ynetnews.com - 12/27/2008
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Popular Resistance Committees spokesman says group plans to kidnap female soldier should IDF enter Gaza, so that 'Gilad Shalit will be able to start family'; Gaza groups have more than 10,000 rockets, 'can drop martyrs from sky into Tel Aviv,' he says Sharon Roffe-Ofir Palestinian threats: An ...
prospect.org - 12/28/2008
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prospect.org —
This is the paragraph that I can't get
out of my head: Hamas had in recent weeks...
let it be known that it doubted Israel would engage in a major military undertaking because of its coming elections. But in some ways the elections have made it ...
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ISRAEL, WRONG.
thewashingtonnote.com - 12/28/2008
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thewashingtonnote.com —
One of the most important and sensible comments
made during the last stretch of the campaign came...
from the straight-talking Joe Biden. The then Democratic vice-presidential nominee said that Barack Obama would be " tested" by crisis early in his ...
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Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy
prospectsforpeace.com - 12/28/2008
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prospectsforpeace.com —
For many people, what has happened today between
Gaza and Israel may have all too familiar a...
ring to it Israel warns and then retaliates to an alleged or real Palestinian escalation of violence, there is Arab condemnation and international ...
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What next on Gaza/Israel and Why Americans Should Care ...
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/26/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Gaza Group: We’ll Abduct Female Soldier Popular Resistance Committees spokesman says group plans to kidnap female soldier should IDF enter Gaza, so that ‘Gilad Shalit will be able to start family’; Gaza groups have more than 10,000 rockets, ‘can drop martyrs from sky into Tel Aviv,’ he says Specifically, the group would aim to kidnap a female soldier, the PRC’s Abu Abir told the Nazareth-based Arb al-Dahel. “The resistance movement is talking about the abduction of a female soldier, and we’re certain ...
Ghaza…again..
Rantings of a Sandmonkey —
... But..but..you will say..the palestinians are shooting rockets at our people…The Israelis are shooting rockets at our people..Blood and death and mayhem and destruction and CRY HAVOC WHY DON'T YOU? The dogs of war have been unleashed, the cheerleaders are all in place ready to cheer, with escelation being the word on everybody's ...
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