themoderatevoice.com - 12/30/2008
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Though my own posts haven’t been bad, I think the folks over at Lawyers, Guns, and Money have probably the best package of coverage regarding Israel’s latest operation in Gaza. One of the things I think they’ve done effectively is avoid some of the easy traps that obscure ...
salon.com - 12/30/2008
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salon.com —
(updated below - Update II) University of Maryland's
Program on International Policy Attitudes -- July 1, 2008
: A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 18 countries finds that in 14 of them people mostly say their government should not take sides in the ...
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George Washington's warnings and U.S. policy towards ...
haaretz.com - 12/30/2008
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haaretz.com —
Three days into Operation Cast Lead, Israel is
proposing a diplomatic exit. A ground operation likely looms
in an effort to increase the pressure on Hamas. At the same time, however, others argue that the air force is close to exhausting its target ...
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ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground ...
btselem.org - 12/28/2008
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btselem.org —
Palestinians who died after medical treatment was delayed
due to restrictions of movement . Palestinians killed by
an explosive device that they set or was on their person . 12 Palestinian citizens of Israel killed within Israel by the Israeli Police ...
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Israel vs Hamas: Beyond right, wrong, smart, and stupid
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... gives a thoughtful rebuttal to arguments from the American Left and Right on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, trying to push beyond some of the slogans to find better ground. He easily dispenses with the asinine “proportionality” argument and rejects the right vs wrong equation, preferring to ask whether Israel has acted wisely in their actions: The proper frame for looking at Israel’s response isn’t whether, in some cosmic sense, it is “justified” in attacking Gaza this way. The proper frame is asking “is this attack going to accomplish anything?” LGM’s own military expert, ...
Narratives on Gaza
The Glittering Eye —
... The reason that I haven’t commented on the ongoing situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians is that although I think it’s sad I don’t think it’s news. However, David Schraub has produced a fine post over at The Moderate Voice that’s moved me to post. ...
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