israelnationalnews.com - 1/6/2009
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(IsraelNN.com) Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair met with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Monday evening, hoping to find a way to persuade Israel to consider at least a temporary ceasefire in its Operation Cast Lead against the Hamas terrorist organization ruling Gaza. Blair, who represents the ...
lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/7/2009
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lynch.foreignpolicy.com —
I spent the morning at a lecture organized
by GWU's outstanding Homeland Security Policy Institute's Ambassador's Roundtable...
Series featuring Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor. It was a profoundly dismaying experience. Because ...
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"We have no grand political scheme"
jta.org - 1/6/2009
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jta.org —
Top Democrats are planning to introduce a nonbinding
congressional resolution supporting Israel's goal in its Gaza Strip...
operation.
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Dems plan pro-Israel resolution
online.wsj.com - 1/6/2009
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online.wsj.com —
Maybe this column would get a better reception
if it were titled, "No Endgame for Israel." Because...
the quantity of commentary claiming that Israel cannot possibly achieve any kind of successful outcome in Gaza is already approaching presurge levels of ...
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Opinion: An Endgame for Israel
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Hamas Can't Phone Home
Classical Values —
... . That can leave only one thing. They want the residents of Gaza to topple Hamas. In a bid to improve the popularity of Hamas, senior Hamas officials are exhorting the Philistines to carry on. Senior Hamas terrorist Mahmoud A-Zahar called on Hamas to continue the fight against Israel in a speech delivered to his fellow Gazans earlier in the day from the safety of his bunker. "Israel is attacking Gaza from the air but has barely hit Hamas," he claimed. "I ask all Gazans to bear the war, because afterwards we will emerge victorious." Well of course. Arabs are never defeated. ...
Israeli foreign minister: "World must choose between Israel and terror"
Jihad Watch —
... "Livni: World Must Choose between Israel and Terror," by Hana Levi Julian for Israel National News, January 5 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): ...
EUROPE AT THE CROSSROADS: MUSLIMS ATTACK SYNAGOGUE IN LONDONISTAN
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... Green. The Community Security Trust, which is responsible for the safety of Jews in Britain, has also noted the emergence of anti-Semitic graffiti in Jewish areas across London. Slogans sprayed on walls include: "Kill Jews" and "Jews are scumbags." The trust has now logged 24 anti-Semitic incidents - most of them in London - in the past week. Police are said to be stepping up patrols in Jewish areas. EUROPE IS AT THE CROSSROADS: THEY MUST EITHER CHOOSE ISRAEL OR THE TERRORISTS. THE FUTURE OF EUROPE IS AT ...
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