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

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

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.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

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

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