Lingering misconceptions

The incident for which Israel was most heavily attacked during the Gaza war never happened. The UN school was never bombed and no one inside was killed. What's more, the UNRWA operations director in Gaza now denies that the UN ever reported being hit ... more ... more.

Worrisome strategy

"We have had our fill of restraint," says Israel Harel. If the Israeli Defense Force does not protect Israeli civilians, it has given up its main ethos.

'Who has won here?'

In the Gaza Strip people are returning home -- or to the rubble that was once their home. Many are blaming Hamas for the destruction because the militants hid among civilians and attracted Israeli fire. Yet no one dares to speak out openly.

Beyond the fog of war

Asking yourself these 13 questions about the Israel-Hamas conflict might actually help you understand it, Irwin Cotler writes.

Reaching out

The Israeli Holocaust Museum has launched an exhibition on Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during World War II. It opened in a Jewish-Arab town on Tuesday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Repairing a child's heart

A 6-year-old Palestinian boy whose powerful relative was assassinated by Israel during its recently ended offensive in the Gaza Strip has checked into an Israeli hospital for life-saving heart surgery. (PDF)

Religious exchange

In Drancy, France, Hassen Chalghoumi tells Muslims, Christians and Jews that they aren't trapped in narrow cultural identities. He is the first imam to commemorate the Holocaust, to light candles at Hanukkah, and to bring Jewish leaders for Eid celebrations ... but the Gaza war has damaged his efforts at religious exchange.

Conflicting narratives

Ethan Bronner explains why it is difficult to narrate the Gaza war in a neutral fashion and has this advice for President Obama's special envoy to the Middle East.

Bitter rivals

Hamas is accused of wounding, torturing and murdering Fatah supporters: The San Francisco Chronicle ... The Independent (UK) … PressTV (Iran) … Reuters.

Debate renewed

Was the Israeli response to Hamas excessive? Craig Offman reviews the debate over “proportional response.” Robert Fulford recalls the same debate from 2002.

Shared dread

More grave than Gaza is the threat of a nuclear Iran, warns Yossi Klein Halevi
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Traps and trickery

New tactics are being used by Hamas and Israel in Gaza. The New York Times has this report.

The moral battleground

During the Gaza conflict, Melanie Phillips had this response to anti-Israel demonstrators in British and other western cities.