More from The crisis in Israel-Palestine


A new UN estimate suggests that a staggering number of Gazans have been forced to live in UN shelters or other peoples’ homes.


Jewish Israelis’ biggest criticism of the Gaza war is that the government isn’t using enough force.


The Israel newspaper Ha’aretz mapped the first three weeks of the Gaza conflict. Here’s what the map tells us.


Both sides are deeply negligent in avoiding Palestinian civilian deaths, but in different ways.


Being pro-Israel does not mean being pro-Netanyahu.


There is also a bonus, sad-but-funny twist ending.


We still don’t know if Hamas killed the students whose deaths led indirectly to war.


How a term used by Chicago students became an unofficial slogan of the Arab Spring and the Palestinian uprisings.


A new poll suggests Americans are much more likely to see Israel’s position on the current conflict as justified than Hamas’.


A UN-run school sheltering Palestinians displaced by the fighting in Gaza was hit on Thursday. Here’s what we do and don’t know.


An expert explains how Israeli strategy, politics, and bureaucracy combined to produce the Gaza war.


A German astronaut on the International Space Station posted this image.


Yes, the Israeli viewpoint of the conflict is typically given great credence, but that may be changing.


A look at the strategy behind Israel’s recent move into Gaza.


The Israel-Palestine debate activates some of the worst features of human psychology. That makes the American debate on the topic miserable.


Delta, American Airlines, Korean Airlines, US Airways, and United stop flights to Ben Gurion Airport.


Even if you see the joke coming, it’s still pretty good.


The violence is already worse than the last major clash, in 2012.


A short explanation of how the worst round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting in five years began.


An Israeli practice for reducing civilian casualties in Gaza causes another kind of harm.


Inside the divides separating Hamas’ military and political wings.


The US wants Israel to keep its ground operation in Gaza limited. Here’s how we know.


Two political scientists find that right-wing parties gain 2-6 percentage points in regions in range for Gazan rocket fire.


US defense contractors get richer this way.


Thousands of Israeli troops are heading into the Gaza Strip. Here’s why.