jpost.com - 12/29/2008
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In a press conference held on Monday afternoon in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit responded to criticism by Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, saying that "They have practically declared war on Egypt via several satellite stations. The ...
prospect.org - 12/28/2008
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prospect.org —
This is the paragraph that I can't get
out of my head: Hamas had in recent weeks
let it be known that it doubted Israel would engage in a major military undertaking because of its coming elections. But in some ways the elections have made it ...
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ISRAEL, WRONG.
thewashingtonnote.com - 12/28/2008
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thewashingtonnote.com —
One of the most important and sensible comments
made during the last stretch of the campaign came
from the straight-talking Joe Biden. The then Democratic vice-presidential nominee said that Barack Obama would be " tested" by crisis early in his ...
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Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy
prospectsforpeace.com - 12/28/2008
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prospectsforpeace.com —
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, there is Arab condemnation and international ...
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What next on Gaza/Israel and Why Americans Should Care ...
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... The usual anti-Israel demonstrations are in progress in the Arab world, but of much greater significance is the man-bites-dog story: Egypt blames Hamas for the mess in Gaza. Egypt's failure to toe the terrorist line has evidently alarmed Hezbollah, as the Jerusalem Post reports: ...
Israel Presses Home Air Assault on Hamas
A Blog For All —
... . I'd like to see Israel go after the terror masters themselves, who despite all of their bravado and claims that they aren't afraid to die, have gone deep underground and now appear only courtesy of videos from undisclosed locations. These terrorists, including Ismail Haniyeh, would rather see all of his terror thugs die than put himself in harm's way. Egypt is certainly playing a most curious role in all this. They've criticized Hamas, and now have gone on the record noting that Hizbullah had all but declared war against Egypt . Egypt sees the Islamic terrorist groups as a ...
Ledeen: Wrong Story
Articles on National Review Online —
E veryone in the Middle East knows that the serious component of the Battle of Gaza is all about Iran. The Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, recently warned that Iran is trying to devour the Arab world . Mohammed Abdallah Al Zulfa, of the Saudi Arabian Shura Council, reminded Alhurra s viewers that Iran is the big threat in today s world, supporting all the terrorists from Hamas to Hezbollah to some other terrorists that we don t know their names yet, and that Iran destabilized the region by supporting all the illegal activities and activists such as Hamas. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Egyptian foreign minister, in a press conference in Anakara, ...
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