Israel Begins Ground War in Gaza
truthdig.com 1/5/2009 — Israeli forces crossed into Gaza on Saturday night, launching ground attacks and seriously ratcheting up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following a week of bombardment from intensive airstrikes. The United Nations Security Council met that ...

Israel escalates, ground war begins
washingtonmonthly.com 1/3/2009 — ISRAEL ESCALATES, GROUND WAR BEGINS.... Israel spent much of the last several days amassing its infantry forces along the Gaza border, in anticipation for a likely ground invasion. Today, that came to pass. Israeli troops began moving into Gaza on...

Joe The Plumber Files First Reports From Israel On Gaza Crisis
huffingtonpost.com 1/12/2009 — SDEROT, Israel — Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel's side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza. The Ohio man, who rocketed to fame during the U.S. presidential campaign ...

War: What Is It Good For?
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 1/8/2009 — Yesterday, Matt Yglesias offered a thoughtful attempt to put his skepticism about Israel's Gaza incursion in the context of the lessons he's drawn from the Iraq War: I've been thinking back on some of the online disputes I've been having about ...

Anti-Israel Protests in America Cross the Line of Decency
pajamasmedia.com 1/11/2009 — Chants such as "Nuke Israel" and "Down with Zionism" are ringing out from Los Angeles to Chicago.

Playing to Win in Gaza
brusselsjournal.com 1/9/2009 — As the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip nears the end of its second week, two things are clear: first, that it will come to some sort of internationally brokered end ; and second, that it will end thus because there is no other end that Israel will ...

Israel, War Crimes, and Shame...
atlargely.com 1/10/2009 — More on Israel: "Israel's current assault on the Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ...

Israeli Operations in Gaza and the Issue of Proportionality - Silverman
turcopolier.typepad.com 1/12/2009 — Since the beginning of Israel’s military operations in Gaza a great deal of ink has been spilled, and digits used up, going back and forth over the how of what Israel is doing. While it is true that the easily...

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 ...

In Israel
michaeltotten.com 1/19/2009 — I'm in Israel now and have been here since Saturday afternoon. I have one more day with a packed schedule and then I should be able to squeeze in some time to write. Stay tuned for several short analysis pieces and a long dispatch from the border with ...

Bush calls Hamas attacks an 'act of terror' — msnbc.com: Politics 1/3/2009
President George W. Bush on Friday branded the Hamas rocket attacks on Israel an "act of terror" and outlined his own condition for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying no peace deal would be acceptable without monitoring to halt the flow of smuggled ...

State Dept spokesman says US working for ceasefire (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/3/2009
AP - The United States is working toward a cease-fire that will not allow Hamas to continue firing rockets into Israel, a State Department spokesman said after Israel launched a ground invasion of Gaza.

Bush Asserts Israel’s Right to Defense — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/3/2009
The Bush administration defended Israel’s military incursion into the Gaza Strip Saturday asserting that Israel had the right to defend itself against Hamas rocket fire. The U.S. also refused to pressure Israel into accepting an immediate ...

US blames Hamas for growing Mideast violence (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/4/2009
AP - The Bush administration on Saturday blamed the more than week-old onslaught in the Gaza strip squarely on Hamas militants and avoided any criticism of Israel despite mounting world outrage over a death toll now topping 460 and growing.

European protesters urge end to offensive on Gaza (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/3/2009
AP - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in European cities on Saturday against Israel's bombardment of Gaza, including protesters who hurled shoes at the tall iron gates outside the British prime minister's residence in London.