ynetnews.com - 12/29/2008
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Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi issued a statement concerning the Israeli operation in Gaza in which she wrote that "When Israel is attacked, the United States must continue to stand strongly with its friend and democratic ally." According to Pelosi, "Peace between ...
walt.foreignpolicy.com - 1/5/2009
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walt.foreignpolicy.com —
Over at Salon.com, Glenn Greenwald has posted some
typically sharp and forceful comments on the gap between...
American public opinion on the conflict in Gaza and the public stance taken by our politicians. Citing a recent Rasmussen poll , he shows that ...
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Stephen M. Walt | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
therazor.org - 1/2/2009
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therazor.org —
As I write Israel is bombing Hamas targets
in the Gaza strip, leaving 360 Palestinians dead, most...
of whom are women and children judging by the sympathetic (and stage managed) European press. A Palestinian boy watches the funeral of three children ...
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Walking In Israel’s Shoes
blogs.jta.org - 1/5/2009
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JTA’s Ami Eden unravels the tussle between two
outspoken doves....
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Dove fight
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The Politics of the Gaza Massacre
Antiwar.com Original —
... exceptions are suddenly stilled: we hear nothing from our Democratic politicians, those fabled agents of "change," except expressions of support for Israel's war crimes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declares that Israel has "the right to defend itself," without deigning to inform us as to whether the Palestinians have the same right. Given her record as AIPAC's ...
Children of a Lesser Allah
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... on the air to say the Israelis has a right to use those F-16s to "eliminate" Hamas. After that, Bolton said, Israel should use the F-16s to attack Iran for us. Bush neocons aren't the only U.S. politicos lifting their skirts for Israel. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, "When Israel is attacked, the United States must continue to stand strongly with its friend and democratic ally." Dick Cheney must not have let anybody tell her that Israel attacked first either. On Meet the Press last Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prattled on about how generous the Israelis were ...
Gaza's Eyes to Cry With
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... have passed resolutions endorsing the assault on Gaza by what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi describes as our "friend and democratic ally." There you have the difference between the U.N., the Catholic Church and the United States Congress; the ...
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