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michaeltotten.com - 1/6/2009
Harry Reid Steps Up
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Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went on Meet the Press Sunday and strongly supported Israel's right to defend itself from the terrorist army in Gaza. “For eight years they've been firing rockets into Israel,” he said of Hamas, and went on to describe the dynamic as follows:  ...
Stephen M. Walt | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
walt.foreignpolicy.com - 1/5/2009
Stephen M. Walt | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
— walt.foreignpolicy.com — Over at Salon.com, Glenn Greenwald has posted some typically sharp and forceful comments on the gap between... American public opinion on the conflict in Gaza and the public stance taken by our politicians. Citing a recent Rasmussen poll , he shows that ... (more) Stephen M. Walt | A FOREIGN POLICY blog

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lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/7/2009
"We have no grand political scheme"
— lynch.foreignpolicy.com — I spent the morning at a lecture organized by GWU's outstanding Homeland Security Policy Institute's Ambassador's Roundtable... Series featuring Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor. It was a profoundly dismaying experience. Because ... (more) "We have no grand political scheme"

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jta.org - 1/6/2009
Dems plan pro-Israel resolution
— jta.org — Top Democrats are planning to introduce a nonbinding congressional resolution supporting Israel's goal in its Gaza Strip... operation. (more) Dems plan pro-Israel resolution

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Michael Totten: Harry Reid Steps Up
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... President of France Nicolas Sarkozy condemned Israel’s response on the very first day, while the hyperpartisan left-wing American senator stridently defended Israel after more than a week of fierce fighting. Hatred of Israel consumes the mainstream political Right as well as the Left in Europe, while hatred of Israel in the United States is relegated only to part of the intellectual class and to the left-wing and right-wing lunatic fringes. Read the rest in Commentary Magazine. read ...

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