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juancole.com - 1/5/2009
Israel invades Gaza
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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, ...
juancole.com - 1/4/2009
Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars
— 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 ... (more) Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

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Proportionality And Terror
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
Proportionality And Terror
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Noah Pollak asked me to provide some framework for a discussion of proportionality and just war theory... with respect to the Israeli attack on Gaza. In re-reading my Catechism and brushing up on just war theory, I am struck first of all by how alien ... (more) Proportionality And Terror

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timesonline.co.uk - 1/5/2009
It breaks my heart to see Israel's stupidity | Michael Lerner
— timesonline.co.uk — Israel's attempt to wipe out Hamas is understandable, but stupid. No country in the world is going... to ignore the provocation of rockets being launched from neighbouring territory day after day. If Mexico had a group of anti-imperialists bombing ... (more) It breaks my heart to see Israel's stupidity | ...

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Zionism joins the deadly league of -isms
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — ... Israel has invaded the territories. They have unleashed what Juan Cole describes as an all out war on Gaza Palestinians after the  "micro-war" waged by the same Muslim fundamentalist Hamas party Israel funded and favored to weaken and split the very secular PLO. ...

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