Hamas says truce with Israel soon

Officials from the Palestinian group Hamas have said that an 18-month ceasefire with Israel will be announced within three days...

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Source: al jazeera

Netanyahu: Iran nukes trump global economy

Israeli election front-runner Benjamin Netanyahu told a session of the World Economic Forum on Thursday that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons ranks far above the global economy among the challenges facing leaders of the 21st century. Discussing leadership in crisis on a panel that also included British.….

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Source: chron.com

Gaza children go back to school bearing scars of war

Some 200,000 Gaza children returned to school on Saturday for the first time since Israel's offensive, many having lost family members, their home and their sense of security…..

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Source: middle east online

Sky News, BBC Refuse to Broadcast Gaza Charity Fundraising appeal

Executives at the British-based news channel announced the decision on Monday after a weekend in which rival BBC faced numerous protests for its decision not to air the appeal….

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Source: gulfnews.com

US blames Hamas for Gaza bloodshed

WORLD powers called for an immediate end to violence after massive Israeli air strikes on Gaza and rocket attacks by Palestinian militants, but the US said it "holds Hamas responsible"……..

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Source: world news

Obama to offer Israel "nuclear umbrella"

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.

Quoting an unnamed American source close to Obama's administration, the Haaretz daily said Washington would pledge under the proposed "nuclear umbrella" to respond to any Iranian nuclear strike against Israel with a U.S. retaliation in kind...

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Source: the star online