reuters.com - 12/29/2008
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By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Israel's bomb and missile offensive in Gaza may boost voter support for Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in her bid to defeat frontrunner Benjamin Netanyahu in the Feb. 10 election. An Israeli television poll showed 81 percent of Israelis backed ...
haaretz.com - 12/30/2008
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haaretz.com —
Three days into Operation Cast Lead, Israel is
proposing a diplomatic exit. A ground operation likely looms...
in an effort to increase the pressure on Hamas. At the same time, however, others argue that the air force is close to exhausting its target ...
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ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/29/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel obliterated symbols of
Hamas power on the third day of what the...
defense minister described Monday as a "war to the bitter end," striking next to the Hamas premier's home, and devastating a security compound and a ...
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Israel says Gaza assault 'war to the bitter end' - ...
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
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jpost.com —
Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on
Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation...
in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ...
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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...
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Tzipi Livni is Israeli Foreign Minister
Blue Star Chronicles —
... Tzipi Livni is currently trailing Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to become Israel’s Prime Minister. The election is February 10th. Polls show that 81% of Israelis support massive attacks on the Palestinian militants firing rockets into southern Israel. Some feel that Livni would not have had a chance of winning the election had she not taken a harder line stance against terrorism. She and Netanyahu have joined in informing the public and other countries of the realities of this action as opposed to what has been reported (or not been reported) in the main stream media. ...
The Good Fight in Gaza
Weekly Standard Blog —
... and more than 80 percent of its citizenry. While the American left kvetches about the disproportionate use of force, their silence when Hamas announced an end to the cease fire was far more revealing. And this time the American left cannot claim to be in solidarity with their ideological allies in Israel. They are on their own, and they speak only for themselves. ...
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I’ve seen this movie before —
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I woke up at 4am and watched BBC and CNN International coverage of the war in Gaza. I saw Benjamin Netanyahu destroy a female BBC anchor by turning her moral equivalency back at her. Netanyahu basically told her that blaming Israel for civilian causalities is morally wrong because ...
Brace yourselves for the next step —
Yourish.com
Benjamin Netanyahu has joined the PR effort , which is a very good thing. He’s handsome, eloquent, and persuasive. And he’ll be needed for the next phase, because it’s going to get pretty ugly, pretty soon.
Despite the Israeli Air Force’s massive strikes throughout the ...
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