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Defending Condi: Ohlmert Shames Himself in Kick-in-the-Teeth Attack on Rice
thewashingtonnote.com - 1/13/2009
Defending Condi: Ohlmert Shames Himself in Kick-in-the-Teeth Attack on Rice
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No matter what one may think of Condoleezza Rice's diplomatic record -- which I think is better than many liberal critics gauge -- the fact that Israel Prime Minister Ehud Ohlmert gave her a kick in the teeth as she departs her office is obnoxious and harmful all around. Ohlmert also ...

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TPMCafe:  Olmert Slams Condi... Advanced Classes in Chutzpah

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Gaza War Protest
zombietime.com - 1/12/2009
Gaza War Protest
— zombietime.com — Gaza War Protest and Anti-Israel Rally San Francisco, January 10, 2009 On Saturday, January 10, 2009, a large rally and march took place in San Francisco to protest Israel's invasion of Gaza. The event was one of a series of similar events held in ... (more) Gaza War Protest

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haaretz.com - 1/12/2009
Israel bans Arab parties from running in upcoming elections - Haaretz - Israel News  ...
— haaretz.com — The Central Elections Committee on Monday banned Arab political parties from running in next month's parliamentary elections, drawing accusations of racism by an Arab lawmaker who said he would challenge the decision in the country's Supreme Court. ... (more) Israel bans Arab parties from running in ...

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timesonline.co.uk - 1/12/2009
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime
— timesonline.co.uk — ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an act of self-defence as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention. The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas ... (more) Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence ...

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Olmert Slams Condi... Advanced Classes in Chutzpah
TPMCafe — ... than a deeply thought through political move. Olmert was speaking in Hebrew in the southern city of Ashkelon but surely he couldn't imagine that this would not be picked up by the world's media. The repercussions - especially when heaped on top of everything that has happened in Gaza now (and I agree that is much more important than what Olmert said) - will be ugly. Here are a few thoughts on those repercussions to leave you with (also check out my colleague Steve Clemons at his blog, The Washington Note): ...

Olmerts Tops Bush, Gives Condi Her Orders
Newshoggers.com — ... Israel’s security. It passed 14 to 0, with the United States abstaining. Mr. Olmert claimed that once he made his case to Mr. Bush, the president called Ms. Rice and told her to abstain. “She was left pretty embarrassed,” Mr. Olmert said, according to The A.P. Rice says that she had planed to abstain from the vote all along - on a resolution she helped draft - because she wanted to see what the French would do. Riiiight. Now Bush looks like a puppet on a string for Olmert as well as for Cheney and the neocons. What a subbie! And ...

Condi Rice Calls Olmert's Story "Fiction"
TPMCafe — ... A lot of Middle East watchers have been stunned by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's snotty depiction of both Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush with regard to ...

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