online.wsj.com - 1/5/2009
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Obama's Iran diplomacy needs a Hamas defeat.
timesonline.co.uk - 1/5/2009
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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 ...
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It breaks my heart to see Israel's stupidity | ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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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 ...
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Proportionality And Terror
sandbox.blog-city.com - 1/4/2009
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sandbox.blog-city.com —
Martin Kramer assesses Israel's strategy and war aims.
Bottom line: a cease-fire isn't enough....
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Israel's Gaza strategy
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Israel’s Gaza Surge
Israpundit —
... Iran diplomacy needs a Hamas defeat. The Israelis have done Mr. Obama a favor by striking back at Hamas before he takes office so President Bush can endure the usual global denunciations for U.S. support for Israel. But Mr. Obama will soon need to return the favor by showing Israel — and Iran — that the new President understands the U.S. stake in the success of Israel’s Gaza surge.
Wall Street Journal, Review and Outlook, Jan. 4, 2009
Israel’s ground incursion into Gaza raises the strategic stakes for the ...
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guardian.co.uk 1/11/2009 — Yeela Raanan says she would prefer not to know about the war in Gaza . She doesn't want to see the pictures of dead children cut down by Israeli shells or read of the allegations of war crimes by her country's army as it kills Palestinians by the ...
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime
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Bush puts onus on Hamas for any Gaza truce —
Reuters: Politics 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Monday that any ceasefire to end the Gaza crisis must include provisions to prevent Hamas from continuing to use the coastal strip to fire rockets into Israel.
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