online.wsj.com - 1/9/2009
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EDWARD N. LUTTWAK It seems that most of the West's news reporters and pundits agree with Islamists everywhere that an Israeli victory in Gaza is impossible. They decry Israel's defensive attack on Hamas, prophesying an inevitable strengthening of Islamism among Palestinians and a dark future for ...
online.wsj.com - 1/10/2009
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online.wsj.com —
GEORGE E. BISHARAT Israel's current assault on the
Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it
involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ...
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George E. Bisharat: Israel Is Committing War Crimes
realclearpolitics.com - 1/9/2009
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realclearpolitics.com —
WASHINGTON -- Israel's leaders have purposely obscured their
war aims in Gaza. But there are only two
possible endgames: (A) a Lebanon-like cessation of hostilities to be supervised by international observers, or (B) the disintegration of Hamas rule ...
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Two Endgames for Israel
theweek.com - 1/8/2009
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theweek.com —
Good for Shrum for championing Israel s right
to defend itself against the Hamas rocket barrage. He
is correct, too, that lasting peace will come only when the Palestinians abandon their hope that Israel can somehow be defeated or destroyed. ...
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Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
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... they will run out of targets in a matter of days. That is when a cease-fire with credible monitoring would be possible and desirable for both sides as the only alternative to renewed occupation. Hamas will claim a win no matter what happens, but then so did Hezbollah in 2006. And yet, for the most part, Hezbollah remains immobile and the Israeli northern border with Lebanon remains quiet. If Israel can achieve the same with Hamas in Gaza, it would be a significant victory. Source *********************** ELSEWHERE Public works only ...
Diehling with Iran
Yourish.com —
... you so happy?” a reporter asked. “Look around you. Don’t you see the misery that you are helping to cause?”
I realize that there aren’t that many reports that the people of Gaza are getting fed up with Hamas, still it’s remarkable that there are any such reports at all. And there seem to be more cases of ordinary people who have lost patience with Hamas, than who are happy with the way their elected government is behaving.
Edward Luttwak offers another possiblity:
The only possible explanation is that people in Gaza have ...
An inflated toll?
Yourish.com —
... in Gaza and that a majority of them were Hamas operatives.
The IDF’s Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration have already compiled a list with 900 names of Palestinians killed during the operation, out of which 750 are believed to be Hamas operatives.
Keep in mind that if Israel has a list that shows that 750 out of 900 killed were Hamas operatives that means that Israel hit the terrorists with an 83% accuracy rate.
Edward Luttwak wrote two weeks ago:
Consider: According to Gaza sources, until the ground fighting ...
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