jpost.com - 1/15/2009
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The Israeli military operation against Hamas in Gaza enjoys the overwhelming support of Israeli Jews despite the loss of civilian life in the Hamas-run territory, a survey released Wednesday showed. A whopping 94% of the public support or strongly support the operation while 92% think it ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/16/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) "Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at
worst Israel will come and do something from the...
air - superficial." The so-called "Iranian Unit" of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily. The ...
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"Iranian Unit" Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised - ...
jpost.com - 1/15/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas's interior minister, Said Siam, was killed along
with his brother Iad and his son, as well...
as another senior Hamas man in an IAF strike on a house in the Jabaliya neighborhood in Gaza City, Israeli defense officials told The Jerusalem Post . ...
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Hamas interior minister Said Siam dies in IAF air strike ...
haaretz.com - 1/16/2009
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haaretz.com —
Hamas will not accept Israeli conditions for a
cease-fire in Gaza and would continue armed resistance until...
the offensive ends, Khaled Meshal, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist group, said on Friday. Speaking at the opening of an emergency ...
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Hamas: We will not accept Israel cease-fire ...
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Israel's Coping Mechanism
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Hamas, as saying that "Israel has totally lost it," and that the strike was evidence that the Israeli leadership "couldn't cope with the Palestinian resistance activists in the Gaza Strip battlefield." Apparently the Israelis are coping with the Palestinian resistance by completely decapitating its leadership structure. This is also the second Hamas leader who's been killed along with members of his family -- I'm sure J Street is preparing a petition right now in solidarity with the six percent of Israelis who oppose what increasingly looks to be a major Israeli ...
Israelis Support Gaza Operation En Masse
PoliGazette —
The Jerusalem Post reports that despite heavy criticism from the international community, 94% of Israelis support operation Cast Lead which was launched almost three weeks ago, and which has resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 Palestinians. It is for the first time in Israel’s history that a war is supported by such a large part of the population.
That is, Israeli Jews support the war. Arab Israelis, who make up 20% of the country’s population, oppose the war in the strongest way possible. A total of 85% of Israeli Arabs oppose the operation, the survey finds, while 80% say Israel should sign a cease-fire agreement even if it does ...
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