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haaretz.com - 1/3/2009

Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza Strip - Haaretz - Israel News

— haaretz.com — Palestinian witnesses said the artillery barrage caused a large explosion in Gaza City as well as a... series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel. Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel was shelling targets along the ... (more) Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...

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prospect.org - 1/1/2009

AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.

— 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 ... (more) AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.

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latimes.com - 1/2/2009

Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — 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 ... (more) Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times

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Human Rights Watch on Gaza
Matthew Yglesias — ... This is a few days old and, frankly, a bit obvious but for the record I think I should link to and quote from Human Rights Watch’s most recent statement on Gaza: ...

White House, Israel Reject Conclusion Of Aid Groups That Humanitarian Crisis Exists In Gaza
Think Progress — ... Despite the fact that both Hamas and Israel both share responsibility for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, as British Prime Minster Gordon Brown put it: “It is vital that moderation must now prevail — ...

Israel invades Gaza
Informed Comment — After a four-hour artillery barrage, Israeli troops moved into the northern part of the Gaza strip on Saturday. Human Rights Watch has slammed Israel for indiscriminate attacks on civilians during the Gaza operation, which is a war crime. At 2:06 pm on Saturday 1/3 EST, I was watching CNN, the US feed, which had temporarily switched to the London desk of CNN International. CNN International began an interview with PLO spokesman Saeb Erakat, the first time I have seen a Palestinian commenter on US television during the past week with the exception of ...