news.yahoo.com - 1/18/2009
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JERUSALEM (AFP) Having declared its Gaza war over, Israel is readying a new offensive -- the battle for public opinion once there is a full account of the destruction and civilian deaths in the battered enclave. With Israel keeping Gaza closed to foreign media during the war and Hamas ...
nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
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nytimes.com —
JERUSALEM Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups
in Gaza announced an immediate, week-long cease-fire in the...
conflict with Israel on Sunday, about 12 hours after an Israeli unilateral cease-fire went into effect. The Palestinian groups said in ...
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Gaza Skirmishes Continue Despite Cease-Fire
haaretz.com - 1/17/2009
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haaretz.com —
Israel is very close to securing the objectives
of its 22-day-old offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip,...
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Saturday, according to French News Agency AFP. "After three weeks of Operation Cast Lead, we are very close ...
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Israel's Cabinet to vote Saturday on ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/19/2009
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The full scale of devastation in Gaza following
Israel's three-week offensive is becoming clear, after both Israel...
and Hamas declared ceasefires. UN official John Ging said half a million people had been without water since the conflict began, and ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Scale of Gaza destruction emerges
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Israel readies post-war battle for public opinion
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... a global one, with at least six ministers fanning out to different countries to press home Israel's view of the conduct of the war, the government said. Some of the ministers will be armed with residents of Israeli communities near the Gaza border who will tell audiences what it has been like living for years under the threat of rockets launched from the Palestinian enclave. With these efforts, Israel is aiming to prevent an "over-dramatisation" of the facts," Herzog said. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090117/wl_mideast_afp/mid... [image] Genaral view on January 16, ...
Israel prepares post-war battle for public opinion.
Think Progress —
Earlier this month, NBC’s war correspondent Richard Engel reported that Israel was waiting until Barack Obama’s inauguration to let reporters into Gaza, when viewers “simply won’t care.” Yesterday, Israel declared its war with Gaza over, meaning reporters may now be allowed to enter the strip:
With the fighting over, foreign journalists and non-governmental organisations are expected to flood into the impoverished Palestinian territory to assess the damage from 22 days of massive bombing and shelling. ...
Who Won the War in Gaza?
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Monday, January 19, 2009 Who Won the War in Gaza? Having declared its Gaza war over, Israel is readying a new offensive -- the battle for public opinion once there is a full account of the destruction and civilian deaths in the battered enclave. Posted by ...
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huffingtonpost.com 1/12/2009 — SDEROT, Israel — Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel's side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza.
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