talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/29/2008
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As the Israeli assault on Gaza unfolds, and we receive new information about the death toll and new predictions about the prospects for any peace settlement, I wanted to refocus back on the essential issue that is still with us and will continue to be with us after this blow up fades into ...
google.com - 12/30/2008
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google.com —
1 day ago BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Tens of
thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters stood under pouring rain...
Monday to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, which entered its third day. The demonstrators thronged a huge square and nearby ...
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The Associated Press: Thousands protest Gaza assault in ...
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Gaza and Settlements
Talking Points Memo —
... A longtime reader wrote in in response to my post below saying that I was off base since Hamas doesn't recognize even the concept of the settlements -- in the sense of distinguishing between towns in Israel proper, the pre-1967 borders and those in the West Bank. But that misunderstands my point. I don't think Hamas makes that distinction. But I don't think that's the point. I thought I'd print what I wrote him in response. ...
Hamas A Mere Distraction?
TPMCafe —
... Over at the TPM mothership, Josh has put up a fairly provocative posting asserting the key stumbling block to resolution between Israelis and Palestinians is the continued existence of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and not Hamas, which he claims is a mere "distraction" from that core question. ...
More than 500 killed so far in Gaza
BlueOregon —
... Josh Marshall at TPM says the heart of the issue is the exponential growth of settlements in the West Bank. His post on the subject is here ...
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