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washingtonpost.com - 10/31/2009
House set to pass resolution denouncing U.N.'s Gaza report
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newyorker.com - 11/2/2009
Lawrence Wright: What really happened during the Israeli attacks?
— newyorker.com — In southwest Israel, at the border of Egypt and the Gaza Strip, there is a small crossing... station not far from a kibbutz named Kerem Shalom. A guard tower looms over the flat, scrubby buffer zone. Gaza never extends more than seven miles wide, and the ... (more) Lawrence Wright: What really happened during the Israeli ...

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newyorker.com - 11/2/2009
Gaza, Gilad Shalit, Hamas, and Israel
— newyorker.com — In southwest Israel, at the border of Egypt and the Gaza Strip, there is a small crossing... station not far from a kibbutz named Kerem Shalom. A guard tower looms over the flat, scrubby buffer zone. Gaza never extends more than seven miles wide, and the ... (more) Gaza, Gilad Shalit, Hamas, and Israel

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/30/2009
Will Nancy Pelosi and George Miller Allow Passage of Resolution Bashing The Goldstone Report On ...
— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — It is hard to imagine that the United States Congress can outdo its own record of rousing... support for any and all Israeli actions and policies. But now, according to a report by Spencer Ackerman in the Washington Independent , it is preparing to do ... (more) Will Nancy Pelosi and George Miller Allow Passage of ...

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TPMCafe:  WP: Democratic House To Pass Resolution Endorsing Israel's Actions in Gaza War on Tuesday

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  MJ Rosenberg: Dems in House to Pass Resolution Defending Gaza War

Firedoglake:  Sending a Clear Message to the Muslim World

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WP: Democratic House To Pass Resolution Endorsing Israel's Actions in Gaza War on Tuesday
TPMCafe — ... war, the Afghanistan war and God knows how many other US military actions (often rightly) go mute when it comes to Israel. In fact, most of them do. In other words, they are courageous when there is no cost for it. Passing this resolution will damage US security by stating to the world that when Bibi asks us to jump, we jump even higher. (Note to Congress: Did you ever consider just saying you don't agree with Goldstone's findings or did AIPAC reject that approach?) Here is the Post story. Here is the resolution. Here is a Jewish Telegraphic ...

MJ Rosenberg: Dems in House to Pass Resolution Defending Gaza War
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — The good news is that J Street is opposed to it. The bad news is that the 800 pound gorilla, AIPAC, and its satellite organizations are pushing it hard. The House resolution, which will pass on Tuesday, basically endorses everything Israel did in the horrific Gaza war while bashing Judge Richard Goldstone for documenting war crimes committed in that war (320 dead Palestinian kids!). After the vote I'll post the roll call and you will see that some of your favorite "courageous" liberals are none too courageous when it comes to this issue. Some of the ...

Sending a Clear Message to the Muslim World
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