news.bbc.co.uk - 1/27/2009
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Buildings destroyed during Israel's incursion into Gaza, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip.
jpost.com - 1/26/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas bears full responsibility for the war in
Gaza, a top EU official said Monday in the...
Strip, calling the group "a terrorist movement." "At this time we have to also recall the overwhelming responsibility of Hamas," Louis Michel, European ...
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Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for ...
lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/26/2009
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lynch.foreignpolicy.com —
The Israeli attack on Gaza during the last
weeks of the Bush administration looks more than ever...
like Bush's "last gift" to Israel and to the region -- carried out during the transition, with no American attempt to intervene, ending ...
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How badly did Gaza poison the well?
timesonline.co.uk - 1/30/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle
East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza...
in the quest for a settlement will not work, Tony Blair has told The Times . The former prime minister implicitly criticises the strategy followed ...
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Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair
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This Is the Hamas I Expected; Hamas Attacks Again
A Blog For All —
... . Fat chance of that happening. Today's events continue to overtake the diplomatic efforts, which repeatedly paper over the facts - namely Hamas and their unwavering intent to destroy Israel and seek a one-state solution. US envoy George Mitchell isn't going to have any better success than any of his predecessors, but it makes President Obama look like he's doing something to bring about peace and impressions count more than facts, at least according to the media and the diplomats. Terrorists don't particularly care. There is only one thing to trust when it comes to Hamas and ...
The Gaza Ceasefire That Wasn't
Newshoggers.com —
... The "ceasefire" in Gaza is apparently over, as Israeli tanks cross into the Strip again, airstrikes kill Palestinians and Israel closes all border crossings to humanitarian aid, in response to a bomb set off by a group "using an uncommon name not previously linked with the ruling Hamas Islamist movement". The bomb killed one IDF soldier and wounded three others. ...
Israel Sends Tanks Back to Gaza
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... the region.
Israel also closed Gaza’s borders, choking off vital aid, in response to the bombing.
BBC:
Palestinian sources say 20 Israeli tanks and seven army bulldozers have made an incursion.
Two people were also wounded in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis.
Hospital sources say one was a member of Hamas’ Popular Resistance Committee who was on a motorbike at the time, and the other was a passer-by.
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No Other Option?!
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news.bbc.co.uk 1/19/2009 — The full scale of devastation in Gaza following Israel's three-week offensive is becoming clear, after both Israel and Hamas declared ceasefires. UN official John Ging said half a million people had been without water since the conflict began, and ...
It’s Raining
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Bombs hit Gaza as UN urges truce
news.bbc.co.uk 1/9/2009 — Israeli aircraft continued to bomb Gaza overnight as the UN urged an immediate end to nearly two weeks of conflict between Israel and Hamas militants. A Security Council resolution called for a ceasefire, access for aid workers and a lasting solution ...
Gaza: Even After This, The Silence Is Deafening
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/9/2009 — This is hard to read but the footage, which is the whole world is watching is even worse. FROM TODAY'S INDEPENDENT.
Four small starving children too weak to stand were found next to the bodies of their dead mothers by ambulancemen who had been ...
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Gaza population 'rising rapidly'
news.bbc.co.uk 2/16/2009 — The population of the Gaza Strip increased by almost 40% between 1997 and 2007, according to the results of a Palestinian census. The survey, taken before Israel's recent offensive, showed the territory has a population of 1.4 million people. The ...
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime
timesonline.co.uk 1/12/2009 — ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an act of self-defence as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention. The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas ...
Middle East envoys departs today —
First Read 1/26/2009
From NBC’s Libby LeistU.S. special Middle East envoy George Mitchell will depart today for the Middle East, the State Department said this morning.
Spokesman Robert Wood told reporters that Mitchell's trip will include stops in : Egypt, Israel, the ...
U.S. Mideast envoy says Gaza ceasefire critical —
Reuters: Politics 1/28/2009
CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. Middle East envoy, dispatched by President Barack Obama with orders to "start by listening," said on Wednesday it was critical to consolidate a Gaza ceasefire after Israel's offensive. Former Senator George Mitchell met ...
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