Gaza Peace Efforts

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  Arab Leaders Demand "Future Of Peace, Security" Amid Israel-Gaza War

  Arab leaders condemned Israel's two-week-old bombardment of Gaza on Saturday and demanded renewed efforts to reach a Middle East peace settlement to end a decades-long cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

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  Explained: Recent Peace Efforts Before Israel-Gaza War Broke Out

  The Hamas group's biggest ever attack on Israel has led to a war, with Israel sending a massive counterattack force towards the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated places in the world.

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  Israeli President Calls On Palestinian Counterpart to Renew Peace Talks

  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday urged his Palestinian counterpart to renew peace talks instead of pursuing efforts at the International Criminal Court or United Nations.

• Diffuse Hamas Structure Complicates Gaza Peace Efforts

  Founded by just seven people in Gaza, Hamas now has political and military leaders spread across the Arab world, complicating its ability to send a unified message for negotiating an end to a seven-week war with Israel.

• Gaza Sides Agree to Lull But Truce Efforts Stall

  Israel-Hamas fighting looked headed for escalation after US Secretary of State John Kerry failed Friday to broker a weeklong truce as a first step toward a broader deal and Israel's defense minister warned Israel might soon expand its Gaza ground operation "significantly."

• Turkish Foreign Minister Flying to Qatar to Seek Gaza Truce: Official

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu cancelled a scheduled trip to France and flew to Qatar on Friday to help efforts for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a Turkish official said.

• Israel Pounds Gaza Despite International Peace Efforts

  Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, saying no ceasefire was near as top as U.S. and United Nations diplomats pursued talks on halting the fighting that has claimed more than 600 lives.

• Kerry Back in Middle East in Latest Israel-Gaza Peace Effort

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is making a renewed push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas with another trip to the region where the toll of death and destruction is rising.

• Mideast peace still possible despite rifts: John Kerry

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted his Palestinian partner in peace-making efforts, accusing him of embracing terrorists "as heroes," harsh words that clouded the start of Secretary of State John Kerry's tenth trip to the region to negotiate a peace deal he claims is "not mission impossible."

• Palestinian prisoners to be freed in Mideast peace talks: Israel

  Israel has agreed to release some "hardcore" Palestinian prisoners as part of US Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to restart Mideast peace talks, but it will not meet other longstanding Palestinian demands before negotiations resume, an Israeli official said on Saturday.

• John Kerry wins Arab backing on Mideast peace effort

  US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that his intense diplomacy in six visits to the Middle East was bearing fruit, narrowing gaps between Israel and the Palestinians.

• US Secretary of State John Kerry pushes effort to restart peace talks in Middle East

  US Secretary of State John Kerry made a last-minute push on Sunday to revive Middle East peace talks as Israeli media said that days of exhaustive shuttle diplomacy had failed to break the deadlock.

• Israeli raid complicates US ties and push for peace

  Israel's deadly commando raid on Monday on a flotilla trying to break a blockade of Gaza complicated President Obama's efforts to move ahead on Middle East peace negotiations and introduced a new strain into an already tense relationship between the United States and Israel.