guardian.co.uk - 1/8/2009
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Aftermath of rocket strikes from Lebanon on Israel Link to this video A minister in the Lebanese cabinet has denied Hezbollah was responsible for the firing of rockets into Israel earlier today, which led to the Israeli army returning fire and raised fears that the conflict in Gaza could ...
realclearpolitics.com - 1/9/2009
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realclearpolitics.com —
WASHINGTON -- Israel's leaders have purposely obscured their
war aims in Gaza. But there are only two...
possible endgames: (A) a Lebanon-like cessation of hostilities to be supervised by international observers, or (B) the disintegration of Hamas rule ...
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Two Endgames for Israel
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
foxnews.com - 1/8/2009
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foxnews.com —
Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into
Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a new front...
for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people.
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Israel Hit by Rockets From Lebanon, Conflict Widens
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Hezbollah said it might happen; no one has claimed credit as of yet, but in an escalation on the violence in Israel, rockets were fired from southern Lebanon, hitting the town of Rafah. Thousands of folks in Washington are forced to ...
The Carter Syndrome and Joe the Plumber
Taylor Marsh —
... Livni, Olmert at loggerheads over exit strategy of Gaza operation. No one
ever seems to learn that getting into a war is always easier than getting out,
especially when you haven’t thought it out at the planning. This is what gives
the Carter syndrome crowd their platform. Israel always seems to simply blow
crap up, invade, then pull back, rinse repeat every few years, with "peace" a word relegated to propaganda.
Now there are also reports that rockets
have been fired from Lebanon into northern Israel.
Where to start?
The ...
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