google.com - 12/28/2008
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17 hours ago CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) The U.S. on Saturday blamed the militant group Hamas for breaking a cease-fire and attacking Israel, which retaliated with strikes of its own during what became the single bloodiest day of fighting in years. The White House called for the cease-fire to be ...
prospect.org - 12/28/2008
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prospect.org —
This is the paragraph that I can't get
out of my head: Hamas had in recent weeks...
let it be known that it doubted Israel would engage in a major military undertaking because of its coming elections. But in some ways the elections have made it ...
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ISRAEL, WRONG.
israellycool.com - 12/27/2008
lennybendavid.com - 12/28/2008
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lennybendavid.com —
The humanitarian assistance also served to lull Hamas
into believing that Israel was going soft. The attack...
on the Jewish Sabbath was also unexpected by Hamas. Israeli intelligence was tracking, following, and marking the Hamas leadership, terrorist ...
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I*Consult: Israel Attacks Hamas -- Here Comes the Hamas ...
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Israel Expected to Continue Strikes Against Hamas
TalkLeft —
... There was a cease fire but it ended earlier this month. Most of the 225 killed were militant Hamas policemen, since a principal target was Hamas police headquarters, although hundreds were injured and there were some civilians and children who died. Most of the strikes were on security compounds and militant bases. Israel had been planning the attacks for some time due to Hamas's refusal to stop sending rockets into Israel The Bush Administration blames Hamas. Condoleeza Rice blames Hamas because it kept sending rockets into Israel ...
Disproportionate Response
Suburban Guerrilla —
... . Egypt, which has collaborated with Israel in blockading the Gazans, branded its partner’s air strikes “murder.” The US, which for some odd reason holds an irrational hatred of the Palestinians, branded the dead Gaza policemen “thugs” and blamed the massive aerial strikes solely on Hamas, the fundamentalist Muslim party that controls Gaza. ...
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