So he began creating a comic strip of several drawings for a media company, United Feature Syndicate.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

It ended a 38 year occupation of the narrow strip along the Mediterranean coast in 2005.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

The media company changed the name of the strip to "Peanuts."

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The deal would include the release of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2006.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The U.S.has also pledged an additional $10 million for the construction of five new UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Israel says its three-week assault on the Gaza Strip was an act of legitimate self-defense in response to years of Palestinian rocket attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Palestinians want east Jerusalem to be the capital of a future state they hope to establish in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

And developers,logging companies, and strip-mine operators on the edge of the swamp can easily upset the delicate balance of nature in the area.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Aside from keeping weapons out of the Gaza Strip, one of Israel's goals in mounting the blockade was to pressure Gazans to topple Hamas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Others say the back seat is small. The T-shaped top of the battery rests underneath the seat, with the longer strip under the center console.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

But he did not say how the Palestinian authorities planned to do that, since the Gaza Strip is under the control of Hamas and not the Palestinian Authority.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Shortly after the Israeli commando raid protesters throughout Europe and the Middle East took to the streets to demand the end of the blockade on the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats decided to strip the war funding bill of the money for Guantanamo's closure until President Obama has a detailed plan for handling the detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Israel pulled out of the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in 2005, and today it is controlled by Hamas, a violent Islamic militant group that refuses to recognize the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

(Recording) Uderzo told French radio that Astrix was born when the owner of a French magazine called Pilote wanted a comic strip his kids could read that represented French culture.

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Mr.Netanyahu also warned that the Islamic militant group Hamas could seize control of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, just as it ousted Mr.Abbas from the Gaza Strip in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

The mission found the repeated firing of rockets and mortars into southern Israel by Palestinian armed groups from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip constituted war crimes that may amount to crimes against humanity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Schanzer says the only other option for Israeli would be for Hamas to relinquish its control of the Gaza Strip and allow for a new, unity government to control both Gaza and the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Mr.Netanyahu told the Cabinet one of the gunmen had been freed from an Israeli prison under an amnesty deal, highlighting the risks of an emerging prisoner swap with the Islamic militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

Monday saw mobilization by Palestinians against their own leadership, as anger mounts over a decision by the government of President Abbas to suspend efforts to bring war crimes charges against Israeli officials involved in the assault on militants in the Gaza Strip Hundreds of Palestinians protested peacefully in the West Bank town of Ramallah near Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05