On The Conflict Against Hamas
rhymeswithright.mu.nu 1/7/2009 — After doing a pretty good job of serving as a mouthpiece for Hamas for the last week, it is good to see the Washington Post start 2009 with some information about the current Israeli military action in Gaza that provides...

Israel and Gaza
boston.com 1/1/2009 — Back in June, 2008, Egypt helped broker a 6-month cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the ruling body in the Gaza Strip. Though the cease-fire was broken several times by both sides, it largely held. Toward the end of the cease-fire in ...

Israeli assault targets symbols of Hamas power
huffingtonpost.com 12/29/2008 — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel's air force obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of its overwhelming assault on Gaza on Monday, striking a house next to the Hamas premier's home, devastating a security compound and flattening a ...

Israel vs Hamas: Beyond right, wrong, smart, and stupid
hotair.com 12/30/2008 — Read this post »

Discrimination
lefarkins.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — To be clear, I think that the Israeli air campaign against Gaza will end up being destructive, and, from a political point of view, pointless at best. That said, the Israeli attacks thus far have NOT been indiscriminate ; civilian casualties are ...

Beyond any definition of “left” or “right.”
directorblue.blogspot.com 2/16/2009 — ALL ISRAELI -- AND NO PALESTINIAN -- LEADERS WANT AN END TO THE CONFLICTBy Barry RubinWhat is the most important theme of Israeli politics, policy, and thinking today? It is pretty simple but you will rarely see it explained in much of the world:Most Israelis believe that the Palestinians don't ...

Killing Civilians in War - Response to a Reader
poligazette.com 1/10/2009 — A reader who is, like me, a Muslim read my posts on the attacks of Muslims (mostly Arabs) in Europe against Jews (who have nothing whatsoever to do with anything Israel does other than that most Israelis are Jewish as well) and about civilian ...

View From a Palestinian Leader: Palestine's Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood
thewashingtonnote.com 12/29/2008 — This is a guest post written by Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative. These comments and views are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Washington Note or Huffington Post . Barghouti is ...

American Voices Blogger Conference Call on Israel-Hamas War: Israel Expects Support From Obama Administration
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/31/2008 — Malcolm Hoenlein , Executive Vice Chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations chaired a blogger conference call today. High level Israeli officials and military personnel briefed bloggers and broadcasters on the ...

Daniel Levy: What Next on Israel/Gaza? Why Should Americans Care?
thewashingtonnote.com 12/29/2008 — This is a guest post by New America Foundation Middle East Task Force Co-Director Daniel Levy For many people, what has happened today between Gaza and Israel may have all too familiar a ring to it - Israel warns and then retaliates to an ...

White House demands Hamas stop firing on Israel (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/29/2008
AP - The Bush administration is arguing anew for an end to the latest flare up between Israel and the Hamas organization.

Israel: Fighting 'could get worse' — First Read 12/29/2008
From NBC’s Libby Leist In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert 's spokesman Mark Regev said that the conflict in Gaza "could get worse before it gets better..." as Israel continues striking Hamas ...

Letters to the Editor — Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 12/29/2008
Readers write about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

UN official says Israel attacked during lull (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
AP - Palestinians in Gaza believed Israel had called a 48-hour "lull" in retaliatory attacks with Hamas when Israeli warplanes launched a massive bombardment of militant installations in the Gaza Strip, a U.N. official said Monday.

World powers call for end to Gaza fighting (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
AFP - The European Union demanded Tuesday that Israel and Hamas halt their conflict in Gaza, as the world's top diplomats scrambled to find a solution to the escalating bloodshed.