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The Israeli and United States flags are projected on the walls of the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City, to mark the opening of the new US embassy on May 14, 2018. (AFP/Ahmad GHARABLI)
May 16, 2018, 3:03 am
Gaza violence spurs global worry about US Mideast policies
Fallout from Jerusalem embassy move raises fears that Israel may be forced into a two-front war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Syria
By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee
A Palestinian boy holding his national flag looks at clashes with Israeli security forces near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
May 16, 2018, 2:06 am
State Department: Hamas using embassy move as excuse for violence
Washington says protests along the Gaza border are 'nothing new,' being fueled by terrorist group in an 'irresponsible choice'
By TOI staff and Agencies
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaking at a UN Security Council meeting concerning the violence at the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip, at United Nations headquarters, May 15, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
May 15, 2018, 9:33 pm
Haley to UN: ‘No country would act with more restraint than Israel’
US ambassador says Gaza border clashes have no connection to embassy move, slams international community after Security Council holds minute silence for Palestinians killed
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinians run for cover from tear gas near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, east of Jabaliya on May 14, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Mohammed ABED)
May 15, 2018, 4:21 pm
Europeans call for independent inquiry into Gaza violence
UK, Germany and Belgium say probe needed to clarify bloody clashes Monday; UN rights office accuses Israel of indiscriminately killing protesters who approached fence
By AFP
Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi, left, speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Knesset session, February 13, 2012. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
January 19, 2016, 2:24 am
PM announces crackdown on illegal arms, but blocks inquiry to probe their origin
Meretz MK Issawi Frej asked the Knesset to investigate crisis of weapons flooding Arab society. Why did coalition MKs vote him down?
By Simona Weinglass
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