haaretz.com - 1/9/2009
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The diplomatic-security cabinet on Friday rejected a United Nations Security Council cease-fire resolution and ordered the Israel Defense Forces to continue its current ground operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. In a communique released immediately after the cabinet session on ...
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 1/9/2009
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
As the IDF campaign in Gaza continues, so
do attempts by Hamas and Hamas sympathizers to use...
the western media as an often willing propaganda tool. Yesterday, media critic Charles Johnson commented on Little Green Footballs about a 2-minute CNN...
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Anatomy of a Media Hoax
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/9/2009
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Israel is to keep up its offensive in
the Gaza Strip despite a UN call for an...
immediate end to nearly two weeks of conflict involving Hamas militants. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the latest firing of rockets into Israel showed the resolution was ...
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UN ceasefire call goes unheeded
foxnews.com - 1/9/2009
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foxnews.com —
Friday, January 09, 2009 BREAKING NEWS— Israel's government
says it will press ahead with its offensive in...
the Gaza Strip despite a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office says the military "will ...
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Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - ...
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At last, UN Passes Ceasefire: Israel Says It Will Ignore It
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... worldwide.
The Security Council then passed a good resolution which, in a first, the United
States did not veto.
Immediately following the vote, the Palestinian foreign minister expressed some satisfaction but predicted Israel will ignore it. "They won't implement it. They will say it is almost the Shabbat and they can't violate it. Of course, they began the war on the Shabbat but stopping a war is a violation. No, they won't stop."
And now, this "hell, no" from Olmert.
Read this from Gideon Levy, veteran of the IDF, ...
Israel rejects UN truce resolution, continues Gaza operation
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... its current ground operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. In a communique released immediately after the cabinet session on Friday, the government stated it would not accept the UN resolution, declaring that "the IDF will continue to act in order to attain the objectives of the operation - to bring about a change in the security situation in the south of the country - this in accordance with the plans that have been approved upon embarking on the operation." Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054201.html Gonna be a long weekend...
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Operation Cast Lead: Day 14
lawhawk.blogspot.com 1/9/2009 — Hamas has repeatedly stated that it would never accept a ceasefire, so why do headlines continue to equivocate between Israel and Hamas both refusing to stop fighting? Hamas continues attacks against Israel, and the Israelis are supposed to sit back ...