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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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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 12/31/2008

The problem with Israel-Palestine blogging

— meganmcardle.theatlantic.com — Everyone engaged in it is interested in proving that one side is righter than the other.  Since no action in the region has occurred without plausible provocation for 4,000 years or so, this requires constantly shifting the metrics by which you ... (more) The problem with Israel-Palestine blogging

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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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Israeli Aircraft Kill Senior Hamas Figure
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... has been killed in an Israeli airstrike. This is the first time aircraft have targeted a senior member of Gaza's Hamas rulers since Israel launched a bruising offensive on the Palestinian territory on Saturday. Hamas identified the dead man as Nizar Rayyan, who had close ties to the group's military wing. Medics says seven people were killed in the airstrike on Rayyan's house Thursday. Israel's offensive is meant to halt militants' rocket fire on southern communities Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_i...

Israeli strike kills Hamas top dog; AP says this "escalates campaign"
Jihad Watch — ... Rockets into Israel from Gaza? That didn't escalate anything. Only Israel can escalate the campaign. "Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign," by Ibrahim Barzak And Amy Teibel for Associated Press, January 1 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...

For the AP, the new year’s the same as the old
neo-neocon — ... Just in case you thought the AP had turned over a new leaf, here’s its current take on the Israel/Palestine conflict. It’s titled, “Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign.” ...

"We don't target civilians"
Left I on the News — ... or whatever other group you're fighting at the time) hides behind civilians" nonsense? Sorry, no matter how much of a lie that is in general, someone in their own home with their family is not "hiding behind civilians." Update: Medics say 10 people, including Rayyan, his wife and three children, were killed and about 30 were wounded in the air attack on Rayyan's home in the northern Jabalya refugee camp on Thursday.Different figures from AP: Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman ...

The Alan Dershowitz Fairy Tale Hour
Comments from Left Field — ... house. Hamas knew that Israel would never fire at a home with civilians in it. They also knew that if Israeli authorities did not learn there were civilians in the house and fired on it, Hamas would win a public relations victory by displaying the dead. Israel held its fire. The Hamas rockets that were protected by the human shields were then used against Israeli civilians. Israel would never fire at a home with civilians in it? How about civilians sunbathing on a beach?