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news.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009

Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - Yahoo! News

— news.yahoo.com — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday,... killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army ... (more) Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - ...

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prospect.org - 1/1/2009

AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.

— prospect.org — This blog is on a light schedule today and tomorrow due to various New Years related program... activities, but it's worth quickly responding to Jonathan Chait's post on Israel and Palestine. Chait makes a common claim, which is that all analysis of the ... (more) AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.

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latimes.com - 1/2/2009

Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — It's a new year in an old and bloody world. In Israel, politicians jockeying for power have... launched the most lethal military assault on Palestinian territory in decades. Israel has justified its bombardment of Gaza on the grounds that Hamas broke a ... (more) Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times

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Egyptian foreign minister slams Hamas again
Israel Matzav — Egyptian foreign minister slams Hamas again [image] Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit must like living dangerously. Today, he slammed Hamas again, saying that no cease fire will hold unless the terror group stops firing rockets at Israel, and criticizing the terror group for having given Israel an 'excuse' for launching the current attack on Gaza. Ahmed Aboul Gheit's comments came as Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Egypt's president, part of a tour by the Turkish leader to work out an Egyptian-Turkish initiative to end the violence. The initiative calls for a halt to Israel's assault, a return to a Hamas-Israel truce and an ...

Operation Cast Lead: Day 7
A Blog For All — ... . As I've repeatedly noted, Fatah and Hamas differ only in the timeline of Israel's destruction, not the ultimate goal of supplanting Israel with a Palestinian state. Many of Fatah's goons are just as interested in killing Israelis as Hamas. Egypt continues to hammer Hamas for not stopping its attacks on Israel . Egypt wants nothing to do with Gaza, and the threat of an Iranian proxy on its border has Egypt doing whatever it can to undermine Hamas' ability to operate. That said, Egypt can and should have been doing more to stop the smuggling of weapons and equipment between ...