nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
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JERUSALEM Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in Gaza announced an immediate, week-long cease-fire in the conflict with Israel on Sunday, about 12 hours after an Israeli unilateral cease-fire went into effect. The Palestinian groups said in a statement that they would give Israeli ...
haaretz.com - 1/17/2009
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haaretz.com —
Israel is very close to securing the objectives
of its 22-day-old offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip,
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Saturday, according to French News Agency AFP. "After three weeks of Operation Cast Lead, we are very close ...
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Israel's Cabinet to vote Saturday on ...
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
In a speech broadcast on Hamas television on
Sunday night, Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said the
Palestinians had achieved a historical and strategic victory over Israel, and claimed that Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip had ...
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Haniyeh: We have achieved victory | Middle East | ...
turcopolier.typepad.com - 1/18/2009
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turcopolier.typepad.com —
"Hamas officials were set to hold talks in
Cairo with Egyptian mediators to hear the Israeli response
to proposals put forward by the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip.Hamas has offered a one-year, renewable truce on condition that all...
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An inevitable outcome in Gaza
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How Does It Feel To Lose Two Wars In A Row?
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... Jordan River in a fair and equable fashion?
Because, as it looks to me, and as Col. Lang writes:
The Israelis have failed to humble Hamas. Rockets still arrive in Israel. This failure in their self-declared war aim will cost them dearly in the strategic contest. They are going to halt their "offensive without any sort of concession from Hamas?"
So, you just murdered more than a thousand people for what? Literally nothing. Hamas is still shooting rockets into Southern Israel.
Seriously, I'm not anti-Israel. I'm ...
On the 23rd Day, Not Quite a Cease Fire
A Blog For All —
... by minute, hour by hour." Israel must adhere to a zero-tolerance of any additional attacks on it. The reason Israel had to launch Operation Cast Lead in the first place was because it allowed Hamas to think that it could attack Israel with impunity for years on end with rocket attacks. Israel's restraint was seen as weakness and Hamas exploited the Israeli political class' reluctance to attack Hamas, which put Southern Israel at increased risk of attack by kassam rocket and mortar. Hamas fired 13 rockets at Israel this morning (make that ...
The End of the Beginning
Matthew Yglesias —
... It looks like there’s a tentative cease-fire in place between Israel and Hamas “coming after 22 days of war that killed more than 1,200 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.” ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... the all-white dinner party feels all wrong. Certain hosts are suddenly grappling with a new reality: They need some black friends. Overnight, black politicians, lawyers and journalists are hot properties, receiving engraved invitations from people they never got invitations from before. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is giving away tickets to the Obama inaugural in a free raffle. Couldn't hurt to try! Hamas agrees to join Israel's cease fire. The Palestinian groups said in a statement that ...
Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Over the weekend, Israel declared a cease fire to its three-week offensive in Gaza. Hamas, in response, declared a week-long truce, purportedly the time it should take for Israeli troops to withdraw from Gaza. * On a related note, the Washington Post notes an ...
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