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haaretz.com - 1/3/2009

Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza Strip - Haaretz - Israel News

— haaretz.com — Palestinian witnesses said the artillery barrage caused a large explosion in Gaza City as well as a... series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel. Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel was shelling targets along the ... (more) Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...

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jpost.com - 1/3/2009

Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post

— jpost.com — The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah members under house arrest out of fear that they... might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank has ... (more) Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators' | Middle East | ...

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latimes.com - 1/2/2009

Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — It's a new year in an old and bloody world. In Israel, politicians jockeying for power have... launched the most lethal military assault on Palestinian territory in decades. Israel has justified its bombardment of Gaza on the grounds that Hamas broke a ... (more) Israel can't bomb its way to peace - Los Angeles Times

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Doug Ross @ Journal — ... : Rasmussen Reports Clashing Civilizations - National Review (Mark Steyn): ...on December 23rd Hamas legislators voted to introduce Sharia — Islamic law — to the Palestinian Territories, including crucifixion. So next time you’re visiting what my childhood books still quaintly called “the Holy Land,” the re-enactments might be especially lifelike. Labels: ...

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Power Line — ... Mark Steyn covers a lot of territory in "Clashing civilizations." Israel's current offensive in Gaza provides the occasion for the column, but he opens with a development in the rule of Hamas that predated the offensive: "Over in Gaza, whether or not they're putting the Christ back in Christmas, they're certainly putting the crucifixion back in Easter." Then he somehow recalls Cal Thomas's 2006 interview with Condoleezza Rice to illustrate the difficulty we have coming to grips with the reality of Islamic terror states from Gaza to Iran. I quoted Thomas's interview with Rice ...

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Mark Steyn In National Review: So how was your holiday season? Over in Gaza, whether or not they’re putting the Christ back in Christmas, they’re certainly putting the crucifixion back in Easter. According to the London-based Arabic newspaper al Hayat, on December 23rd Hamas legislators voted to introduce Sharia — Islamic law — to the Palestinian Territories, including crucifixion. So next time you’re visiting what my childhood books still quaintly called “the Holy Land,” the re-enactments might be especially lifelike. The ...