time.com - 1/8/2009
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Soldiers on patrol at Kibbutz Nir Am, a mile from Gaza. Even after the start of Israel's Jan. 4 ground offensive, communities near the border remained vulnerable to Hamas' rockets.
timesonline.co.uk - 1/8/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
A question mark hangs over Pope Benedict XVI's
planned trip to Israel in May after Israeli officials...
expressed outrage over a Vatican statement comparing Gaza to a "big concentration camp". The Pope today condemned the use of violence by both Israel ...
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'Concentration camp' remark threatens Pope's visit to ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/9/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
Israel is to keep up its offensive in
the Gaza Strip despite a UN call for an...
immediate end to nearly two weeks of conflict involving Hamas militants. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the latest firing of rockets into Israel showed the resolution was ...
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UN ceasefire call goes unheeded
theweek.com - 1/8/2009
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theweek.com —
Good for Shrum for championing Israel s right
to defend itself against the Hamas rocket barrage. He...
is correct, too, that lasting peace will come only when the Palestinians abandon their hope that Israel can somehow be defeated or destroyed. ...
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Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
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Rockets Fired from Lebanon Into North Israel
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... the Israeli offensive in Gaza may spread.
Plus: Read TIME's new cover story on whether Israel can survive its assault on Gaza. ...
Beat to the Punch
Weekly Standard Blog —
... A colleague and I were just joking about the new issue of Time magazine, the cover of which teases a story on Gaza with the headline "Why Israel Can't Win." The story itself is titled "Can Israel Survive Gaza?" Jeffrey Goldberg apparently ...
Demonstrations Tomorrow As Debate Spreads Over Israel's Attack On Gaza
Open Left - Front Page —
... Even Time magazine's cover proclaims, "Why Israel Can't Win", while the accompanying cover story asks, "Can Israel Survive Its Assault on Gaza?" As with the Wall Street meltdown, the old ideology has visibly self-destructed, yet it's defenders still fight on, not realizing they've already lost. Unfortunately, in neither instance does that mean that sanity has yet won. But debate is spreading where there was only silence before. And the growing outspokenness of Jewish-American opposition to what is being done in our name--as well as to Israel--is a ...
Gaza Conflict Clarifies the Lure of Cultural Supremacy
Preemptive Karma —
... January 09, 2009 Gaza Conflict Clarifies the Lure of Cultural Supremacy As the events in Gaza have unfolded, I have found myself increasingly deeply conflicted. On the one hand, I believe Israel has a right – and responsibility – to stand up to Hamas. On the other hand, it is difficult to see “right” in the deaths of 700 virtually caged Palestinians, many of whom were children. Time has an excellent article on the conflict that seems to me to be as dispassionate as one can be about the unfolding tragedy on both sides of this ugly hate fest. As I read the article earlier ...
Operation Cast Lead: Day 18
A Blog For All —
... Time Magazine has a propaganda piece that masquerades as news, although you'd be hard pressed to actually find news in there, or even any reporting from named sources. It's conjecture, speculation, and opinion of the author, and nothing more. ...
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First Read 1/8/2009
From NBC's Libby Leist NEW YORK -- After two days of intense negotiations, the U.S. has caved to pressure from Arab leaders and is now working on a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
According to Western and Arab diplomats, the ...
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