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online.wsj.com - 1/14/2009
The Gaza-Egypt Smuggling Tunnels Must Be Closed
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DORE GOLD When Israelis look back on what caused the current conflict in Gaza, they point to their government's decision in September 2005 to leave the narrow "Philadelphi Route" that runs along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. More than Israel's disengagement from ...
Israeli troops invade Gaza - Yahoo! News Photos
news.yahoo.com - 1/13/2009
Israeli troops invade Gaza - Yahoo! News Photos
— news.yahoo.com — News Home Help Israeli troops invade Gaza Play Slideshow Pause Slow Med Fast Photo Gallery Hardline demonstrators... burn posters of U.S. President-elect ... Reuters Tue Jan 13, 10:13 AM ET Previous 174 of 406 Next Hardline demonstrators burn posters of ... (more) Israeli troops invade Gaza - Yahoo! News Photos

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Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com - 1/15/2009
Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday,... setting fire to the compound filled with hundreds of refugees as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the region on a mission to end Israel 's ... (more) Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza - Yahoo! News

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littlegreenfootballs.com - 1/12/2009
Gaza Video Supplier Responds
— littlegreenfootballs.com — Middle East | Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:12:11 am PST This is an email sent to... us by Paul Martin, who supplied Western media with that Gaza hospital video. Martin demands an apology from bloggers, and insists that we have no reason to be suspicious of ... (more) Gaza Video Supplier Responds

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The Gaza-Egypt Smuggling Tunnels Must Be Closed
Israpundit — by Dore Gold, The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 14, 2009 When Israelis look back on what caused the current conflict in Gaza, they point to their government’s decision in September 2005 to leave the narrow “Philadelphi Route” that runs along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. More than Israel’s disengagement from the Strip as a whole, the abandonment of this strategic area made full-scale war inevitable. The 1994 Gaza-Jericho Agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... motivated by the best of intentions, could bring it to a halt. Moreover, a steady stream of weapons smugglers and Islamist volunteers crossing the kingdom would undermine Jordanian security. Diplomats are working feverishly to seal off the Philadelphi Route and bring an end to the current Gaza conflict. Let's hope they remember the critical importance of securing Israel's other borders -- for the sake of Israel's security, and for the stability of its neighbors. Source ************************* United under the swastika in Canada ...

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