salon.com - 1/16/2009
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(updated below) According to The Jerusalem Post , Israeli President Shimon Peres spoke to an AIPAC mission in Israel on Wednesday and said that "Israel's aim [in attacking Gaza] was to provide a strong blow to the people of Gaza so that they would lose their appetite for shooting at Israel." If ...
ft.com - 1/22/2009
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ft.com —
President Barack Obama urged Israel on Thursday to
open its borders with Gaza. The plea came in
a speech that signalled the new US administration’s shift from Bush-era policy on the Middle East and the world as a whole. In a high-profile address on ...
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FT.com / US & Canada - Obama urges Israel to open ...
soccerdad.baltiblogs.com - 1/14/2009
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soccerdad.baltiblogs.com —
In " Israel's goals in Gaza ," Thomas
Friedman sees Israel's war against Hamas as a teaching
action. No, really. I have only one question about Israel's military operation in Gaza: What is the goal? Is it the education of Hamas or the eradication of ...
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Teaching thomas
haaretz.com - 1/19/2009
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haaretz.com —
The Israel Defense Forces began a partial withdrawal
of ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Sunday
evening, hours after ending a three-week offensive on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory. The move also came shortly after Gaza's Hamas rulers announced ...
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IDF begins Gaza troop withdrawal, hours ...
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A Real Discussion
The Mahablog —
... Glenn Greenwald has a couple of videos of a discussion on the Gaza situation that is remakably open-minded and realistic. You’ll appreciate it. ...
The Liberals' Grand Bargain
Antiwar.com Original —
... while sending some home for a much-needed break. The antiwar movement's demand to bring our troops home is not being met far from it. What's happening is the inauguration of a new phase in the "war on terrorism" a new front, or, rather, series of proliferating fronts, spread out all across the region, albeit centered in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan. Rachel is very much aware of all this, and she's speaking out in public the only honest voice (aside from Pat Buchanan 's) on MSNBC. She went on to break the Big Taboo, and point out Obama's capitulation ...
The What-If-Israel-Did-It File
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Where is Glenn Greenwald's perpetual outrage? Oh, that's right: He's a courtier when it comes to the Jordanian monarchy. Greenwald has in the past praised Jordan's Queen Noor for providing commentary that is "extremely insightful and articulate, virtually never heard (as the participants note) on American television, and underscores how unbalanced and incomplete is the debate most Americans hear concerning this issue of vital importance to American intersts (i.e.:virtually unquestioning American support for Israeli actions)." Queen Noor hasn't blogged at HuffPo ...
What if Israel did that?
Israel Matzav —
... ). Where is Glenn Greenwald's perpetual outrage? Oh, that's right: He's a courtier when it comes to the Jordanian monarchy. Greenwald has in the past praised Jordan's Queen Noor for providing commentary that is "extremely insightful and articulate, virtually never heard (as the participants note) on American television, and underscores how unbalanced and incomplete is the debate most Americans hear concerning this issue of vital importance to American intersts (i.e.:virtually unquestioning American support for Israeli actions)." Queen Noor hasn't blogged at HuffPo yet on her ...
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