usatoday.com - 1/3/2009
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Bush called the Hamas attacks an "act of terror" and said no peace deal would be acceptable unless the flow of smuggled weapons to terrorist groups is monitored and stopped. He made the comments in his weekly radio address taped for broadcast Saturday but released a day early. It was the first ...
jpost.com - 1/3/2009
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jpost.com —
The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah
members under house arrest out of fear that they...
might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank has ...
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Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators' | Middle East | ...
haaretz.com - 1/3/2009
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haaretz.com —
Palestinian witnesses said the artillery barrage caused a
large explosion in Gaza City as well as a...
series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel. Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel was shelling targets along the ...
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Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...
timesonline.co.uk - 1/4/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
Flares streamed into the sky and exploded like
fireworks, lighting up the overcrowded territory. Residents in Gaza...
City reported heavy bombing which appeared to have cut electricity supplies. Tzipi Livni, the Israeli Foreign Minister and candidate ...
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Israel splits Gaza in three as soldiers battle Hamas
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Bush says he wants lasting Mideast cease-fire. And a pony!
WTF Is It Now?!? —
Preznit Poopstain says any cease-fire in the Mideast must be fully respected, Hamas rocket attacks on Israel stopped, someone to find Waldo on page sebenteen, and no more a' that sugarfree pudding for dessert. ...
The Gaza Ground Assault Rages - But Will it Work?
Pajamas Media —
... -who, like the Security Council, never perceived an emergency even in months when hundreds of rockets fell on Israelis-is due in Israel to try and get Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to call the war off. The Security Council is meeting again on the crisis on Wednesday. U.S. President George Bush, too, proclaimed a ceasefire the order of the day but with certain conditions, stating in his radio address on Saturday that “The United States is leading diplomatic efforts to achieve a meaningful cease-fire that is fully respected….promises from Hamas will not suffice-there must be ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected international calls for a 48-hour truce in the Gaza Strip to allow in more humanitarian aid.
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Proportionality And Terror
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Does anybody really know what time it is?
powerlineblog.com 1/4/2009 — The IDF took over Hamas radio and television Sunday morning with an unusual message. Carl in Jerusalem explains that the broadcast captured in the video below appeared on Israel's Cable Channel 10, which explained to Israelis what had happened. It ...
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: We are committed to cease-fire | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 11/5/2008 — A barrage of rockets hit Gaza-belt communities Wednesday morning after IDF forces engaged Hamas gunmen inside the Strip. It was the worst outbreak of violence since a shaky cease-fire took effect in June. At least 30 rockets were fired into Israel, ...
Operation Cast Lead: Day 11
lawhawk.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — For others liveblogging, see Aussie Dave at Israellycool, The Muqata, and Carl in Jerusalem.
Overnight, the Israeli military announced that three more Israeli soldiers were killed. They were members of the elite Golani Brigade, whose predecessors ...
Bush calls Hamas attacks an 'act of terror' —
msnbc.com: Politics 1/3/2009
President George W. Bush on Friday branded the Hamas rocket attacks on Israel an "act of terror" and outlined his own condition for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying no peace deal would be acceptable without monitoring to halt the flow of smuggled ...
Bush Asserts Israel’s Right to Defense —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/3/2009
The Bush administration defended Israels military incursion into the Gaza Strip Saturday asserting that Israel had the right to defend itself against Hamas rocket fire. The U.S. also refused to pressure Israel into accepting an immediate ...
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