salon.com - 1/8/2009
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The recent Israeli offensive has put the final nail in the coffin of the Bush administration's Middle East fantasy. By Juan Cole The Israel rules America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating ...
time.com - 1/8/2009
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time.com —
Soldiers on patrol at Kibbutz Nir Am, a
mile from Gaza. Even after the start of Israel's
Jan. 4 ground offensive, communities near the border remained vulnerable to Hamas' rockets.
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Can Israel Survive Its Assault on Gaza?
timesonline.co.uk - 1/8/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
A question mark hangs over Pope Benedict XVI's
planned trip to Israel in May after Israeli officials
expressed outrage over a Vatican statement comparing Gaza to a "big concentration camp". The Pope today condemned the use of violence by both Israel ...
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'Concentration camp' remark threatens Pope's visit to ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/8/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip I live alone in
my office. My wife and two young children moved
in with her father after our apartment was shattered. The neighborhood mosque, where I have prayed since I was a child, had its roof blown off. All the government ...
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AP Gaza reporter finds hometown in rubble - Yahoo! News
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Krauthammer on Israel v. Hamas: Even A Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day
Corrente —
I agree with this guy so damn near never it's hard to believe I'm doing it now. But on this point, Israel's existence is, indeed, the target Hamas, Hezbollah, and Al Qaeda have all dedicated themselves to destroying -- and Iran is backing them. Over the years since Reagan yanked the Marines out of Lebanon following the barracks bombings, the US has been a partly-involved, often-inconsistent supporter of Israel. Oddly enough, Israel in its early years was dependent on the USSR for weapons and support. "Progressive" thought is that the Palestinians should ...
Cole in Salon: Gaza and the End of Neoconservatism
Informed Comment —
... My column is out in Salon.com, "Neoconservatism dies in Gaza: The recent Israeli offensive has put the final nail in the coffin of the Bush administration's Middle East fantasy.". ...
Magic Thoughts
The Mahablog —
... As always, Professor Bacevich’s op ed is worth reading all the way through. But now I want to switch gears a bit and take up an article Juan Cole wrote for Salon: “Neoconservatism dies in Gaza.” ...
Neoconservatism Dies In Gaza
Suburban Guerrilla —
Juan Cole.
Defending Jim Lehrer and Nicholas Kristof from Martin Peretz
Informed Comment —
... He also lobbied the W. Bush administration tirelessly to launch a war of aggression on Iraq with no vestige of international law. I noted in Salon recently, ...
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