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Israeli missile strikes in Gaza on Tuesday could be the start of a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled territory. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for calm, and President Obama wrote an op-ed calling for a "comprehensive negotiated settlement." (Associated Press)

Obama backs Israel’s strikes on Hamas after assault on civilians

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, striking at least 50 sites in Gaza by air and sea and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a recent barrage of rocket attacks against Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel kicks off massive assault on Hamas: ‘We’re taking this to the next step’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from Gaza Strip in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Saturday, July 5, 2014. The Israeli military said its “Iron Dome” defense system intercepted the rockets that were aimed at Beersheba. The military also said at least 29 other rockets and mortars were fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel over the weekend. It said it had retaliated with airstrikes on militant sites in Gaza. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Hamas says 7 militants killed in Israeli strikes

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers stand at a damaged home after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, landed in the southern town of Sderot Thursday, July 3,2014. Israeli military carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel early Thursday. The Israeli military said the air force struck 15 "terror sites" in Gaza. "The targets included weapons manufacturing sites as well as training facilities," a military spokesman said. (AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov)

Israeli summer camp for kids hit by Hamas rockets from Gaza

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Dove and Scimitars Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

MANDEL: The farce of Israeli ‘confidence-building measures’

By Daniel Mandel

mourners: Family and friends of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted over two weeks ago mourn during their funeral in Modiin, Israel. Israeli leaders believe Hamas may be behind the taking and killing of the young men. (Associated Press)

Hammer or scalpel: Fewer restraints seen as teen deaths stoke Israeli fury toward Palestinians

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on U.S. tax dollars supporting terrorists by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MAY: Salaries for terrorists

By Clifford D. May

Israeli army: 14 rockets fired from Gaza

Associated Press

Israelis light candles as they gather in Jerusalem after the announcement that the bodies of the three missing teenagers were found near the West Bank town of Hebron, late Monday, June 30, 2014. The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was huddling with his Security Cabinet late Monday to discuss a response. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

CROWLEY: The ‘gates of hell’ ajar in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

Jewish women, family and friends of Israeli Eyal Yifrah, 19, one of three missing teenagers, gather outside of his home in Elad, central Israel, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was huddling with his Security Cabinet late Monday to discuss a response.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Netanyahu: ‘Hamas will pay’ for death of Israeli teens

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

US Sponsored Terrorism Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

MILLER: Making Americans complicit in terrorism

By Paul Miller

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Netanyahu has condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' agreement with the militant group, and said he would hold him responsible for the safety of the youths, who disappeared apparently while hitchhiking in the West Bank late Thursday. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty)

Israel blames Hamas for abduction of 3 teens

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool)

Israel ‘deeply disappointed’ at Obama’s embrace of Hamas-backed government

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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WILLIAMS: A Palestinian alliance that undermines peace with Israel

By Armstrong Williams

Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, left, speaks during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential headquarters on the first day of his regional tour to Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Israel in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, May 26, 2014. During an earlier press conference in Jordan Blatter said that his visit to Ramallah and Israel was to defend football in Palestine and also to defend football in Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

FIFA hopes Israel-Palestinian football spat ends

Associated Press

Abdallah bin Mahfudh ibn Bayyah. (Wikimedia Commons)

Muslim cleric who backed fatwa on ‘killing of U.S. soldiers’ promoted by State Dept.

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

In this photo taken Saturday, May 10, 2014, a woman carrying her child, stands in front of an oil on canvas painting named The Bitter and the Bitterness, by Palestinian artist Raouf al-Ajouri, during an art exhibition &quot;Traces, a testimony to memory,&quot; displaying over forty Palestinian artists work from Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Fifty-three paintings and two sculptures by 45 artists have gone on display in the West Bank city of Ramallah, said Haneen Qatamesh, a spokeswoman for one of the sponsors, the Palestinian company PADICO. Since Saturday's opening, 12 works have been sold for prices ranging from $850 to $9,000, she said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

West Bank exhibit gives Gaza artists rare showcase

By KARIN LAUB - Associated Press