Kristol Blue Extrapolation
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/6/2009 — Leave it to Bill Kristol to take the situation in Gaza--a necessary corrective action on Israel's part, I believe (with a few caveats)--and transform it into a call for war with Iran. But here he is, in today's Times: The huge challenge for the ...

Schmidt: It is 3 Crises, Not One
juancole.com 1/8/2009 — Soren Schmidt writes in a guest op-ed for IC Analysis. The fighting in Gaza is closely linked to two other conflicts: Israel’s relationship with Syria and Iran’s role in the region. All three conflicts need to be solved in order to achieve peace.  ...

Hope for Israel
righteousrantings.blogspot.com 2/20/2009 — Giving a brief statement after his formal appointment to the position of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Iran is seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon and constitutes the gravest threat to our existence since the war of independence. The terrorist forces of Iran threaten us from ...

How Can the World Be Blind to Israel’s Existential Threats?
michaelyon-online.com 1/31/2009 — Published: 01 February 2009 I heard Benjamin Netanyahu, the person who could soon become Israel’s new prime minister, speak this week at the Jerusalem Conference. The most pressing point that he talked about was that under no circumstances should ...

NYT’s Sanger Sure Gets It Wrong - US Did Sell Israel Bombs for Iran Attack
firedoglake.com 1/11/2009 — David Sanger has been a very busy chief Washington correspondent. His report on the “sheer scariness” of the insecurity of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal appears today in the New York Times Magazine , but he also had a major article in the paper ...

No time for diplomacy
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 3/17/2009 — While Nero Obama fiddles, Iran is leaving no time for diplomacy (Hat Tip: The Corner). While the administration is fixated on the Palestinian problem, Iran is changing the strategic map of the Middle East in its drive for regional hegemony. In fact, the Palestinian issue is rapidly becoming an ...

Iran Still Trying To Tell Obama What To Do
stoptheaclu.com 2/7/2009 — Notice that this did not happen while Bush was President? Sure, the Iranians railed at Bush, the USA, the EU, Zionists, etc, but they were not trying to dictate policy and get any of the aforementioned to change their tunes. But now, with the Obambi ...

Going it alone?
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 12/4/2008 — The JPost is reporting on Thursday that the IDF is preparing to attack Iran on its own, with or without American support. "It is always better to coordinate," one top Defense Ministry official explained last week. "But we are also preparing options ...

New York Times Says U.S. rebuffed Israel on Strike Against Iran
powerlineblog.com 1/11/2009 — The New York Times is reporting that President Bush "deflected" a request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs Israel wanted for an attack on Iran's main nuclear complex. Bush also flatly refused to grant Israel's request to fly ...

Trita Parsi: Israel, Gaza and Iran: Trapping Obama in Imagined Fault Lines
huffingtonpost.com 1/15/2009 — In talking about the assault on Gaza, neo-conservative pundits and Israeli hardliners have relied on a familiar frame. The fighting in Gaza, they say, is a struggle between Israel and so-called "moderate" Arab states (namely, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi ...

Former Pentagon chief predicts Iran crisis soon (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/8/2009
AP - William Perry, who headed the Pentagon during a 1994 nuclear standoff with North Korea, predicted on Thursday that President-elect Barack Obama will soon face a nuclear crisis with Iran.

Obama to meet Mexico's Calderon on Monday — Reuters: Politics 1/9/2009
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Barack Obama will meet on Monday with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, marking the incoming U.S. president's first meeting with a foreign leader since he was elected in November.

Red Cross: Israel delayed access to Gaza wounded (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/9/2009
AP - The international Red Cross accused Israel on Thursday of "unacceptable" delays in letting rescue workers reach three Gaza City homes hit by shelling where they eventually found 15 dead and 18 wounded, including young children too weak to ...

United Nations halts relief work in Gaza (The Christian Science Monitor) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/9/2009
The Christian Science Monitor - The United Nations suspended all activities in the Gaza Strip Thursday, accusing Israeli soldiers of firing on a marked UN vehicle during a three-hour humanitarian cease-fire initiated by Israel.

Israel shelled Gaza house crowded with civilians: UN (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/9/2009
AFP - The United Nations on Friday cited witnesses saying Israeli forces evacuated about 110 Palestinians into a house which they then repeatedly shelled 24 hours later, killing about 30 people.