May 13 Clashes in Gaza Strip Leave At Least Two Dozen Dead Israel killed 12 Palestinians in southern Gaza Thursday in retaliation for back-to-back ambushes this week that left 11 Israeli soldiers dead. Continue reading
May 03 Sharon Survives No-Confidence Vote After Gaza Plan Defeat By Admin Prime Minister Ariel Sharon easily survived a no-confidence vote in Israel's parliament Monday, one day after his right-wing Likud party soundly rejected his Gaza pullout plan. Continue reading
May 03 Watch Likud Party Rejects Gaza Withdrawal Plan Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to revise his plan for disengagement from Israeli settlements in Gaza after members of his Likud Party rejected the plan in a non-binding referendum Sunday. Experts discuss why the measure failed and what it… Continue watching
May 03 Watch Plan Defeated Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to revise his plan for disengagement from Israeli settlements in Gaza after the Likud party rejected his proposed plan in a non-binding referendum yesterday. Continue watching
Apr 19 Hamas Selects New Leader in Secret After Israel Kills Rantisi Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians mourning the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi over the weekend called for revenge as the militant group appointed his replacement in secret. Continue reading
Apr 14 President Bush Endorses Israel’s Disengagement Plan President Bush on Wednesday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's proposal to withdraw from the Palestinian territory in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank as "historic and courageous actions."… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Mideast Movement President Bush on Wednesday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's proposal to withdraw from the Palestinian territory in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. Gwen Ifill gets two perspectives. Continue watching
Mar 23 Hamas Names New Leader a Day After Founder’s Assassination Hamas chose hard-liner Abdel Aziz Rantisi as its leader in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian militant group announced one day after Israel assassinated its spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in a missile strike. Continue reading
Mar 22 Hamas Leader Killed in Israeli Air Strike Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli helicopter missile strike outside a Gaza City mosque Monday, prompting threats of revenge by Palestinian militants. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Mideast Assasination Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli helicopter missile strike outside a Gaza City mosque Monday, prompting threats of revenge by Palestinian militants. Two Mideast experts discuss Israel's decision to assassinate the Hamas founder… Continue watching