latimes.com - 1/2/2009
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It's a new year in an old and bloody world. In Israel, politicians jockeying for power have launched the most lethal military assault on Palestinian territory in decades. Israel has justified its bombardment of Gaza on the grounds that Hamas broke a fragile, temporary cease-fire. The Israeli ...
rasmussenreports.com - 1/1/2009
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rasmussenreports.com —
Americans, while far more sympathetic to Israel than
the Palestinians, are closely divided over whether the Jewish
state should be taking military action against militants in the Gaza Strip. Forty-four percent (44%) say Israel should have taken ...
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Americans Closely Divided Over Israel’s Gaza Attacks
prospect.org - 1/1/2009
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prospect.org —
This blog is on a light schedule today
and tomorrow due to various New Years related program
activities, but it's worth quickly responding to Jonathan Chait's post on Israel and Palestine. Chait makes a common claim, which is that all analysis of the ...
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AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.
news.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel dropped a one-ton
bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday,
killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army ...
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Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - ...
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LA Times columist’s predictable "blame Israel" (and Bush) column
QandO —
Rosa Brooks manages a rather stunning feat - she proves she has a marginal grasp on the obvious while then proving she hasn’t a clue about the present Israeli/Palestinian problem. ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... But wait... there's more about what an abysmal failure Bush was, and how laughable his legacy builders are. The measure of Bush's failure as President is not his broken promises or unmet goals. All politicians break their promises, and none achieve the goals of their soaring rhetoric. But Bush stands out for abandoning the promises and goals that got him elected, taking up the opposite ones and then failing to keep or meet those. Rosa Brooks: Israel can't bomb its way to peace. Jeff Jacoby: Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, ...
Open Thread on Israel Strike on Hamas, Part II
Shakesville —
... we had a really interesting and almost totally civil thread, and I'd be ever so grateful if we could do the same thing again. (If you didn't read the first thread, it's worth a look.) The Guardian: Israeli warplanes destroy Gaza houses and mosque as air strikes continue WaPo: Senior Hamas Leader Killed: Israelis Stand Ready to Invade Gaza by Land New York Times: Striking Deep Into Israel, Hamas Employs an Upgraded Arsenal LA Times: Israel can't bomb its way to peace Ezra: An Occupied Nation and a Threatened One ...
A Few Thoughts on Gaza
democracyarsenal.org —
... Now, if any consensus has developed out of this current conflict it is that the U.S has wrongly disengaged from its historical mediation role in the Arab/Israeli conflict and needs to re-engage in the process. For example, just yesterday in the LA Times, my friend and colleague, Rosa Brooks noted that "Only the U.S. -- Israel's primary supporter and main financial sponsor -- can push it to make the hard choices necessary for its own long-term security, as well as the region's." ...
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msnbc.com: Politics 1/3/2009
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