Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
CNN: IDF surrounds Gaza City
hotair.com - 1/6/2009
CNN: IDF surrounds Gaza City
—
Time to set up camp and wait for the inevitable UN condemnation , or are they going in to look for Hamas leaders? [...] Read the rest »
Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies
— jpost.com — Hamas on Monday raided some 100 aid trucks that Israel had allowed into Gaza, stole their contents and sold them to the highest bidders. The IDF said that since terminal activity is coordinated with UNRWA and the Red Cross, Israel could do nothing to ... (more) Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies

Comments vote down Classical Values found this 1/12/2009found this
IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out - Israel News, Ynetnews
ynetnews.com - 1/10/2009
IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out - Israel News, Ynetnews
— ynetnews.com — IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out Is Hamas falling apart? Senior IDF officer says roughly 300 Hamas men killed since army launched ground incursion, whole Hamas battalions wiped out in dozens of clashes with troops over weekend; terror group also ... (more) IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out - Israel News, ...

Comments vote down Israel Matzav found this 1/10/2009found this
csis.org - 1/10/2009
Publications
— csis.org — Synopsis: The Israeli-Hamas War, and there is little else that it can be called, has now lasted two weeks. Israeli jets have flown some 800 strike sorties, and the IDF has pushed deep into Gaza. Israel also continues to report tactical gains. The IDF ... (more) Publications

Comments vote down Ben Smith's Blog found this 1/10/2009found this

Blog Reactions

Israel Matzav:  It's not a 'peace process,' it's a war

Comments
Blog Reactions

It's not a 'peace process,' it's a war
Israel Matzav — ... pointed out in a spot-on Monday column in Slate (Hat Tip: Hot Air ). And given its current advantage in the fighting and the world's apparent willingness to let it win, Israel is not going to go for a 'lull' right now: For the trouble with all of these peace efforts, peace conferences, peace initiatives, and peace proposals is that none of them recognize the most obvious fact about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: It's not a peace process; it's a war . At least at the moment, both parties are still convinced that their central aims will be better obtained through weapons ...

Related Content
IDF likely to expand Gaza op before cease-fire is imposed | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/11/2009 — The IDF will likely expand its operations in the Gaza Strip in the coming days in an effort to press Egypt to declare its readiness to stop the weapons smuggling from the Sinai Peninsula into Gaza, defense officials said Saturday. The IDF is currently ...
IAF hits 20 tunnels in southern Gaza | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/11/2009 — IAF planes on Sunday afternoon attacked at least twenty smuggling tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor, on Gaza's southern border with Egypt. The tunnels were being used to smuggle weaponry into Gaza, according to the IDF. The IDF said that it would ...
UN: IDF officers admitted there was no gunfire from Gaza school which was shelled - Haaretz - Israel News
haaretz.com 1/9/2009 — The United Nations is claiming Israeli military officers have admitted there was no Palestinian gunfire emanating from inside an UNRWA school in Gaza which was shelled by an IDF tank. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in the shelling. In addition, ...
IDF soldier killed by powerful roadside bomb on Gaza border | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/27/2009 — An IDF non-commissioned officer was killed on Tuesday morning when a roadside bomb planted by Gaza operatives along Israel's border with the Strip detonated under the army vehicle he was traveling in. Another officer was seriously wounded and two ...
'UNRWA building used to attack troops' | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/15/2009 — Gunshots and an anti-tank missile were fired at IDF troops near the UN compound that was attacked by the IDF on Thursday, senior defense official told The Jerusalem Post . Accordng to the officials, the IDF responded by firing artillery shells at the ...
Gaza: IDF shells UN compound, hospital also hit - Israel News, Ynetnews
ynetnews.com 1/15/2009 — Gaza: IDF shells UN compound, hospital also hit Witnesses, UNRWA officials say IDF struck world body's headquarters in Strip, wounding at least three people; army says gunmen positioned near facility opened fire at forces prior to attack. Hospital ...
Gaza gunmen fire at IDF patrols in first cease-fire violations | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/20/2009 — Gaza gunmen fired at IDF patrols on Tuesday afternoon in two separate incidents that mark the first violations of the cease-fire declared Sunday by Hamas. No one was wounded and no damage was reported in the two incidents, which took place near the ...
IDF: Only 250 of Gaza fatalities were civilians - Israel News, Ynetnews
ynetnews.com 1/26/2009 — Senior military sources say recent findings indicate at least 700 of those killed in Gaza offensive were gunmen. Palestinians claim only 300 armed men killed Hanan Greenberg A continuing IDF investigation into the number of civilian Palestinian ...
“A Rogue State”
phoenixwoman.wordpress.com 1/7/2009 — An important article has been published in The Guardian by Avi Shlaim, himself formerly a member of the Israeli Defense Force (1964-66). Its conclusion: This brief review of Israel’s record over the past four decades makes it difficult to resist ...
IDF steps up anti-tunnel operations | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/7/2009 — 300 Palestinians with dual citizenship were let out of the Gaza Strip through the Erez Crossing on Thursday morning. On Wednesday night, heavy shelling was reported in Rafah on as the IDF stepped up its operations against weapons smuggling tunnels ...
UN chief to meet Arab ministers on Gaza (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/5/2009
AP - The U.N. chief urged the divided Security Council to try to bring a speedy end to the escalating crisis in Gaza and planned to meet Monday with Arab ministers flying to New York to press for a resolution demanding an immediate end to the ...
U.S. seeks immediate Gaza ceasefire with conditions — Reuters: Politics 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it wanted "an immediate ceasefire" in Gaza but U.S. officials quickly stressed they would not budge from their stance that it must be durable, sustainable and indefinite.
3 men die in Israeli strike on U.N. school in Gaza (McClatchy Newspapers) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/6/2009
McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — An Israeli military strike killed three people at a United Nations-run elementary school in Gaza City where more than 400 Palestinians had sought shelter from the intensifying ground war in the Gaza Strip, U.N. ...
UN rights body to hold emergency meeting on Gaza (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/7/2009
AP - Officials say the U.N.'s top human rights body will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in crisis-hit Gaza.
Joe the plumber headed to Middle East — CNN Political Ticker 1/8/2009
Then-Sen. Obama's chance meeting with Wurzelbacher on the campaign trail in October turned the Ohio plumber into a nationally-known figure. (CNN) – Joe Wurzelbacher: Plumber. Campaign celebrity. Foreign correspondent? ‘Joe the Plumber’ is ...