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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/14/2009
Olmert Slams Condi... Advanced Classes in Chutzpah
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Speaking in southern Israel today, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert revealed details of a call he apparently placed to President Bush which led to the US changing its vote on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1860 calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and boasting how he had "shamed" the US secretary of ...
Op-Ed Columnist: Israel’s Goals in Gaza?
nytimes.com - 1/14/2009
Op-Ed Columnist: Israel’s Goals in Gaza?
— nytimes.com — The focus for Israel and Barack Obama’s team should be on creating a clear choice for Hamas... for the world to see: Are you about destroying Israel or building Gaza? > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: Israel’s Goals in Gaza?

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— bookwormroom.com — I’m fairly disinterested in Prince Harry. He strikes me as an unexceptional young man who grew up... in an unpleasantly rarefied atmosphere, but who is finally finding meaning and purpose in his life through military service. He keeps forcing ... (more) Looking for insults

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Is Israel Losing the Media War in Gaza? - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com - 1/15/2009
Is Israel Losing the Media War in Gaza? - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — Gaza toll passes 1,000 as peace hopes rise AFP An Israeli soldiers checks the cannon of a... tank on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, before (more) Is Israel Losing the Media War in Gaza? - Yahoo! News

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The Washington Note:  Condi Rice Calls Olmert's Story "Fiction"

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Condi Rice Calls Olmert's Story "Fiction"
The Washington Note — ... depiction of both Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush with regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1860 calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. While the US abstained when the vote was taken, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad told me today that the US does support the resolution and only had some minor concerns about the timing of the vote. My colleague and New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force co-director Daniel Levy and UN Dispatch's Mark Goldberg both have more on this, but the ...

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