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• Israeli court: Reconsider Gaza student travel ban

  -- Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the military to reconsider its ban on Gaza residents studying in the West Bank.The court posted its decision Thursday, implying it would order a change. The Israeli military has 45 days to respond.Sari Bashi, head of the   Read more »

• Palestinians march in annual mourning ritual

  number several million who are scattered across the globe, many still living in squalid camps in the West Bank , Gaza Strip and surrounding Arab countries.Saadat Jaber, 62, said he has passed on the story of his family's uprooting from what is now the Israeli   Read more »

• Gaza's Hamas rulers to introduce Hebrew

  many languages as possible.Hebrew, the chief language of Israelis, is now only offered as a university course.Thabet says the Gaza government still needs to approve the decision, but it is likely to go ahead.Many Palestinians see Hebrew as the language of   Read more »

• In Gaza zoo, stuffed animals join live ones

  the zoo is one of the few places of entertainment here in Khan Younis, a city of 200,000 people at the southern end of the Gaza Strip. It's one of five zoos in the Gaza Strip, a densely populated coastal enclave of 1.7 million people ruled by Islamic Hamas   Read more »

• Israeli airstrike wounds 2 Palestinians in Gaza

  -- An Israeli airstrike wounded two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border on Saturday, officials said.Israel's military said its air force targeted Palestinians in the town of Rafah attempting to launch a rocket from Gaza into Israel.Gaza   Read more »

Around the web

• Israel's Barak: Weigh 'unilateral action'

  resume and produce a deal — suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing from part of the West Bank, as it did from the Gaza Strip seven years ago. Echoing sentiments voiced Tuesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Barak warned that time was running 9:13 AM from Sify Read more »

• Gush Katif Children's Video: My Lost Home

  from Gush Katif star in a new children's movie that teaches about the Israeli communities of Gaza destroyed in August 2005. The film, created by the Katif Center in Nitzan, includes a number of songs by Ariella Savir. "This video is a symbol of great faith,” 7:05 AM from Arutz Sheva Read more »

• Unfinished business with Turkey

  story is by Tomorrow will mark two years since Israeli naval commandos boarded a Turkish-sponsored flotilla to the Gaza Strip. The commandos, who had planned to take over the flotilla without firing a shot, were taken by surprise and assaulted aboard one ship, 5/29/12 from Haaretz Read more »

• Haniyeh Blesses The Update Of The Electoral Register In Gaza

  and the Central Elections Committee, to allow the Committee to start working immediately to prepare for a vote in the Gaza Strip. Hamas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Awad said, at a news conference after the meeting, that Haniyeh 5/29/12 from Scoop - New Zealand News Read more »

• Interior Ministry Welcomes Election Commission work in Gaza

  Ministry Ministry of Interior and National Security welcomed the practical work of Central Election Commission in the Gaza Strip. The Ministry advised that the Ministry has met with the P.M Mr.Ismail Haniyeh, who welcomed the work and gave orders regarding 5/29/12 from Scoop - New Zealand News Read more »