Mitchell given Middle East post (BBC News)Profile: George Mitchell (Al-Jazeera, English)
Israel rules out opening Gaza border if Hamas gains (Reuters)
Amnesty International Calls on Israel to Urgently Disclose Weapons and Munitions Used in Gaza (Amnesty International USA)
Electoral Ban on Arab Parties Lifted (Washington Post)
UN 'shocked' by Gaza destruction (BBC News)
UN: Israel showing 'good will' towards Gaza crisis, but more needs to be done (Reuters)
Israel to Defend Itself Against Gaza War Crimes Charges (Voice of America)
Hamas Leadership Stays Undercover Amid Gaza’s Ruined Buildings (Bloomberg)
After Gaza war, Israel sees Hamas prisoner swap (Reuters)
Blogs, YouTube: the new battleground of Gaza conflict (Christian Science Monitor)
Clinton calls Palestinian leader on Mideast peace (AFP)
Israel promises to allow media into Gaza (PRESS TV)
Hamas dismisses reconciliation talks with Fatah (The Associated Press)
MORE RECENT: Hamas calls for Palestinian reconciliation (The Associated Press)
Palestinian girls tell grim stories of survival (International Herald Tribune)
COMMENTARY
Gaza conflict 'remains unsettled': Interview with Alastair Crooke, founder of the Conflicts Forum think-tank (Al Jazeera English)
Qaddafi: The Mideast's one-state solution (New York Times, reprinted in IHT)
Mitchell will make a seasoned Mideast envoy (CNN International)
