jta.org - 1/7/2009
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Dennis Ross said the United States should back a cease-fire in Gaza only if it ensures that Hamas "can't rebuild."
haaretz.com - 1/6/2009
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haaretz.com —
Hamas must not be allowed to win its
conflict with the IDF, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on...
Monday told a delegation of European foreign ministers in a closed conversation. The comment occurred even as Hamas, for the first time since the fighting ...
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Egypt's Mubarak to EU: Hamas must not be ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Noah Pollak asked me to provide some framework
for a discussion of proportionality and just war theory...
with respect to the Israeli attack on Gaza. In re-reading my Catechism and brushing up on just war theory, I am struck first of all by how alien ...
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Proportionality And Terror
timesonline.co.uk - 1/5/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
Fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza
City yesterday as a Hamas leader warned that the...
Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel s devastating assault. They have legitimised the murder of their ...
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Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children
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Ross, Holbrooke, Haass To Serve As Envoys
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... Ross, speaking at a Washington-area synagoque on Monday, said that, in his opinion, the U.S. should support a new cease-fire in Gaza only if it guaranteed the end of Hamas's "capability to rearm." ...
Ceasefire in Gaza?
Ben Smith's Blog —
... The question, though, is what the consequence for Obama's presidency, and his foreign policy, will be. Many on Obama's team, notably Dennis Ross, are basically in sympathy with Israel's strategic objectives of weakening Hamas and, by extension, Iran. ...
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