israelmatzav.blogspot.com - 1/2/2009
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Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit must like living dangerously. Today, he slammed Hamas again, saying that no cease fire will hold unless the terror group stops firing rockets at Israel, and criticizing the terror group for having given Israel an 'excuse' for launching the current ...
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.
news.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel dropped a one-ton
bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday,
killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army ...
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Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - ...
latimes.com - 1/2/2009
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latimes.com —
It's a new year in an old and
bloody world. In Israel, politicians jockeying for power have
launched the most lethal military assault on Palestinian territory in decades. Israel has justified its bombardment of Gaza on the grounds that Hamas broke a ...
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Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times
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Gateway Pundit —
... Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit slammed Hamas again on Thursday saying that no cease fire will hold unless the terror group stops firing rockets at Israel. ...
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