ynetnews.com - 1/9/2009
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Following cabinet meeting on Security Council resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, prime minister says Israel to proceed with Operation Cast Lead, as 'rocket attacks prove resolution will not be upheld'. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urges Israel to implement truce
online.wsj.com - 1/10/2009
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online.wsj.com —
GEORGE E. BISHARAT Israel's current assault on the
Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it...
involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ...
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George E. Bisharat: Israel Is Committing War Crimes
theweek.com - 1/8/2009
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theweek.com —
Good for Shrum for championing Israel s right
to defend itself against the Hamas rocket barrage. He...
is correct, too, that lasting peace will come only when the Palestinians abandon their hope that Israel can somehow be defeated or destroyed. ...
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Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/9/2009
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Israel is to keep up its offensive in
the Gaza Strip despite a UN call for an...
immediate end to nearly two weeks of conflict involving Hamas militants. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the latest firing of rockets into Israel showed the resolution was ...
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UN ceasefire call goes unheeded
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Operation Cast Lead: Day 14
A Blog For All —
... among those humanitarian aid shipments. That's why we're in the current battle in the first place. Israel finally said enough to the incessant rocket attacks and has gone after Hamas. The UN Security Council's latest resolution calls for a ceasefire process, but Hamas has no interest in abiding by it. It's completely impractical when it puts more conditions on Israel than it does on the terrorists who launched the war in the first place; Hamas. They haven't abided by their own ceasefire/hudnas in the past, and this situation is no different. Hamas has wanted war since its ...
UNSCR 1860: Not worth the paper it’s written on
Yourish.com —
... is a waste of time and space. It’s not a Chapter Seven, so it’s nonbinding. It makes no mention of Hamas whatsoever, so it’s bullshit. And Israel is treating it as such. ...
My NEW Catch Phrase of the Year
Snapped Shot —
... Israellycool, quoting Ynet News who quoted Israel's lame duck Olmert who quoted .. .... ... wait, where was I?
Oh. I have found my new catch phrase.
“The rocket attacks this morning on the residents of the south only prove that the UN’s resolution is not practical and will not be upheld by the Palestinian murder organizations… Israel has never allowed any outside source to determine its right to defend its citizens. The IDF will continue to act to defend the citizens of Israel and carry out the missions ...
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