lennybendavid.com - 12/28/2008
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The humanitarian assistance also served to lull Hamas into believing that Israel was going soft. The attack on the Jewish Sabbath was also unexpected by Hamas. Israeli intelligence was tracking, following, and marking the Hamas leadership, terrorist camps, and rocket crews for months. Hundreds ...
israellycool.com - 12/27/2008
blogs.tnr.com - 12/28/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
From January 1 until December 21, Hamas and
its allies had launched exactly 1,250 rockets across the...
border between Gaza and Israel. Then the escalation really started: on Wednesday 70 projectile missiles landed in the Negev and its populated areas. ...
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Very Disproportionate, Indeed
reuters.com - 12/27/2008
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reuters.com —
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded
the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least...
195 people in one of the bloodiest days in the Palestinians' conflict with Israel. Militants in the Gaza Strip, who have launched ...
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Israel attacks Gaza, 195 reported killed
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The New York Times scrubs a story; Fauxtography at WaPo
Israel Matzav —
... if you click through to that story those paragraphs have disappeared. But you know that the article existed because even the hand-wringing anti-Israel morons at Feministe quoted it . This kind of post-hoc media sanitation is becoming something of a trend . Trend? I'd say it's become the norm . But the Times isn't the only paper trying to 'enhance' the 'Palestinian' story this morning. So is the Washington Post . According to I*Consult , the Washington Post just published the following photo from Gaza — shot and ...
Calling Hamas, part 2
Power Line —
... and Bronner on the second day of the Israeli offensive. In the fifth paragraph, they report: "Palestinian officials said that most of the dead in Gaza were security officers for Hamas, including two senior commanders, and that at least 600 people had been wounded in the attacks."
The fog with which the mainstream media envelops its coverage of Israel makes understanding difficult. Lenny Ben-David also follows the media treatment of the offensive at I*Consult. See "Here comes the propaganda attack."
The Middle East coverage provided by the New York ...
Another Pallywood Production?
Little Green Footballs —
... Palestinian children and a man wounded in Israeli missile strikes are seen in the emergency area at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said at least 145 people were killed and more than 310 wounded in the single deadliest day in Gaza fighting in recent memory.
(Hat tip: ...
Israel defends itself against repeated aggression by Hamas …
Sister Toldjah —
... Shrugs is tracking the latest developments. Just keep scrolling.
Stay tuned …
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I*Consult - Israel Attacks Hamas — Here Comes the Hamas Propaganda Attack ...
Something stinks at the WaPo 'again': Palestinian children used as fautography props for casualties
Hyscience —
... As I*Consult notes, the children appear healthy. Would the photographer and caption writer, Khalil Hamra, fake a picture? The answer is a resounding "Yes." ...
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Calling Hamas, part 2
powerlineblog.com 12/28/2008 — Haaretz carries an informative account of the planning that went into Israel's current offensive (Operation Cast Lead) in Gaza. Haaretz's account emphasizes the intelligence-gathering underlying the operation:
[Defense Minister Ehud] Barak gave ...
The strike on Hamas
pajamasmedia.com 12/28/2008 — The Times Online reports that Israel carried out attacks on multiple Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. It says that several schoolchildren were also hurt in the attack.
One perfectly aimed missile demolished the Hamas-control-led Rafah police station. ...
And Again...
lefarkins.blogspot.com 12/28/2008 — Some depressing holiday news : Waves of Israeli aircraft swooped over the Gaza Strip on Saturday, firing missiles at Hamas’s security headquarters and killing more than 200 people, bringing the highest death toll in Gaza in years in a crushing ...
Hamas and the Palestinians
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the Palestinian Authority. But it is also true that many of the Palestinians who voted for Hamas were well
aware of the movement’s radical ...
Hamas and Palestinian Civilians
poligazette.com 12/31/2008 — I’ve had numerous discussions with people, mostly fellow Muslims, in recent days about the Israeli attacks on Gaza and the civilian victims of these bombings. As these people point out to me, purposefully killing innocent people - especially ...
The Unserious Left
weeklystandard.com 1/9/2009 — The ground invasion of Gaza has begun. According to the IDF spokesman , Israel's aims are limited to "deal[ing] a heavy blow to the Hamas terror organization, to strengthen Israel’s deterrence, and to create a better security situation for those ...
HAMAS SUICIDE OPERATIONS
drsanity.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — More Cartoons by Glenn Foden Or, as Siggy (who has an excellent essay up today on the collision of ideology, theology and Islam ) commented recently, "Israel is only waiting for Hamas to declare 'victory' before it agrees to a ceasefire." You see, ...
Article or Op-Ed
washingtoninstitute.org 1/2/2009 — Home ' height=25> By Matthew Levitt Forward , January 2, 2009 Operation Cast Lead, initiated in response to resumed Hamas rocket attacks on communities in southern Israel, represents Israel's most furious attack on Hamas since the terrorist group ...
Can Israel Break the Will of Hamas?
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com 12/29/2008 — A reader asks. The answer: I don't think so. Maybe momentarily. But Hamas will find ways to regain its "honor." Usually, this means exploding buses. The even deeper question: Can Israel force the overthrow of the Hamas government in Gaza? I'm not sure ...
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