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In The Spirit of Harvey Milk, Andrew Sullivan Says Gaza Is Not a "Just War"
TPMCafe — ... And in my opinion, his thinking is brilliant. He examines the "just war" theory and concludes that by no standard is this a just war. It's a brave piece. He will lose friends but, I promise you this, Harvey Milk is looking down, very pleased. Can you imagine how Milk would have responded to this? ...

It Was Bound To Happen
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH Kaboom. ...and there goes Israel’s PR battle up in smoke. Two tank shells exploded outside the Gaza school, spraying shrapnel on people inside and outside the building, where hundreds of ...

When Tanks Meet Humans
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Reports are coming in of a particularly grisly encounter at a school in Gaza. Maybe 40 dead in a U.N. school. For a glimpse of how these images are being seen in the global media - very different from American sources - check ...

Is there a bridge too far?
Left I on the News — Will this be it? Israel Defense Forces tank fire killed up to 40 Palestinians at a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical sources at two hospitals said.Or this? Earlier Tuesday, Palestinian medical officials reported that 10 civilians were killed when a shell fired by an Israeli ship hit their house on the Gaza shore. Officials in Gaza said at least 20 people were killed [in addition to the 40 at the U.N. school] in shelling up and down the strip on Tuesday. Only two of the dead could could be ...

U.N. school blast in Gaza
Israpundit — By Ted Belman First of all we shouldn’t accept what Arabs say what the number of deaths were. We know better. But more important, we shouldn’t accept that the IDF is responsible. It is more likely that Hamas blew up the school and blamed it on the IDF. Arutz Sheva headlined this story inappropriately. Hamas Appeals to UN after IDF Bombs Gaza School Building Haaretz did likewise. 40 Palestinians killed in IDF strike on UN school JPOST gets it right. 30 reported killed in blast at ...

Israeli Shelling Kills 40 (?) In UN School
Ace of Spades HQ — Israeli Shelling Kills 40 (?) In UN School The number cited is 40, but this war, like so many before, is Pallywood production. A "heightened reality" of magic and fantasy. Although there is a good chance that this was a pure mistake -- such happen in war -- there's also a pretty good chance that Hamas, as usual, is attacking from amidst civilian populations, counting on the enemy's morality to prevent a counterattack. Eh. Sometimes that works. Sometimes it doesn't. You can avoid this by doing what every decent army does -- stay the hell away from civilians. Israel Defense ...

True Evil Exposed: The Gaza School Incidents
A Blog For All — ... on who was killed or injured in the attack are Palestinians, who aren't exactly going to say that Hamas thugs were involved. As a vivid reminder of what Israel is up against, here's Hamas busy firing kassams from outside a Gaza school in 2007. Some things don't change. They're still at it today: More at Gateway Pundit . Hamas is also purposefully dragging children to be human shields in their war with Israel. Here's the visual proof : So, keep that in mind as the reports come in on the incident in Gaza. Kenneth at LGF points out that there are now ...

SLIDESHOW: Israel's Operation In Gaza (Caution: Graphic Content)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... The Palestinian death toll has risen to nearly 600 as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues for the 11th day. Israeli Air Forces have been targeting Hamas from above, while ground forces are working their way into the area. With the Gaza operation, Israel says it aims to end Hamas rocket fire into southern regions of the country. ...

Destroying the School To Save It
Newshoggers.com — ... The Israeli Defense Force has shelled a UN school in the Gaza strip, killing 30 and injuring 55. Israel claims that Hamas militants were using the school as a base to mortar their troops, but the UN says that all the dead and injured were civilians. Even if the IDF were correct, something the Right accepts unquestioningly because the IDF never, ever lies like their enemies do, then Israel would only be responding to Hamas' war crime by committing another war crime. You can't get to the moral high ground - let alone win a COIN operation - by ...

In Gaza, Horror Piled Atop Horror
Comments from Left Field — ... Haaretz reports that at least 30 children were killed and 55 wounded when the IDF assaulted a UN school with mortar rounds. ...

Death Dance
The Mahablog — ... You probably heard that the Israeli Defense Force shelled a UN school in the Gaza strip, killing 30 people and injuring 55. The UN says all the casualties were civilians, not Hamas. T ...

Sign of the Apocalypse #62: Joe the Plumber, war correspondent and pro-Israeli propagandist
The Reaction — ... What would be far more instructive would be to send Joe off to meet some average Palestinian Joes, those who may or may not much care for Hamas but who certainly don't like the Israelis invading them. Perhaps Joe could, for example, ask one of these average Palestinian Joes how he feels about the Israeli attack on that U.N. school. Perhaps he could even talk to someone who lost a loved one in that attack. ...