debbieschlussel.com - 12/30/2008
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By Debbie Schlussel
I've been getting a number of e-mails from readers cheering on the current Israeli strikes on HAMAS and Gaza in response to HAMAS' katusha rocket attacks on Israel.
And to those readers, I say, Don't Get Too Excited. You're buying into the latest campaign tactic of ...
haaretz.com - 12/30/2008
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haaretz.com —
Three days into Operation Cast Lead, Israel is
proposing a diplomatic exit. A ground operation likely looms...
in an effort to increase the pressure on Hamas. At the same time, however, others argue that the air force is close to exhausting its target ...
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ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground ...
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 12/29/2008
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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com —
A reader asks. The answer: I don't think
so. Maybe momentarily. But Hamas will find ways to...
regain its "honor." Usually, this means exploding buses. The even deeper question: Can Israel force the overthrow of the Hamas government in Gaza? I'm not sure ...
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Can Israel Break the Will of Hamas?
jewcy.com - 12/31/2008
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jewcy.com —
By Michael Weiss > Commentators in the American
and European press too often succumb to a solipsistic...
way of thinking of the Arab-Israeli conflict, as if only one side had any autonomy or agency. The debate between supporters and critics of Israel ...
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Hamas as a Political Failure
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Will Israel really neutralize Hamas? Don't count on it
Jihad Watch —
Debbie Schlussel thinks not:
[...] There have been many of these occasion, temporary Israeli attacks on HAMAS or temporary blockades of funds or supplies to Gaza. And they are a waste of time because Israel doesn't mean business. Eventually, Israel backs down and stops and allows HAMAS to get "refueled" with supplies, money, etc. And yet the HAMAS attacks never end.
You must ask yourself why Israel suddenly chose to strike back now after years of HAMAS sending these rockets to kill the poor, working-class Israelis of Sderot--most of them ...
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