In a new twist, Hamas has claimed responsibility for rocket fire. Israel has tried to break this new ‘balance of deterrence’ via its massive assault over 24 hours, but for now there is still no war in sight

Gaza's economy is too dire for Hamas to come to terms with the existing situation: its leadership is willing to take risks to change the situation, even if it leads to war

My Birthright guide's supremacist stance was extreme. But the program's claim to be 'apolitical' is not only demonstrably untrue; it frames every critical, inquisitive Jewish millennial who wants to meet Palestinians as Israel-haters

After a harsh night in which rocket alerts blared throughout Gaza-border communities, Israelis living in the area express anxiety over mounting tensions and call for a strong military response against Hamas

It’s doubtful that the Israeli arsenal has a means for deterring 2 million people under brutal closure for 11 years now

The spirit of Gaza is unbroken by any siege and breathing life into the desperate and lost cause of the Palestinian struggle

A fragile and thin boundary separates violent dialogue from a deterioration which could ignite public pressure to secure Egypt's border with Gaza

The U.S. president said in an interview to British media he saw no Democratic candidate who could defeat him and broke protocol by disclosing details of talk on Brexit with Queen Elizabeth