nytimes.com - 12/31/2008
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Until last Saturday, Israel acted with impressive level-headedness. Israel must not lose perspective now, in the heat of battle, and should stand down for 48 hours. >
haaretz.com - 1/3/2009
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haaretz.com —
Palestinian witnesses said the artillery barrage caused a
large explosion in Gaza City as well as a...
series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel. Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel was shelling targets along the ...
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Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...
prospect.org - 1/1/2009
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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 ...
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AN OCCUPIED NATION AND A THREATENED ONE.
latimes.com - 1/2/2009
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latimes.com —
It's a new year in an old and
bloody world. In Israel, politicians jockeying for power have...
launched the most lethal military assault on Palestinian territory in decades. Israel has justified its bombardment of Gaza on the grounds that Hamas broke a ...
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Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times
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About that ceasefire
Yourish.com —
... Israeli author David Grossman, on the Times’ op-ed page though argues that Israel should fight fire with a cease-fire. ...
Peace Now
N/A —
It’s so Sixties. Or Seventies. So naive. So non serious. Sue my heretikal ass. Give Peace a Chance. How is it heads always end up cracked open before anyone opens a heart? A “humanitarian ” ceasefire? Is there any other kind? How often must hope die? How does hope rise out of the fire like a phoenix? What facts deny, hope conquers. We are better than our worst instincts, far more than our fears.
A few links on Gaza
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
The Gaza Rules Vidctor Davis Hanson. Proportionality. Intent. Culpability. Context. Victimization. The world is a madhouse when clear distinctions cannot be made by supposedly rational adults. Hanson hits the nail on the head in this analysis. Israel, Hamas, and moral Idiocy Christian Science Monitor There is no moral equivilance here, folks. Fight Fire with Cease-fire NYT Speaking of moral idiots, I give you Exhibit A. Israel Shakes Up the Information War Pajamas Media Israel is trying to bypass traditional media which as noted above are moral idiots by using Twitter and You Tube. Has Israel ...
A Few Thoughts on Gaza
democracyarsenal.org —
... Moreover, the focus on the brute tactics of war and the unceasing urge for escalation demonstrates a continued lack of imagination by Israeli military leaders. Perhaps Israel would have been wise to take the advice of peace advocate David Grossman and declared a cease fire after 48 hours, opening the door for possible diplomacy and a better cease fire arrangement than Israel might have gotten otherwise. ...
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Israel: No Cease Fire Yet
poliblogger.com 12/31/2008 — Via the BBC: Israel rejects Gaza truce calls
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected international calls for a 48-hour truce in the Gaza Strip to allow in more humanitarian aid.
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“If conditions will ripen, and we think there ...
Israel and Gaza
boston.com 1/1/2009 — Back in June, 2008, Egypt helped broker a 6-month cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the ruling body in the Gaza Strip. Though the cease-fire was broken several times by both sides, it largely held. Toward the end of the cease-fire in ...
Thoughts On The Cease-Fire
commentarymagazine.com 1/17/2009 — The Israeli cabinet met tonight and approved a unilateral cease-fire in Gaza set to take effect at 2AM, Israel time. Hamas is responding to the announcement with fresh barrages of rocket fire. Israel has recently been under immense international ...
PM, Barak appear split on cease-fire | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 12/30/2008 — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak appeared split Tuesday on whether to accept a French proposal for a 48-hour suspension of the IDF offensive against Hamas to allow Paris the opportunity to mediate a cease-fire. The idea for a ...
Israel: We are committed to cease-fire | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 11/5/2008 — A barrage of rockets hit Gaza-belt communities Wednesday morning after IDF forces engaged Hamas gunmen inside the Strip. It was the worst outbreak of violence since a shaky cease-fire took effect in June. At least 30 rockets were fired into Israel, ...
Why They Fight
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/3/2009 — To return to the unpleasant question of Gaza, Jon Chait had a post the other day explaining that the kind of bloodshed and suffering the Israelis are afflicting is okay because of the asymetric subjective desires of the parties to the conflict:
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Bush says he wants lasting Mideast cease-fire
usatoday.com 1/3/2009 — Bush called the Hamas attacks an "act of terror" and said no peace deal would be acceptable unless the flow of smuggled weapons to terrorist groups is monitored and stopped. He made the comments in his weekly radio address taped for broadcast Saturday ...
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