washingtonpost.com - 1/6/2009
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Nearly a year ago, I was in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, where, on almost any day, you could see the current war coming. "The next Middle East war may start over Sderot," I wrote back then. I came by my prescience the hard way -- in a bomb shelter. That day, three Qassam rockets had hit ...
jpost.com - 1/6/2009
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At least thirty people were reported killed in
an explosion in a UN-run school in the refugee...
camp of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinians. There were reportedly also scores of wounded on the scene. The Israeli military said ...
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30 reported killed in blast at UN school | Confronting ...
jpost.com - 1/6/2009
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jpost.com —
As the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip
entered its 10th day, Hamas has begun sending conflicting...
messages regarding its intentions. These contradictory messages, Palestinian political analysts said, reflected the state of confusion in Hamas and raised ...
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Analysis: Hamas desperate for lull | Middle East | ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/6/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Az-Zahar claimed victory for
Hamas on Monday, saying Hamas had succeeded in “destroying...
Israel's sense of security” with its rocket attacks. Zahar made his proclamation in video footage sent from a secret ...
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Zahar Claims Victory, Calls to Kill Jewish Children - ...
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... the clearest possible language, what he is trying to achieve. He should spell out the mission’s goals, and lay out an exit strategy. He will owe that to the public because he will own the conflict at that point. It will be Barack Obama’s war. Ron Chernow wants a "sweeping inquest" into how the current economic crisis came be, and says to look at Ferdinand Pecora's investigation into the causes of the 1929 crash for inspiration. Richard Cohen says that it's stupid to blame the current conflict on Israel, but that: ...
NSN Daily Update 1/6/09
democracyarsenal.org —
... Debate continues about the fighting in Gaza with Richard Cohen pulling no punches, and a Hamas spokesperson ...
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