reuters.com - 1/17/2009
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GAZA (Reuters) - Israel called off its three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, saying Hamas was "badly beaten," but the Islamist group vowed to fight on in a war that has killed 1,200 Palestinians in the coastal enclave. Within minutes of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announcing that a ...
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah
activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation
Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified ...
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'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...
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
commentarymagazine.com - 1/17/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
The Israeli cabinet met tonight and approved a
unilateral cease-fire in Gaza set to take effect at
2AM, Israel time. Hamas is responding to the announcement with fresh barrages of rocket fire. Israel has recently been under immense international ...
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Thoughts On The Cease-Fire
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2006 all over again: Israel to give up, Hamas to keep fighting
Jihad Watch —
... short of smashing Hizballah in Lebanon, and Hizballah emerged stronger than ever. Here we are again. Perhaps a Hamas victory was inevitable given Israel's international isolation, coupled with its unwillingness to discard the modern notions of limited warfare to a ceasefire rather than all-out warfare to a victory -- notwithstanding Hamas's determination to destroy Israel utterly and commit genocide.
"Israel plans ceasefire, Hamas vows to fight on," by Nidal al-Mughrabi for Reuters, January 17:
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel plans to halt its ...
The More Things Change...
Antiwar.com Original —
W ell, it looks as if we will soon have a president who is able to string sentences together in a reasonably coherent fashion, if sometimes a little slowly and with lots of pauses. At least Barack Obama , whether it's true or not, will give the impression that the pauses reflect consideration of the question rather than thoughts such as "Are they buying this?" or "I can't believe I'm getting away with this." It seems unlikely that many Americans will do other than breathe a long sigh of relief when George W. Bush finally leaves the White House. His farewell appearances last week were suitably bizarre , suggesting a man of limited capacity ...
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