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newsbusters.org - 12/31/2008
For PBS's Margaret Warner, Israel-Gaza Apparently IS Rocket Science
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For at least ten seconds there, it appeared Margaret Warner thought PBS stood for the Palestinian Broadcast Service. On last night's NewsHour Ms. Warner, whilst interviewing Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor, posed one of the dumbest questions in the long, dumb history ...

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A Blog For All:  Operation Cast Lead: Day 5

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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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 12/31/2008
The problem with Israel-Palestine blogging
— meganmcardle.theatlantic.com — Everyone engaged in it is interested in proving that one side is righter than the other.  Since no action in the region has occurred without plausible provocation for 4,000 years or so, this requires constantly shifting the metrics by which you ... (more) The problem with Israel-Palestine blogging

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What Would a Proportionate Response Look Like?
commentarymagazine.com - 12/31/2008
What Would a Proportionate Response Look Like?
— commentarymagazine.com — “If someone was sending rockets on my house where my daughters were sleeping at night, I would do everything to stop it, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.” – President-elect Barack Obama Now that Hamas’s long war against Israel is ... (more) What Would a Proportionate Response Look Like?

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Operation Cast Lead: Day 5
A Blog For All — ... and firing incessantly ever since, with Israel finally responding when Hamas launches a hissy fit after Israel takes out terrorists attempting still more attacks. Israel responds. And yet, the media seems to want to find fault with Israel's response. How typical. ...

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