huffingtonpost.com - 12/29/2008
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel's air force obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of its overwhelming assault on Gaza on Monday, striking a house next to the Hamas premier's home, devastating a security compound and flattening a five-story building at a university closely ...
prospect.org - 12/28/2008
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prospect.org —
This is the paragraph that I can't get
out of my head: Hamas had in recent weeks
let it be known that it doubted Israel would engage in a major military undertaking because of its coming elections. But in some ways the elections have made it ...
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ISRAEL, WRONG.
news.yahoo.com - 12/29/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel obliterated symbols of
Hamas power on the third day of what the
defense minister described Monday as a "war to the bitter end," striking next to the Hamas premier's home, and devastating a security compound and a ...
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Israel says Gaza assault 'war to the bitter end' - ...
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
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jpost.com —
Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on
Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation
in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ...
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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...
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Who is deliberately targeting what?
Left I on the News —
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asserts: "Hamas is targeting deliberately kindergartens and schools and citizens and civilians because this is according to their values. Our values are completely different. We are trying to target Hamas, which hides among civilians."Of course it's widely acknowledged that Hamas' rockets aren't sophisticated enough to "deliberately target" anything. Israel, on the other hand, is using sophisticated "smart" bombs (see post below this one) capable of going (in general) exactly where they want. And where ...
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Calling Hamas, part 2
powerlineblog.com 12/28/2008 — Haaretz carries an informative account of the planning that went into Israel's current offensive (Operation Cast Lead) in Gaza. Haaretz's account emphasizes the intelligence-gathering underlying the operation:
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powerlineblog.com 12/30/2008 — Agence France-Presse (AFP) is one of the world's most biased news agencies, especially where the Middle East is concerned. Today AFP published this helpful guide to the "key events in 2008" relating to Gaza, Hamas and Israel:
In AFP's ...
Operation Cast Lead: Day 14
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A Quick Victory?
weeklystandard.com 12/31/2008 — Eric Trager says that's the best possible outcome for Israel:
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BLOODTHIRSTY JEWS BRUTALLY MURDER HAMAS BABIES
rightwingnuthouse.com 12/30/2008 — My traffic has been down this holiday season so I thought a headline like the one above might draw the curious – and at least some liberals and far right wackos who think it an accurate statement and wish to read something with which they ...
Cheney: Israel Didn't Tell U.S. of Attack
time.com 1/4/2009 — (WASHINGTON) Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Israel did not seek U.S. approval before a ground invasion against Hamas in the bloodiest Mideast clash in years. From the White House to Capitol Hill, U.S. officials remained firmly behind ...
And Again...
lefarkins.blogspot.com 12/28/2008 — Some depressing holiday news : Waves of Israeli aircraft swooped over the Gaza Strip on Saturday, firing missiles at Hamas’s security headquarters and killing more than 200 people, bringing the highest death toll in Gaza in years in a crushing ...
Israel: Fighting 'could get worse' —
First Read 12/29/2008
From NBC’s Libby Leist In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert 's spokesman Mark Regev said that the conflict in Gaza "could get worse before it gets better..." as Israel continues striking Hamas ...
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