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Playing to Win in Gaza
As the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip nears the end of its second week, two things are clear: first, that it will come to some sort of internationally brokered end ; and second, that it will end thus because there is no other end that Israel will countenance. This is not to say that there is ...
Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
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. ... (more) Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
UN ceasefire call goes unheeded
UN ceasefire call goes unheeded
news.bbc.co.uk — 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 ... (more) UN ceasefire call goes unheeded
 Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - International News | News of the World ...
foxnews.com — Friday, January 09, 2009 BREAKING NEWS— Israel's government says it will press ahead with its offensive in the Gaza Strip despite a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office says the military "will ... (more) Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - ...
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What Western Leaders Refuse to See
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — Pursuing their goal of Eurabia with self-imposed blinders on, the Western leaders who are seeking a cease-fire to conciliate Hamas and their own gangs of genocidal Muslim thugs, deliberately ignore the facts on the ground. Joshua Trevino, at the Brussels Journal, nails it: The careful restraint of Israel at war is not a regrettable thing, except in the realm of amoral power politics: indeed, it is a signal reason we of the non-Jewish, non-Israeli world ought to prefer Israel to its neighbors in sentiment and policy. However much the Muslim population of ...

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