jpost.com - 1/30/2009
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Members of a Gaza family whose farm was turned into a "fortress" by Hamas fighters have reported that they were helpless to stop Hamas from using them as human shields. They told the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper that for years Hamas had used their property and homes as military ...
michaeltotten.com - 2/1/2009
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Khaled Abu Toameh is not your typical Palestinian
journalist. He began his career at one of Yasser...
Arafat's newspapers and today he writes for the Jerusalem Post . He has produced video for European TV stations, and even blogged for a while at ...
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A Minority Report from the West Bank and Gaza
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timesonline.co.uk - 1/30/2009
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Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle
East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza...
in the quest for a settlement will not work, Tony Blair has told The Times . The former prime minister implicitly criticises the strategy followed ...
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Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair
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Gaza family describes how Hamas used them as human shields
Jihad Watch —
"Those who tried to object were shot in the legs by Hamas operatives."
"Gaza victims describe human shield use," from the Jerusalem Post, January 29:
Members of a Gaza family whose farm was turned into a "fortress" by Hamas fighters have reported that they were helpless to stop Hamas from using them as human shields.
They told the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper that for years Hamas had used their property and homes as military installations from which the group would launch rockets into ...
Evidence Continues Piling Up On Hamas War Crimes
A Blog For All —
Maybe Gazans are starting to get the idea that supporting Hamas was a real bad idea and counterproductive? They are starting to voice their knowledge of being used as human shields . They were powerless to resist or so they claim. After all, Hamas had the guns and the willingness to murder those who oppose their terror regime. And now ...
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