As the chaos in regards to the Gaza crisis continues, the pressure is starting to pile onto Syria. France has asked Syria to pressure Hamas to help end the fighting.

After two Palestinian girls were killed last week in a rocket attack, Israel has chosen to respond against Hamas with force. Why is the world in shock at the reaction?

Apparently departing from the frankincense and myrrh script, both the US and Russia are spreading goodwill throughout the Middle East (novel thought) in the form of military hardware. The US tanks are M60s, but Russia has gift wrapped 10 new MIG 29s.

The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which was once the largest Muslim charity in the U.S., has been found guilty of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Syria's foreign minister has condemned the US for a helicopter attack on its soil. He branded the raid as a "criminal and terrorist aggression."

Mahmoud al-Zahar is the leader of Hamas in Gaza. He claimed today at a press conference in Syria that American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently sent Hamas a letter praising them for maintaining a cease fire in the Gaza Strip.

Two American journalists that had been listed by the U.S. Embassy as missing have been located. They were arrested in Syria when they crossed the border with the help of smugglers.

In an unusually frank interview, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview that Israel must withdraw from most of the West Bank as well as East Jerusalem to attain peace with the Palestinians.

Google has added multiple sites and services to its various properties for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The company gives the latest updates and information that can be accessed worldwide.

Three top Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have demanded that Pres. Bush's administration be called to task for the insupportable deportation of Maher Arar (a Canadian citizen) in 2002—on the heels of a lengthy official inquiry in Canada.