Reuters AlertNet - Why the Gaza crisis is so shocking
alertnet.org 1/9/2009 — The bare elements of the Middle East's latest crisis should say it all. Over 600 people killed and thousands more injured in 11 days, hospitals overflowing with bloodied civilians, and 1.5 million people, under fire from air and ground, trapped on a ...

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gazatoday.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — Day 23 of Israeli War On Gaza Informative Report on Gaza War: Death toll 1310, wounded 5600 By: Sameh A. Habeeb: A Photojournalist, Humanitarian & Peace Activist in Gaza Strip. Dear Editors, Journalists and Friends, Thousands of people appeared on ...

The Last Gig With Openings Everywhere
bagnewsnotes.com 3/11/2009 —    As real estate forces the country onto life support, the knotted plywood panel becomes the signature of the undertaker. "Foreclosureville" slide show . "All Boarded Up" article . (NYT) (images: ...

Misinformation about the 2005 Gaza Withdrawal
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com 1/7/2009 — I love Daniel Levy -- we're brothers in Zionism , after all -- but sometimes he drives me nuts. Andrew links without comment to Daniel's recent post informing the world that Ariel Sharon was not seeking peace when he withdrew from Gaza in 2005: One ...

Pro-Hamas theater meets Free Republic [Jonn]
thisainthell.us 1/11/2009 — This afternoon in DC, at Lafayette Park, across from the White House amidst preparations for the Inauguaration, several thousand protesters gathered ostensibly to show their support for Gazans, but as you can see by the flag above, it was more an ...

A New Horror
susiemadrak.com 1/15/2009 — A new weapon , developed by the US in 2006, called DIME. Apparently this is what s causing the amputations we’re seeing in Gaza: AMY GOODMAN: Let me go to Dr. Mads Gilbert, who has just returned from Gaza, the Shifa Hospital. He’s back in ...

How badly did Gaza poison the well?
lynch.foreignpolicy.com 1/26/2009 — The Israeli attack on Gaza during the last weeks of the Bush administration looks more than ever like Bush's "last gift" to Israel and to the region -- carried out during the transition, with no American attempt to intervene, ending ...

No Other Option?!
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/12/2009 — I watch in shock, like the rest of the world, at the appalling death and destruction being wrought on Gaza by Israel; and still it does not stop. Meanwhile, we see a seemingly never-ending army of well-prepared Israeli war propagandists, some Israeli ...

Op-Ed Contributor: What You Don’t Know About Gaza
nytimes.com 1/8/2009 — Nearly everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Here are a few key points that seem to be missing from the conversation about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip. >

Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 1/15/2009 — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting fire to the compound filled with hundreds of refugees as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the region on a mission to end Israel 's ...

After Gaza, how Obama can pick up the pieces — Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 1/5/2009
The conflict gives him critical leverage to prod long-needed concessions from both Palestinians and Israelis.

With nothing good to say, Obama keeps mum on Gaza (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/6/2009
AP - President-elect Barack Obama's studied silence on the subject of Israel's 10-day-old war against Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip is only partly out of deference to the man who still has the big job for two more weeks.

Colo.'s new senator relatively unknown to voters (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/6/2009
AP - Barack Obama knows Colorado's new senator better than most state voters do.

Obama breaks silence on Gaza, voices concern — Reuters: Politics 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama, breaking his silence about the Gaza war, expressed deep concern on Tuesday about the loss of civilian lives in Gaza and in Israel.

Al Qaeda report blames U.S. for Gaza violence — CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
An audio message says that Israeli airstrikes in Gaza are a gift from President-elect Barack Obama. (CNN) – An audio message reportedly from al Qaeda's deputy chief vows revenge for Israel's air and ground assault on Gaza and calls the Jewish ...