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The Sun runs photos illustrating civilians killed in Gaza but not damage done to Israel; why is that?

Dan Rodricks column fails to explore why neighboring Egypt doesn't help Gazans.

Why do we blame everyone for the Palestinian deaths and injuries except for the Palestinians? The Jewish state has survived countless wars, terrorism and the continuing anger of the Western media. It will also survive the Middle East.

Blame Hamas for the dead and wounded in Gaza this week.

Israel has acted honorably toward Palestinians, it's Hamas that should be blamed for deaths in Gaza.

Death of Gaza protesters may be remembered as a turning point for Israeli treatment of Palestinians.

Now is the time for citizens of conscience to stand up for the rights of those killed in Gaza to ensure that their deaths will not have been in vain.

The BDS movement is a propaganda tool being utilized by Israel's Arab neighbors to do what they haven't been able to accomplish through multiple wars of aggression.

Donald Trump's best shot at Middle East peace is to force Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a political conservative in the mold of President-elect Donald J. Trump, seemingly cannot wait for what he envisions to be the dawn of a new America Jan. 20, when Mr. Trump is inaugurated. But that bodes ill for Israeli-Palestinian peace. A Trump-Netanyahu bond will mark a radical change in U.S.-Israeli relations.

Worsening slum conditions in Gaza stem directly from Israeli blockade

Hamas is not the villain in Gaza

Israel will continue to take advantage of Palestinians until U.S. changes its policies

From the moment the first citizen video of the arrest of Freddie Gray surfaced in April, I have been focused on images of Baltimore like never before in more

By David Zurawik

Dec 25, 2015

Complaints of Israel terrorism ignore the attacks the nation endures

If Palestinians would agree to a two-state solution Israel would jump at the opportunity

All of the films discussed here focused on Sandtown, the neighborhood in which Freddie Gray lived and was arrested before he died from injuries sustained while in police custody. And all of the films include multiple images of the same wall murals that commemorate Gray. But each of the films then moves on from those shared visual depictions of Gray to plug events surrounding his death into the different narratives that fit their point of view.

By David Zurawik

Jun 19, 2015

Al Jazeera America's "Fault Lines" series returns to Baltimore tonight with a hard-eyed look at police-community relations following the death of Freddie Gray April 19 from a neck injury sustained while in police custody.

By David Zurawik

Jun 15, 2015

Allowing Palestinians to ride on buses does not end Israel's apartheid policies

Rep. John Boehner was right to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress.

Palestinians have more to answer for at the ICC than Israel

While many around the world are shocked to witness increasing numbers of radicalized young people running off to join the brutal would-be caliphate of Islamic State, little attention is paid to their more pacific and principled counterparts who leave behind family and friends to pursue ennobled causes elsewhere. Among the latter are a group of volunteers in the Israel Defense Forces who have no ties to the Holy Land other than a strong feeling of affinity for its fundamental values. Some of them

Actions by Israel in Gaza were well justified given the rocket and terrorist attacks

Biggest stories of the year didn't need traditional news outlets

By David Zurawik

Dec 26, 2014

Israel should be held accountable for the deaths of hundreds of Palestinian children

Israel should not reward terrorists by negotiating statehood for Palestinian Arabs in wake of Jerusalem attack

The senseless murder of Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in the divided city was an act of pure evil

On the question of the academic boycott of Israel, Hopkins offers mere lip service to academic freedom.

Israel has acted responsibly in response to Hamas rocket attacks

Israel committed war crimes during its invasion of Gaza

Why viewers can't trust Al Jazeera's coverage of the war in Gaza

Thousands of American Jews have signed up to fight for Israel since the creation of the modern state in 1948. The Israel Defense Forces puts the number now on active duty at about 1,000, including 20 from Baltimore.