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Has Israel learned its lesson?
As it fights Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel seems determined not to repeat the mistakes it made two years ago.
Americans Closely Divided Over Israel’s Gaza Attacks
rasmussenreports.com — Americans, while far more sympathetic to Israel than the Palestinians, are closely divided over whether the Jewish... state should be taking military action against militants in the Gaza Strip. Forty-four percent (44%) say Israel should have taken ... (more) Americans Closely Divided Over Israel’s Gaza Attacks
Gaza rockets put Israel’s nuclear plant in battle zone
timesonline.co.uk — There were growing fears in Israel last night that Hamas missiles could threaten its top-secret nuclear facility... at Dimona. Rocket attacks from Gaza have forced Israelis to flee in ever greater numbers and military chiefs have been shaken by the ... (more) Gaza rockets put Israel’s nuclear plant in battle ...
AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.
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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A few links on Gaza
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... made by supposedly rational adults. Hanson hits the nail on the head in this analysis. Israel, Hamas, and moral Idiocy Christian Science Monitor There is no moral equivilance here, folks. Fight Fire with Cease-fire NYT Speaking of moral idiots, I give you Exhibit A. Israel Shakes Up the Information War Pajamas Media Israel is trying to bypass traditional media which as noted above are moral idiots by using Twitter and You Tube. Has Israel Learned Its Lesson? Boston Globe Critical quote: But it ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... Bush was, and how laughable his legacy builders are. The measure of Bush's failure as President is not his broken promises or unmet goals. All politicians break their promises, and none achieve the goals of their soaring rhetoric. But Bush stands out for abandoning the promises and goals that got him elected, taking up the opposite ones and then failing to keep or meet those. Rosa Brooks: Israel can't bomb its way to peace. Jeff Jacoby: Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb... squishniks beware. This conflict needs some ...

Time Rayyans out
Yourish.com — ... the beginning of the second intifada, Rayyan sent one of his sons to carry out a suicide attack in Gush Katif’s Elei Sinai in 2001. Two Israelis were killed. Rayyan was also responsible for a series of suicide bombings and attacks inside the Green Line, including the suicide bombing in Ashdod Port in 2004 in which 10 Israelis died. I guess, then, that he answered his son’s prayers himself. Unfortunately two innocents also died. Jeff Jacoby asks if Israel has learned its lesson, specifically: ISRAEL’S 2006 war against ...

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Op-Ed Columnist - Israel’s Goals in Gaza?
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Edward N. Luttwak: Yes, Israel Can Win in Gaza
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Can There Be Politics in Tragedy? Or in Gaza?
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/5/2009 — I'm immersed in long-range writing and leave tomorrow for six months in Berlin, but the Gaza war provokes me to share a brilliant essay by Darry Li, a doctoral student in anthropology and Middle East Studies at Harvard and a student at Yale Law ...
Hamas defiant as Israel rejects Gaza truce (AFP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/31/2008
AFP - Hamas vowed on Wednesday to fight "until the last breath" if Israel makes good on threats to send ground troops into Gaza after rejecting calls for a truce and pressing on with its air assault.
Hezbollah-like tactic used by Hamas against Israel (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/31/2008
AP - U.S. counterterrorism experts say that since taking control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has adopted the rocket tactics used by Lebanese Hezbollah, shifting away from its reliance on suicide bombers in attacks on Israel.
Bush stance on cease-fire shows support for Israel (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/1/2009
AP - By insisting that Hamas go first in any cease-fire with Israel, the Bush administration is sticking to its support for the Jewish state's right of self-defense while stopping short of encouraging an Israeli ground assault aimed at fully ...
Arabs draft UN resolution to halt Gaza attacks (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/1/2009
AP - The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday night on an Arab request for a binding and enforceable resolution condemning Israel and halting its military attacks on Gaza.
Israeli minister: Gaza decisions made day-by-day (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/1/2009
AP - Any decision by Israel to end fighting in Gaza will depend on a daily assessment of its military operations against the militant Islamic group Hamas, the Israeli foreign minister said Thursday in Paris.