truthdig.com - 1/5/2009
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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 evening in New York about the mounting Mideast ...
forward.com - 1/3/2009
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forward.com —
Opinion Wars sicken me, even wars that I
support. I support Israel’s offensive in Gaza, but watching...
it on TV — the images of bombed-out buildings, crying women and, inevitably, the bodies of innocent bystanders — is a painful experience. I suspect ...
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On Gaza, Sense and Centrism
juancole.com - 1/4/2009
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juancole.com —
With regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict, we have
entered the age of micro-wars. The first wars that...
Israel fought with its Arab neighbors were conventional struggles in which infantry, artillery, armor and air forces played central roles. Israel's ...
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Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars
nypost.com - 1/3/2009
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nypost.com —
Last updated: 6:26 am January 1, 2009 Posted:
3:28 am January 1, 2009 AS WORLD leaders and...
international organizations rush to rescue Hamas, Israel faces complex bat tlefield challenges - while fearing a stab in the back from the incoming Obama ...
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BAM STIRS FEARS IN ISRAEL - New York Post
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Senator Franken, At Last?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... from the territory to smuggle in more lethal weapons against tanks and troops. Its more sophisticated arsenal has been on display over the last weeks, as it has launched scores of longer range rockets from Gaza into Israeli cities. Israeli officials said they want to strike a hard blow against Hamas, improve Israeli deterrence and significantly change the security situation in southern Israel, where residents have been plagued by rocket fire out of Gaza for years. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries [image] [image] This entry was posted on Monday, ...
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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...
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
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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com 12/29/2008 — If someone was sending rockets on my house where my daughters were sleeping at night, I would do everything to stop it, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing. These aren't my words -- they're Barack Obama's. But I attach myself to this ...
Israel Begins Ground Operations In Gaza
minx.cc 1/3/2009 — Good luck to the IDF. For the first time since the start of Operation Cast Lead, the IDF sent a large number of ground troops into the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening. ...Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Channel 2...
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 ...
A Few Thoughts on Gaza
democracyarsenal.org 1/2/2009 — There are few topics more difficult to discuss in foreign policy circles than the Arab/Israeli conflict. Opinions on both sides are so hardened that it's become nearly impossible to have a cogent and unemotional conversation on the topic. But, I love ...
Israel and Gaza
boston.com 1/1/2009 — Back in June, 2008, Egypt helped broker a 6-month cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the ruling body in the Gaza Strip. Though the cease-fire was broken several times by both sides, it largely held. Toward the end of the cease-fire in ...
Why Gaza? Why Now?
michaeltotten.com 12/28/2008 — By Charles Chuman
The Israeli attacks on Gaza took the world by surprise. Why? Why now? And is it surprising?
A common response about the reason for the current military action is that the Israelis are tired of daily qassam attacks against Sderot ...
Bush puts onus on Hamas for any Gaza truce —
Reuters: Politics 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Monday that any ceasefire to end the Gaza crisis must include provisions to prevent Hamas from continuing to use the coastal strip to fire rockets into Israel.
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