michaeltotten.com - 1/12/2009
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Steven Erlanger wrote "a revealing article":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/world/middleeast/11hamas.html?ref=world in the New York Times about the methods of urban warfare used by the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas in Gaza. He shows that Hamas is committing war crimes against both Israelis ...
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
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jpost.com —
Iran is exerting heavy pressure on Hamas not
to accept the Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with
Israel, an Egyptian government official said on Sunday. The official told The Jerusalem Post by phone that two senior Iranian officials who visited ...
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Iran warns Hamas not to accept Egyptian truce proposal | ...
csis.org - 1/10/2009
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csis.org —
Synopsis: The Israeli-Hamas War, and there is little
else that it can be called, has now lasted
two weeks. Israeli jets have flown some 800 strike sorties, and the IDF has pushed deep into Gaza. Israel also continues to report tactical gains. The IDF ...
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jpost.com - 1/12/2009
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jpost.com —
A Fatah official in Ramallah on Sunday launched
a scathing attack on Hamas and described its leaders
as "criminals." Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on condition of anonymity, the Fatah official denounced Hamas as a "black and bloody militia" that was ...
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'Hamas a black and bloody militia' | Confronting Hamas | ...
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Michael Totten: Hamas is Responsible
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... Conventions clearly state that Hamas fighters endangered those civilians by disguising themselves. Not only do Israelis have a harder time figuring out who is a target and who needs protection, we all have a harder time identifying those who have already been wounded and killed. Hamas says mostly civilians have been wounded and killed in the fighting in Gaza, but its fighters look just like everyone else. They can trot out the bodies of two dead terrorists in front of the cameras and read ...
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Last week I spoke at the Quilliam Foundation in London on whether or not the international community should engage Hamas. The following is a summary of my remarks:
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drsanity.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — More Cartoons by Glenn Foden Or, as Siggy (who has an excellent essay up today on the collision of ideology, theology and Islam ) commented recently, "Israel is only waiting for Hamas to declare 'victory' before it agrees to a ceasefire." You see, ...
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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/12/2009 — Those of us who oppose Israel's attack on Hamas in Gaza, who are revolted by the pictures and reports of the mangled bodies and miseries of Palestinian children, dare not let Hamas off the hook because the residents of Gaza are victims. Don't forget ...
The Political Behavior of Hamas: Domestic Factors
democracyarsenal.org 1/7/2009 — I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post last week on Hamas’s strategic calculations (and miscalculations). In interpreting the behavior of Hamas, Hezbollah, as well as nonviolent Islamist parties or even nonviolent secular parties, there are a ...
Remembering How Gaza Got Like This
openleft.com 12/30/2008 — Those debating how much condemnation to allocate to Israel or the Palestinians need to save a bunch for the current crew in the Bush Administration. It's a good time to dig up a piece from Vanity Fair in April of this year, which goes into great ...
Goldberg on Hamas - The Plank
blogs.tnr.com 1/15/2009 — Jeffrey Goldberg has a fantastic New York Times op-ed on Hamas today.Calling it an "op-ed" doesn't do it justice, because it's filled with great scene reporting with some truly bizarre, twisted characters. You should definitely read the piece just ...
Gaza: A Real History
boomantribune.com 1/10/2009 — Disregarding concerns from Israeli officials, President Bush pushed for Palestinian elections in early January 2006. A White House spokesman made it clear meanwhile that President Bush wanted the elections to go ahead as scheduled, and for voting to ...
The Beatdown Continues: 'Hamas Has Nothing Left But Rockets'
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — These chicken-shit terrorists are still hiding behind children and killing members of Fatah. They can't hold up against the IDF and except for the rockets, all they have left is a sympathetic media. Thankfully the Israelis are largely ignoring the ...
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