Jon Snow
The dangerous cost of Israel's siege on Gaza
There was a time when you could swim anywhere off Gaza’s coast. Not now. Not in the aftermath of war.
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Jon Snow
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Jonathan Miller
UN: Israel and Palestinians may both be guilty of war crimes in Gaza conflict
A UN report criticises Israel and Palestinian armed groups, saying both could be guilty of carrying out war crimes during last year’s Gaza conflict.
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Jonathan Miller
Israel’s Mark Regev: UN war crimes inquiry ‘a kangaroo court’
With its report into last summer’s Gaza conflict expected shortly, Israel repeats its claim that the UN inquiry into whether war crimes were committed in there is a “kangaroo court”.
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Paul Mason
Gaza child deaths – the view from the shoreline
Today Israel has exonerated its military from any criminal charges relating to the action. It says they were playing in a “compound” clearly identified…
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Fifa congress: Palestine drops motion to suspend Israel
Palestine’s football association drops its motion asking for Israel, which it accuses of racism and preventing the free movement of Palestinian athletes, to be suspended from Fifa.
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Hamas ‘tortured and killed Palestinian civilians’ – Amnesty
Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the 2014 war with Israel, according to Amnesty International.
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Israel ’caused massive and unprecedented harm’ in Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired indiscriminately at Palestinian civilians during the 2014 Gaza conflict, according to a report based on the testimony of dozens of IDF veterans involved in the operation.
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Gaza man ‘tricked’ into selling valuable Banksy artwork
A Palestinian man claims to have been “tricked” into selling a valuable Banksy painting, daubed on the door to his ruined home, for just 700 Israeli shekels (£120).
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Israel elections: peace is off the campaign agenda
Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday, with signs that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could be headed for defeat, as contenders brush off questions on Gaza and the prospects for peace.
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Trapped in rubble: Gaza’s housing crisis
More than 100,000 homes remain damaged or destroyed in Gaza six months after a conflict with Israel, as lack of funds and a blockade continue to hamper reconstruction.
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How 2014 unfolded – in tweets
In Britain, 2014 was the year of the floods, Ukraine saw a revolution, Scotland almost went indy and the deadly Ebola struck west Africa.
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Israel launches first Gaza attack since August
Israeli aircraft bomb a Hamas militant base in the Gaza strip, in their first strike in Gaza since a ceasefire was declared four months ago.
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Simon Israel
Safety guaranteed for Gaza family allowed to settle in UK
A family of Palestinian children, evacuated from Gaza, has arrived to settle in the UK, following reports by Channel 4 News.
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Simon Israel
Government relents over visas for stranded Gaza family
The government has backtracked over its refusal to allow a British Palestinian father’s children evacuated from Gaza to settle in the UK.
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Jerusalem unrest plays out on social media with cartoons
Twitter and Facebook is playing a key role in contributing to the volatile atmosphere in Israel following today’s killings, with everything from cartoons to Kit-Kats being used in the propaganda war.
