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Israel, Gaza, and Arab regional divisions
abuaardvark.com - 12/29/2008
Israel, Gaza, and Arab regional divisions
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Israel's assault on Gaza, now in its second day with ground forces reportedly massing on the border , continues to dominate Arab politics and media. It's not hard to find the usual zillions of commentators consumed with the details of the Israeli-Palestinian issues (of those, I thought ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/29/2008
Israel says Gaza assault 'war to the bitter end' - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of what the... defense minister described Monday as a "war to the bitter end," striking next to the Hamas premier's home, and devastating a security compound and a ... (more) Israel says Gaza assault 'war to the bitter end' - ...

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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation... in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ... (more) Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...

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tnr.com - 12/29/2008
A Crisis And An Opportunity
— tnr.com — CNN International's coverage of yesterday's fighting in Gaza concluded at midnight with a rush of images: mangled... civilians writhing in the rubble, primitive hospitals overflowing with the wounded, fireballs mushrooming between apartment complexes, ... (more) A Crisis And An Opportunity

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Hit & Run:  Lebanon 2: This Time It's Southwards

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Lebanon 2: This Time It's Southwards
Hit & Run — Marc Lynch on the regional reaction to Israel's Gaza strikes: Almost every Arab media outlet, even those bitterly hostile to Hamas, is running bloody images from Gaza. But as with the 2006 Hezbollah war, Arab responses are enmeshed within deeply entrenched inter-Arab conflicts, dividing sharply between pro-U.S. regimes and the vast majority of expressed public opinion. One key divide revolves around the portrayal of the Arab regimes, with one side blasting Arab governments for what they are calling complicity with the Israeli attack and the other trying to create ...

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah guerrilla movement _ widely seen as the Arab world's most effective force against Israel _ is a staunch Hamas supporter but has so far held its fire as its Palestinian ally faces down Israel's assault in Gaza. Hezbollah possesses a ...
Israel's Motive: To Show Arab Foes Its Strength — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
JERUSALEM -- Israel's military operation in Gaza is aimed primarily at forcing Hamas to end its rocket barrages and military buildup. But it has another goal as well: to expunge the ghost of its flawed 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and re-establish Israeli deterrence. On the second ...
Reverberations — Power Line
The usual anti-Israel demonstrations are in progress in the Arab world, but of much greater significance is the man-bites-dog story: Egypt blames Hamas for the mess in Gaza. Egypt's failure to toe the terrorist line has evidently alarmed Hezbollah, as the Jerusalem Post reports: Hizbullah ...