jpost.com - 1/2/2009
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Fatah operatives in the West Bank on Thursday criticized the Palestinian Authority leadership and accused its representatives of failing to take a "tough stance" against the current IDF military operation in the Gaza Strip. One of them, Ziad Abu Ein, a deputy minister in the PA, called on Hamas ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel dropped a one-ton
bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday,...
killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army ...
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Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - ...
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.
ynetnews.com - 12/31/2008
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ynetnews.com —
Gaza: Hamas gunmen hide in hospitals Shin Bet
chief briefs cabinet on day five of Gaza offensive,...
says terror operatives hide in hospitals, mosques. IDF: Hamas increases use of densely populated areas for launching pads Roni Sofer Shin Bet Chief ...
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Gaza: Hamas gunmen hide in hospitals - Israel News, ...
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Fatah: A house divided?
Israel Matzav —
Fatah: A house divided? [image] I have noted before that some Israeli policymakers believe that the solution to the current situation in Gaza is for Israel to oust Hamas and then turn the Strip over to Fatah . In addition to the fact that Fatah is as much a terrorist organization as Hamas - they differ on tactics but not on goals - there are two problems with this scenario: First, that 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen finishes his term next Friday, and with no elections scheduled, no one really knows what will happen, whether he will be replaced and by whom. Second, at least some part of Fatah sides with Hamas in the current dispute and ...
Operation Cast Lead: Day 7
A Blog For All —
... the kassams at Israel. Meanwhile, some Fatah thugs think that they would be better off joining Hamas . As I've repeatedly noted, Fatah and Hamas differ only in the timeline of Israel's destruction, not the ultimate goal of supplanting Israel with a Palestinian state. Many of Fatah's goons are just as interested in killing Israelis as Hamas. Egypt continues to hammer Hamas ...
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msnbc.com: Politics 1/3/2009
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