commentarymagazine.com - 1/16/2009
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The Israeli media is reporting that the war in Gaza will come to an end during the next 72 hours to allow Egypt to finish brokering an arrangement between Israel, Hamas, and Fatah.
The sources said that the renewed lull will last at least a year, and is expected to last even longer. According to ...
zombietime.com - 1/16/2009
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zombietime.com —
On January 10, the war between Israel and
Hamas became a global conflict. No longer confined to
the Gaza Strip, the fighting spread to cities around the world : what were billed as “anti-war” demonstrations from Los Angeles to Copenhagen and beyond ...
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January 10, 2009: The Intifada is globalized as the Gaza ...
nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
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nytimes.com —
JERUSALEM Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups
in Gaza announced an immediate, week-long cease-fire in the
conflict with Israel on Sunday, about 12 hours after an Israeli unilateral cease-fire went into effect. The Palestinian groups said in ...
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Gaza Skirmishes Continue Despite Cease-Fire
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
In a speech broadcast on Hamas television on
Sunday night, Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said the
Palestinians had achieved a historical and strategic victory over Israel, and claimed that Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip had ...
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Haniyeh: We have achieved victory | Middle East | ...
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Gaza war ending?
Israel Matzav —
Gaza war ending? At Commentary, Noah Pollak fears that Operation Cast Lead is coming to an end . The Israeli media is reporting that the war in Gaza will come to an end during the next 72 hours to allow Egypt to finish brokering an arrangement between Israel, Hamas, and Fatah. ... In the coming months, images of the destruction the IDF has inflicted on Hamas over the past two weeks will fade out while the strategic fallout from the war comes into stark relief: Hamas will be able to say, with perfect credibility, that it continued firing rockets at Israel — many of ...
Your rock, Barak
Yourish.com —
The talk about a possible ceasefire (via memeorandum) between Israel and Hamas before dealing Hamas a decisive blow is disappointing, especially since it doesn’t seem to include the freedom of Gilad Shalit.
Hamas does not have the upper hand, but Israel might still letting it declare victory.
Still given the Egyptian attitude towards Hamas. It’s encouraging to read these attitudes from Fatah about Sayyam.
The Palpress News Agency, which is run by followers of former Fatah security chief ...
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