volokh.com - 12/30/2008
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Glenn Greenwald, I take it, will not take me up on my offer of a free vacation to Sderot. My offer was specifically in response to his claim that...
haaretz.com - 12/30/2008
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haaretz.com —
Three days into Operation Cast Lead, Israel is
proposing a diplomatic exit. A ground operation likely looms
in an effort to increase the pressure on Hamas. At the same time, however, others argue that the air force is close to exhausting its target ...
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ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground ...
btselem.org - 12/28/2008
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btselem.org —
Palestinians who died after medical treatment was delayed
due to restrictions of movement . Palestinians killed by
an explosive device that they set or was on their person . 12 Palestinian citizens of Israel killed within Israel by the Israeli Police ...
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Statistics - Fatalities
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 12/29/2008
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jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com —
If someone was sending rockets on my house
where my daughters were sleeping at night, I would
do everything to stop it, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing. These aren't my words -- they're Barack Obama's. But I attach myself to this ...
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The Gaza War
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The media assault against Israel
Yourish.com —
... Defeating them is a good thing. And Barak, Livni and Olmert are hardly hawks.They are doing what they see as being necessary to defend their citizens. The imputation of cynicism is disappointing if not unexpected.
(The NYT actually had a somewhat sympathetic op-ed towards Israel by Benny Morris.)
What are the antidotes to this editorial poison?
Read Sderot under Siege by David Keyes. David Bernstein’s takedown Glenn Greenwald is excellent. Jack’s got a second roundup and is working on a third. Israelly Cool and ...
Hamas has a website survey: should it continue rocket attacks?
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... and (c) Resume operations. The results thus far (560 or so votes as of this writing): [image] Of course, the real Hamas website (in Arabic) contains no such survey. [image] The survey is intended for the useful idiots -- that would be the English-speaking Left and the mainstream media. But I repeat myself. After all, the Hamas charter is quite clear on this point . ...There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Got that, Glenn Greenwald ? Labels: extremism , War
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