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Security Council approves truce resolution; US abstains - Israel News, Ynetnews
Security Council approves truce resolution; US abstains - Israel News, Ynetnews
Security Council approves truce resolution; US abstains Is Gaza operation nearing its end? UN Security Council approves Gaza ceasefire resolution by 14-0 vote; US abstains but refrains from using its veto power. Israeli efforts to postpone vote by 24 hours fail Yitzhak Benhorin and AFP ...
Steyn: The Oldest Hatred
article.nationalreview.com — Once upon a time on the Continent, Jews were hated as rootless cosmopolitan figures who owed no... national allegiance. So they became a conventional nation state, and now theyre hated for that. And, if Hamas get their way and destroy the Jewish state, the (more) Steyn: The Oldest Hatred
George E. Bisharat: Israel Is Committing War Crimes
online.wsj.com — GEORGE E. BISHARAT Israel's current assault on the Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it... involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ... (more) George E. Bisharat: Israel Is Committing War Crimes
Anatomy of a Media Hoax
Anatomy of a Media Hoax
confederateyankee.mu.nu — As the IDF campaign in Gaza continues, so do attempts by Hamas and Hamas sympathizers to use... the western media as an often willing propaganda tool. Yesterday, media critic Charles Johnson commented on Little Green Footballs about a 2-minute CNN... (more) Anatomy of a Media Hoax
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W. abandons Israel again
Yourish.com — First he forced Ariel Sharon to give up the Philadelphi Corridor. Then he forced Israel to allow Hamas to run in Palestinian elections, even though Ba’athists were not allowed to run in Iraq, and Taliban were not allowed to run in Afghanistan. Now W. is allowing the UN Security Council to try to force Israel into a cease fire. Western and Arab foreign ministers on Thursday agreed on a compromise draft resolution calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire and decided to put it to a UN Security Council vote, a Palestinian diplomat said. [...] ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/9/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Security Council Approves Truce Resolution; US Abstains Is Gaza operation nearing its end? UN Security Council approves Gaza ceasefire resolution by 14-0 vote; US abstains but refrains from using its veto power. Israeli efforts to postpone vote by 24 hours fail WASHINGTON — UN calls for end to fighting: The United Nations Security Council approved the Gaza Strip ceasefire resolution by a 14-0 margin; the United States abstained in the vote. Notably, the word “Hamas” is not mentioned in the document at ...

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