesters face Israeli soldiers, following a demonstration to support people in Gaza and Palestinian negotiators in Cairo, Egypt, during clashes near the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Israel and Hamas are observing a five-day cease-fire which began at midnight Wednesday, in an attempt to allow talks between the sides in Cairo to continue. The negotiations are meant to secure a substantive end to the monthlong war and draw up a roadmap for the coastal territory of Gaza, which has been hard-hit in the fighting. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Sides in Gaza talks dig in as cease-fire end looms

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Peter Enav - Associated Press

A Palestinian man talks to a boy carrying containers as they stand amid the rubble of al-Qassam mosque, hit by an Israeli airstrike. Hamas officials said they were holding out in hopes of getting more concessions in the curretn Egyptian-mediated talks. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian divisions emerge in truce talks

Associated Press

A Palestinian protester throws a piece of concrete at Israeli soldiers during clashes, following a protest against the Israeli military action over Hamas in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi) ** FILE **

EU says status quo for Gaza ‘not an option’

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Juergen Baetz - Associated Press

Gaza truce extension fans hope of lasting deal

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Deteriorating Defense Capabilities Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LYONS: The fallout from foreign-policy malfeasance and nonfeasance

By James A. Lyons

AP10ThingsToSee - A Palestinian youth wraps a bandolier of spent bullets leftover by the Israeli army, next to his destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

MANDEL: The big lie of Gaza

By Daniel Mandel

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013 file photo, masked Palestinian members of the military wing of Hamas carry their weapons while chanting slogans during a parade to mark the anniversary of a 2012 battle against Israel in Gaza City. Hamas is entering Egyptian-brokered talks with Israel over a new border regime for blockaded Gaza having lost hundreds of fighters, two-thirds of its arsenal of rockets, and its attack tunnels.(AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

U.S. jury set hear terror finance case against bank

Associated Press

Illustration on a larger strategy for defeating Islamic rerrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington times

MAY: America needs an ‘overarching strategy’ on battling radical Islam

By Clifford D. May

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Carter lacks foreign-affairs credibility

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Former President Jimmy Carter has co-written an op-ed criticizing Israel's actions in Gaza. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) . (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

EDITORIAL: Jimmy Carter, the pariah president

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A supporter of Hamas holds a representation of a rocket as others shout slogans against the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, during a protest in the West Bank town of Tulkarem town on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. A Palestinian man was shot and killed during clashes with Israeli troops near Tulkarem, Palestinian security sources said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Israeli official: ‘No point’ in trying to negotiate with Hamas for Gaza truce

Associated Press

Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Ya'alon, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attend the cabinet meeting at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, pool)

Netanyahu to White House: Don’t ‘second guess me again’

Associated Press

John Kerry condemns attack on Israeli soldiers, kidnapping

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Israeli spokesman: No need to debate who broke the cease-fire

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Palestinians run for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

35 Palestinians killed; Israeli officer missing

By Ibrahim Barzak and Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

Palestinians run for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Sammour was shot and killed during clashes with Israeli troops near Tulkarem, following a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Obama pushes Hamas to release Israeli hostage

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Flares light up the sky over Gaza City, Friday Aug. 1, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel will destroy Hamas' tunnel network in the Gaza Strip designed for deadly attacks inside Israel, "with or without a cease-fire." Israel expanded what started July 8 as an aerial campaign against Hamas and widened it into a ground offensive on July 17. Since then, Israel says the campaign has concentrated on destroying cross-border tunnels militants constructed to carry out attacks inside Israeli territory and ending rocket attacks on its cities. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

U.N. condemns Israel, U.S. for not sharing Iron Dome with Hamas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike hit the offices of the Hamas movement's Al-Aqsa satellite TV station, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Israel said Thursday it has called up another 16,000 reservists, allowing it to potentially widen its Gaza operation against the territory's Hamas rulers in a war that has killed more than 1,300 Palestinians and more than 50 Israelis. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Hamas cleric tells Jews: ‘We will exterminate you’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Mosab Hassan Yousef, the oldest son of one of Hamas' founders, said ge was an Israeli spy for a decade, and he abandoned Islam for Christianity, further marking him a traitor. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Hamas founder’s son: ‘Hamas is a terrorist organization with a humanitarian face’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times