timesonline.co.uk - 1/2/2009
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A view shows smoke trails and a rocket being launched from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel
haaretz.com - 1/3/2009
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haaretz.com —
Palestinian witnesses said the artillery barrage caused a
large explosion in Gaza City as well as a...
series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel. Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel was shelling targets along the ...
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Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...
prospect.org - 1/1/2009
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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 ...
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AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.
latimes.com - 1/2/2009
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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 ...
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Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times
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Israel Set for Gaza Ground Offensive
JammieWearingFool —
Prepare for more stories from the lamestream media on the "Holocaust" in Gaza. No doubt these Hamas thugs are digging in behind women and children and hiding out in hospitals and mosques. I ask but one thing from Israel: Destroy these monsters . Israel is poised to launch a major ground offensive into Gaza tonight after allowing hundreds of foreigners living in the devastated territory to evacuate. After a week of air strikes that have killed at least 420 Palestinians and left scores of buildings in rubble, the Israeli army was set to fling hundreds of troops and tanks into a ...
Israel set to begin ground war against Hamas in Gaza
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... the invaders. Support for Operation Cast Lead is sky high in Israel, with polls showing that almost 85 per cent of the public backing the campaign. There is also majority support for expanding it into a ground campaign, despite the dangers of high casualties in an urban battlefield against highly trained and motivated guerrillas waging war on their own turf. Almost 42 per cent of Israelis wanted the army to move in, while 39 percent favoured a continued air campaign. Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east...
Developing - Israel’s Ground Pounders Ready To Roll Into Gaza At Any Second
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Times Online:
Israel set to begin ground war against Hamas in Gaza
by James Hider on the Gaza border, and Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem
Israel is poised to launch a major ground offensive into Gaza tonight after allowing hundreds of foreigners living in the devastated territory to evacuate.
After a week of air strikes that have killed at least 420 Palestinians and left scores of buildings in rubble, the Israeli army was set to fling hundreds of troops and tanks into a blitz to stamp out Hamas’s military wing, The Times ...
Israel Prepares Ground War for Gaza
Ace of Spades HQ —
Israel Prepares Ground War for Gaza Ride the tiger, reap the whirlwind: Israel is poised to launch a major ground offensive into Gaza tonight after allowing hundreds of foreigners living in the devastated territory to evacuate. After a week of air strikes that have killed at least 420 Palestinians and left scores of buildings in rubble, the Israeli army was set to fling hundreds of troops and tanks into a blitz to stamp out Hamass military wing, The Times understands. I understand, too. Despite the looming onslaught, more Hamas rockets which have so far killed four Israelis ...
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Daily Pundit —
Israel set to begin ground war against Hamas in Gaza - Times Online
There is also majority support for expanding it into a ground campaign, despite the dangers of high casualties in an urban battlefield against highly trained and motivated guerrillas waging war on their own turf. Almost 42 per cent of Israelis wanted the army to move in, while 39 percent favoured a continued air campaign.
Hamas has an estimated 15,000 fighters who have used the 18 months that they have controlled the strip to hone their skills and transform a militia into a small ...
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