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juancole.com - 1/8/2009
Schmidt: It is 3 Crises, Not One
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Soren Schmidt writes in a guest op-ed for IC Analysis. The fighting in Gaza is closely linked to two other conflicts: Israel’s relationship with Syria and Iran’s role in the region. All three conflicts need to be solved in order to achieve peace. Israel’s attack on Hamas in Gaza has led to ...
Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
theweek.com - 1/8/2009
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

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel accepts truce 'principles'
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/7/2009
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel accepts truce 'principles'
— news.bbc.co.uk — Israel has agreed "on the principles" of a ceasefire proposal, raising hopes of an end to its... conflict with Palestinian militants in Gaza. "The challenge now is to get the details to match the principles," Israeli spokesman Mark Regev said. The ... (more) BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel accepts truce 'principles'

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theamericanscene.com - 1/7/2009
"What Happens Then?"
— theamericanscene.com — This war has reminded others of the 2006 Lebanon War. It reminds me more of Operation Grapes... of Wrath , the 1996 Israeli offensive in Lebanon launched by Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Both wars were launched without much consideration for “what ... (more) "What Happens Then?"

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Soren Schmidt: It is 3 Crises, Not One
The Latest on Air America — ... correct one–with the addition of resolve in checking the expansion of the Israeli settlements on the West Bank and the will to declare how the solution to the Palestinian problem ought to look. Two things are clear: The region itself cannot solve its problems, and the separate approach to each of the three conflicts that has been used so far is inadequate. Søren Schmidt, Ph.D, Reasearcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies Copenhagen Originally Posted on JuanCole.com

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