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michaeltotten.com - 1/27/2009
The Mother of All Quagmires
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I've just returned from a week-long trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Israel's border with Gaza, and I'm reminded all over again of what has been beaten into me during my many visits to the Middle East: there is no solution to the problems that vex that region right now. Most Americans are ...
The Mother of All Quagmires
commentarymagazine.com - 1/27/2009
The Mother of All Quagmires
— commentarymagazine.com — I've just returned from a week-long trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Israel's border with Gaza, and... I'm reminded all over again of what has been beaten into me during my many visits to the Middle East: there is no solution to the problems that ... (more) The Mother of All Quagmires

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article.nationalreview.com - 1/23/2009
May: The Battle of Gaza
— article.nationalreview.com — Too many people refuse to understand: Hamas is not fighting for a Palestinian state. Hamas is fighting... for the annihilation of Israel which it would replace with an Islamic emirate. (more) May: The Battle of Gaza

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news.yahoo.com - 1/27/2009
Hamas bombing, Israeli airstrike shake Gaza truce - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — JERUSALEM A Palestinian roadside bomb killed an Israeli soldier patrolling the border with Gaza on Tuesday, and... Israel responded with an airstrike that wounded a Hamas militant in a flare-up of violence that undermined a cease-fire on the eve of a ... (more) Hamas bombing, Israeli airstrike shake Gaza truce - ...

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Michael Totten: The Mother of All Quagmires
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... borders, but far too many Palestinians still won’t recognize Israel's right to exist even in its 1948 borders. Hamas doesn't recognize Israel's right to exist inside any borders at all. “We will never recognize Israel,” senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan said before he was killed by an air strike in Gaza during the recent fighting. “There is nothing called Israel, neither in reality nor in the imagination.” Hamas does not speak for all Palestinians. I’ve met Palestinians who sinc read ...

“There is nothing called Israel, neither in reality nor in the imagination.”
small dead animals — ... Palestinian perspective, Israel will always exist inside Palestine.” “Making peace with the Palestinians is harder than making peace with other Arabs,” said Asher Susser, Senior Research Fellow at Tel Aviv University. “With the Palestinians we have a 1948 file as well as a 1967 file. With other Arabs we only have a 1967 file. The 1967 file relates to our size, but the 1948 file relates to our very being. It is nearly impossible to resolve because we cannot compromise on our being.” The rest is here Posted by Kate at January 27, 2009 7:00 PM

An intractable problem
Israel Matzav — ... Fellow blogger Michael Totten has just returned to the US after a trip to Israel, and I believe he's finally beginning to understand our situation here (Hat Tip: ...

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