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Ehud Olmert’s Epiphany
commentarymagazine.com - 1/12/2009
Ehud Olmert’s Epiphany
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History books will one day explore the transformation of Ehud Olmert over the past two and a half years. In 2006, he was a swaggering incompetent, making implausible declarations about the IDF’s ability to dispatch with Hezbollah. In 2007-2008, as the Winograd commission discredited his ...
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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Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies
— jpost.com — Hamas on Monday raided some 100 aid trucks that Israel had allowed into Gaza, stole their contents... and sold them to the highest bidders. The IDF said that since terminal activity is coordinated with UNRWA and the Red Cross, Israel could do nothing to ... (more) Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies

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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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Power Line:  Not too little, but too late

Weekly Standard Blog:  The Daily Grind

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Not too little, but too late
Power Line — ... Noah Pollak finds that we are witnessing the "transformation" of Olmert into "wisdom and steel." At a minimum, he's been transformed into a competent war leader against whom Livni and Barak suffer by comparison. ...

The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Olmert's new-found steel: “No country in the world, including those that preach morals to us, would have shown restraint as we have.” ...

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