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haaretz.com - 12/30/2008
Olmert: Gaza offensive to go on until Israel's aims achieved - Haaretz - Israel News
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip would continue for as long as necessary to achieve the goals of the defense establishment against the ruling Hamas regime. "The Gaza offensive has begun and will not end.... until our goals our reached, we ...

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timesonline.co.uk - 1/2/2009
Gaza rockets put Israel’s nuclear plant in battle zone
— timesonline.co.uk — There were growing fears in Israel last night that Hamas missiles could threaten its top-secret nuclear facility at Dimona. Rocket attacks from Gaza have forced Israelis to flee in ever greater numbers and military chiefs have been shaken by the ... (more) Gaza rockets put Israel’s nuclear plant in battle ...

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AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.
prospect.org - 1/1/2009
AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.
— 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 ... (more) AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.

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news.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009
Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - Yahoo! News
— 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 ... (more) Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - ...

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Israel considering 48 hr ceasefire. Is she crazy?
Israpundit — Its a cardinal principal of warfare to keep attacking and not allow your enemy a breather. Defense officials deny plan to propose 48-hour Gaza truce By Amos Harel and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and News Agencies Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces officials on Tuesday denied reports that the defense establishment had recommend a diplomatic initiative to abate the war against Hamas and embark on a 48-hour truce, before it becomes necessary to begin a significant ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Confronting Hamas' Genocidal Jew-Hatred
Jihad Watch — Here was a David! When comes such another? Andrew Bostom, a lion in his own right, explores Hamas' genocidal bloodlust, and hails one of the heroes of our age, David Littman (whose work we have frequently featured here), and his campaign to resist the jihad at the UN Human Rights Commission. From The American Thinker, January 2: As my colleague Robert Spencer observed, Israeli President Shimon Peres appeared flummoxed by Hamas' intransigence in comments made to Haaretz, reported December 30, 2008. "This shooting has no point, no logic, and no ...

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Israeli Gaza 'massacre' must stop, Syria's Assad tells US senator (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called on Tuesday for Israel's "massacres" in the Gaza Strip to stop, as he met visiting US Senator Arlen Specter, the official SANA news agency reported.
UN official says Israel attacked during lull (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
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World powers call for end to Gaza fighting (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
AFP - The European Union demanded Tuesday that Israel and Hamas halt their conflict in Gaza, as the world's top diplomats scrambled to find a solution to the escalating bloodshed.
Hamas defiant as Israel rejects Gaza truce (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/31/2008
AFP - Hamas vowed on Wednesday to fight "until the last breath" if Israel makes good on threats to send ground troops into Gaza after rejecting calls for a truce and pressing on with its air assault.
Hezbollah-like tactic used by Hamas against Israel (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/31/2008
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