guardian.co.uk - 1/11/2009
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A group of Britain's most prominent Jews has called on Israel to cease its military operations in Gaza immediately, warning that its actions, far from improving the country's security, will "strengthen extremism, destabilise the region, and exacerbate tensions inside Israel". Describing ...
zombietime.com - 1/12/2009
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zombietime.com —
Gaza War Protest and Anti-Israel Rally San Francisco,
January 10, 2009 On Saturday, January 10, 2009, a...
large rally and march took place in San Francisco to protest Israel's invasion of Gaza. The event was one of a series of similar events held in ...
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Gaza War Protest
timesonline.co.uk - 1/12/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks
on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an...
act of self-defence as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention. The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas ...
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Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence ...
haaretz.com - 1/12/2009
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haaretz.com —
Senior Hamas officials in Gaza are hiding out
in a "bunker" built by Israel, intelligence officials suspect:...
Many are believed to be in the basements of the Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City, which was refurbished during Israel's occupation of the ...
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Sources: Hamas leaders hiding in basement ...
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Will Jews start to flee England?
Israel Matzav —
... at number 3 and Leading British Jews call on Israel to halt 'horror' of Gaza at number 5 (by the way, the scare quotes around 'horror' were al-Guardian's and not mine). It seems that much of British Jewry has been spooked by the strong reactions of their Muslim neighbors to what's going on in Gaza. And with good reason. Welcome to the real world, poor child. You won't escape the anti-Semites by fleeing to New York either. You see, anti-Semitism has chased after us for hundreds of years (it's called the oldest hatred for a reason), and while New York is in better shape than ...
Leading British Jews call on Israel to halt 'horror' of Gaza
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... figures are among the signatories, including Rabbi Dr Tony Bayfield, head of the Movement for Reform Judaism; Sir Jeremy Beecham, former chair of the Labour party; Professor Shalom Lappin of the University of London; Baroness Julia Neuberger; Rabbi Danny Rich, chief executive of Liberal Judaism; Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein, principal of Leo Baeck rabbinical training college; and lawyer Michael Mitzman, who set up Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for the Home Office. Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/11/gaza-israel...
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