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reason.com - 12/31/2008
Fatah, Madoff, and Gaza
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Seeing a political opening, Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, while on visit to Egypt, blames Hamas for Israel's assault of Gaza. "I say in all honesty, we made contact with leaders of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. We spoke with them in all honesty and directly, and after that we spoke ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009
Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - Yahoo! News
— 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 ... (more) Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - ...

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haaretz.com - 12/31/2008
IAF bombs Gaza mosque being used as weapons storehouse - Haaretz - Israel News  ...
— haaretz.com — The Israel Air Force on Wednesday evening bombed a mosque in the southern Gaza Strip that Hamas... had been using to store part of its rocket arsenal. Shin Bet officials said that over the last few days, Palestinian militants have been seen carrying ... (more) IAF bombs Gaza mosque being used as weapons ...

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Gaza: Hamas gunmen hide in hospitals - Israel News, Ynetnews
ynetnews.com - 12/31/2008
Gaza: Hamas gunmen hide in hospitals - Israel News, Ynetnews
— ynetnews.com — Gaza: Hamas gunmen hide in hospitals Shin Bet chief briefs cabinet on day five of Gaza offensive,... says terror operatives hide in hospitals, mosques. IDF: Hamas increases use of densely populated areas for launching pads Roni Sofer Shin Bet Chief ... (more) Gaza: Hamas gunmen hide in hospitals - Israel News, ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  The Siege Of Gaza: Blog Reax

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The Siege Of Gaza: Blog Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Hamas radicalize Israeli sentiment? A much remarked-upon fact of the last 72 hours is that Israel's ultra-left-wing party Meretz has endorsed Operation Cast Lead, a development that should concern partisans of both sides. If there is merit to the "root causes" argument, then surely it applies to the decisions undertaken by a Jewish policy as much as it does to those undertaken by a Muslim one. Or does a belligerent Israeli consensus form in a vacuum? Michael Moynihan: Hamas's popularity was on the decrease but ticked up again ...

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