muqata.blogspot.com - 1/2/2009
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Day 7 of the Gaza war, Friday, January 2, 2009 -- Daily sticky post, constantly updated. More liveblogging at IsraellyCool and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/muqata Keyword #GazaWar Additional New posts from today can be found below this post. As a general rule we will try and keep ...
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 ...
rasmussenreports.com - 1/1/2009
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rasmussenreports.com —
Americans, while far more sympathetic to Israel than
the Palestinians, are closely divided over whether the Jewish...
state should be taking military action against militants in the Gaza Strip. Forty-four percent (44%) say Israel should have taken ...
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Americans Closely Divided Over Israel’s Gaza Attacks
prospect.org - 1/1/2009
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prospect.org —
This blog is on a light schedule today
and tomorrow due to various New Years related program...
activities, but it's worth quickly responding to Jonathan Chait's post on Israel and Palestine. Chait makes a common claim, which is that all analysis of the ...
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AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister: Hamas Not Allowing Wounded Out of Gaza (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
... to be treated: In a press conference this week the media asked why wounded Palestinians were not being evacuated to Egypt. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit answers that the ruling body in Gaza (Hamas) will not allow the wounded to be moved. Earlier this week the Egytian foreign minister blamed Hamas for the violence. This did not go over well with Hezbollah or the Iranians. The Muqata is liveblogging the latest developments in and around Gaza.
Operation Cast Lead: Day 7
A Blog For All —
... is attacking Palestinian homes and mosques. It ignores the fact that Hamas is hiding in homes, and using mosques as weapons depots. MSNBC highlights that children are among those injured in the attacks. MSNBC ignores that Hamas hides behind women and children when firing its rockets; including using schools as rocket launching locations, and uses hospitals to hide out from Israeli reprisal raids. UPDATE: As always, Carl in Jerusalem , Aussie Dave , and Muqata are covering the situation closely. UPDATE: Ed Morrissey notes that Israel warned ...
Terrorists Launch Missiles At Israel From UN School in Gaza (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
... argument. ...But, sadly it won't. Terrorists launch missiles at Israel from a UN school in Gaza. The IDF Channel released this video yesterday: Terrorists from the Gaza Strip fire mortars from an UNRWA boys' school in Gaza on 29 Oct. 2007. Hamas and other terror organizations in Gaza make deliberate use of civilians living in populated areas as human shields. Hat Tip The Muqata More... But it doesn't stop ...
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