haaretz.com - 1/16/2009
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Hamas will not accept Israeli conditions for a cease-fire in Gaza and would continue armed resistance until the offensive ends, Khaled Meshal, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist group, said on Friday. Speaking at the opening of an emergency meeting on Gaza in Doha, Meshal called on the ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/16/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) "Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at
worst Israel will come and do something from the
air - superficial." The so-called "Iranian Unit" of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily. The ...
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"Iranian Unit" Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised - ...
zombietime.com - 1/16/2009
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zombietime.com —
On January 10, the war between Israel and
Hamas became a global conflict. No longer confined to
the Gaza Strip, the fighting spread to cities around the world : what were billed as “anti-war” demonstrations from Los Angeles to Copenhagen and beyond ...
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January 10, 2009: The Intifada is globalized as the Gaza ...
commentarymagazine.com - 1/17/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
The Israeli cabinet met tonight and approved a
unilateral cease-fire in Gaza set to take effect at
2AM, Israel time. Hamas is responding to the announcement with fresh barrages of rocket fire. Israel has recently been under immense international ...
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Israel’s Scramble to End the War Too Soon
Pajamas Media —
... and severely damaged shops — meaning Israeli forces have hardly had enough time to put an end to the threat. Reportedly under an emerging proposal for a deal, Hamas will agree to a one-year truce conditional on Israel withdrawing all its forces within a week. Not only does past experience show that Hamas honors such truces mainly in the breach, but Hamas will also be able to boast that — as with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006 — Israel wasn’t able to stop the rocket fire up until the last day of the fighting. For Hamas itself and the masses throughout the Arab and Islamic world ...
Hamas: We will not accept Israel cease-fire demands
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Speaking at the opening of an emergency meeting on Gaza in Doha, Meshal called on the leaders present to cut all ties with Israel. Meshal joined Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in making the surprise appearance at the summit, aiming to show their weight in diplomatic efforts surrounding the Gaza crisis. Hamas is set to send a delegation to Cairo later on Friday to discuss Egyptian efforts to mediate a cease-fire in Gaza, a Hamas official told Al Jazeera television. Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056134.html
Israel’s Scramble to End the War Too Soon
Israpundit —
... Reportedly under an emerging proposal for a deal, Hamas will agree to a one-year truce conditional on Israel withdrawing all its forces within a week. Not only does past experience show that Hamas honors such truces mainly in the breach, but Hamas will also be able to boast that — as with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006 — Israel wasn’t able to stop the rocket fire up until the last day of the fighting. For Hamas itself and the masses throughout the Arab and Islamic world who admire it, that’s a psychological victory. ...
Israel’s “Unilateral” Ceasefire
Comments from Left Field —
... the troops. If not, the operation will continue.
“Today, we face you again and can say that the conditions have been created so that our targets, as defined when we launched the operation, have been fully achieved, and more so,” Olmert said, in a special address to the nation on Saturday night.
Those goals were defined as stopping the rocket fire on Israel and an end to the arms smuggling into Gaza.
Hamas leaders rejected Israel’s terms, saying they did not go far enough: ...
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