Cease-fire
How are Gazan gangs affecting the strip amid Israel, US election cycles? - analysis
Hamas remains the decisive power as things stall despite efforts from multiple directions to shift the Gaza Strip's status quo.
'We will bring them all home': Netanyahu to convene gov't for Gaza deal vote
Israel at a crossroads: Peace or perpetuating the cycle of violence – opinion
'We're still in the eye of the storm,' Netanyahu says amid Lebanon ceasefire deal hopes
Egypt accuses Palestinians of complicity in Sinai terrorist attack
Israel has not been informed that negotiations, set to take place tomorrow, will be postponed.
Israel can’t entrust its security to international peacekeepers
Last week, Nusra Front seized the strategic Quneitra border crossing from UNDOF, sending a contingent of Filipino peacekeepers scrambling for safety to Israeli lines.
![UNDOF peacekeepers [file]](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/254326 "UNDOF peacekeepers [file]")
Palestinians to proceed with Cairo talks despite IDF killing of Israeli teens' murderers
Senior Hamas official Zahar condemns killing of Kawasme and Abu Aysha, but says Israel must not be given any pretext "to escape from the commitments" of the August 26 truce that ended Gaza war.
Here we stand, and here we stay
While most refugees from Donetsk might have moved on, the Mariupol Jewish community will stick it out.
Another Tack: Mideastern mirror mania
The Israeli mirror is illuminated by ultra-powerful and harsh fluorescent beams from any and all possible directions.
Report: Gaza cease-fire talks to resume in Cairo mid-week
According to "Asharq al-Awsat," the Egyptian-mediated talks are expected to conclude within the month with a new agreement on a range of issues.
ENCOUNTERING PEACE: A time to destroy, a time to build
Israel must have mechanisms to guarantee its security and to ensure that Gaza will not rearm itself for the next war.
Cease-fire opportunities
It is now important for Israel, Egypt, the US and other countries interested in seeing quiet restored to the Gaza Strip to take advantage of Hamas’s weakened position.
Gaza terrorists continue to pound southern Israel with rockets, drawing IDF response
Ashkelon, Ashdod, and the smaller communities near the Gaza border have absorbed the worst barrages since before dawn Wednesday.
Rockets target Tel Aviv, Jerusalem in wake of truce breakdown
IAF renews sorties over Gaza hitting dozens of targets; IDF reportedly attempts assassination of top Hamas militant leader Deif; 50 rockets fired at Israel army says.
