thewashingtonnote.com - 12/29/2008
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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 alleged or real Palestinian escalation of violence, ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/29/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel obliterated symbols of
Hamas power on the third day of what the
defense minister described Monday as a "war to the bitter end," striking next to the Hamas premier's home, and devastating a security compound and a ...
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Israel says Gaza assault 'war to the bitter end' - ...
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
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jpost.com —
Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on
Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation
in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ...
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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...
tnr.com - 12/29/2008
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tnr.com —
CNN International's coverage of yesterday's fighting in Gaza
concluded at midnight with a rush of images: mangled
civilians writhing in the rubble, primitive hospitals overflowing with the wounded, fireballs mushrooming between apartment complexes, ...
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A Crisis And An Opportunity
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You're an Idea Man Not a Yes Man
Obsidian Wings —
... I make a habit of turning to Daniel Levy for his balanced and well-informed take on all matters related to Israel-Palestine. He is, quite simply, one of the brightest minds in the foreign policy intelligentsia and he brings a refreshingly thoughtful analysis to a fraught topic that is hardly conducive to such discourse. So I lean heavily on Levy and the points he makes regarding Israel's recent attacks on Gaza. Levy on some of the more salient causes of the violence: ...
None of them knew what to do
The Reaction —
... President-elect Obama has promised to turn attention form Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan. And he is not talking much about Israel and Palestine, reminding that "we have one president at a time." At the end of last year an important article appeared on Steve Clemons' blog, The Washington Note: "Daniel Levy: What Next on Israel/Gaza? Why Should Americans Care?" (12/28/08). This brilliant thinker asked a number of important questions that should have prompted some actions or answers from the Republican administration or former Republican leaders or ...
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