timesonline.co.uk - 1/5/2009
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Fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza City yesterday as a Hamas leader warned that the Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel s devastating assault. They have legitimised the murder of their own children by killing the children of ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/6/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Az-Zahar claimed victory for
Hamas on Monday, saying Hamas had succeeded in “destroying...
Israel's sense of security” with its rocket attacks. Zahar made his proclamation in video footage sent from a secret ...
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Zahar Claims Victory, Calls to Kill Jewish Children - ...
jpost.com - 1/6/2009
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jpost.com —
As the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip
entered its 10th day, Hamas has begun sending conflicting...
messages regarding its intentions. These contradictory messages, Palestinian political analysts said, reflected the state of confusion in Hamas and raised ...
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Analysis: Hamas desperate for lull | Middle East | ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Noah Pollak asked me to provide some framework
for a discussion of proportionality and just war theory...
with respect to the Israeli attack on Gaza. In re-reading my Catechism and brushing up on just war theory, I am struck first of all by how alien ...
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Proportionality And Terror
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Hamas: We'll kill Jewish children anywhere
Jihad Watch —
... "Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children," by James Hider in the Times, January 5 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...
HAMAS SUICIDE OPERATIONS
Dr. Sanity —
... ) just to avoid acknowledging the reality of Israeli military and moral superiority--i.e., they "can't accept a new cease-fire without having proved to the Arab and Muslim masses that it was capable of making Israel pay a heavy price for its military offensive". They want to be able to capture just one Israeli soldier; kill just one group of Israeli civilians (hopefully children--when did Hamas ever need a "legitimate" reason to do so, one wonders?), in order to avoid shame. And, as I noted in ...
Havoc
Neptunus Lex —
... , the funding taps are loosened in Qom, Qatar, Riyadh and Dubai and the killing can continue for another generation. And having woven the victim’s mantle by deliberately placing their own children at risk, Hamas can wear it while it promises to deliberately target Israeli schoolchildren. The forces of moral relativism at UN have the perfect bloody shirt to wave at the evil Zionists. ...
Which Side Supports Genocide?
Rhymes With Right —
... official , on the other hand, has made it very clear that he wants to see war crimes stepped up to include genocide and the intentional murder of children. [Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Az-Zahar] called to murder Israelis and Jews worldwide, including children. The Israelis have sentenced their children to death... They have legitimized the killing of their people all over the world, he said. Hamas' platform calls for all Jews to convert to Islam or be killed, based on an Islamic saying (Hadith), and the group has not refrained from targeting children in the past. Now lets see ...
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