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But why, more than one reporter from highly reputable publications has asked me, is Israel attacking Gaza now? At first, I was astonished: because Hamas cancelled the ceasefire and started...
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Israel didn't want to attack the Gaza Strip
from the ground or from the air. Hamas, which...
had long broken the ceasefire, canceled it altogether. Then it began large-scale attacks on Israel....
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Barry Rubin, "On the Ground in Gaza"
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RUBIN: IS GAZA WAR STILL THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND?
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
Barry Rubin at the GLORIA Center writes about why Israel is taking on the Hamas in Gaza now, and making clear that it doesn't and shouldn't have anything to do with the upcoming election.
Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/31/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... The Gaza War: is it All So Hard to Understand?* by Barry Rubin But why, more than one reporter from highly reputable publications has asked me, is Israel attacking Gaza now? At first, I was astonished: because Hamas cancelled the ceasefire and started massive rocket firings at Israel. No, they responded, as if I had said something rude. Isn’t it the election, or an attempt to stop the tunnels, or this or that reason? Absolutely not, I say, it’s like Pearl Harbor, or September 11. If ...
The futility of the peace process
Yourish.com —
... I’d quibble with some of her implications here. Israel believes that fighting back is necessary, not out of choice but experience. And if there is to be peace, it is Hamas (and Fatah) who must finally surrender. The fundamental problem with the peace process is trying to satisfy one side (Palestinians specifically, Arabs generally) who don’t accept the right of the other to exist.
Both Brooks and Applebaum seem more or less consistent with Barry Rubin’s The Gaza War: Is it All So Hard to Understand?*
Peace will come when the Arabs accept ...
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