weeklystandard.com - 1/9/2009
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The ground invasion of Gaza has begun. According to the IDF spokesman , Israel's aims are limited to "deal[ing] a heavy blow to the Hamas terror organization, to strengthen Israel’s deterrence, and to create a better security situation for those living around the Gaza Strip that will be ...
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
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jpost.com —
Iran is exerting heavy pressure on Hamas not
to accept the Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with...
Israel, an Egyptian government official said on Sunday. The official told The Jerusalem Post by phone that two senior Iranian officials who visited ...
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Iran warns Hamas not to accept Egyptian truce proposal | ...
ynetnews.com - 1/8/2009
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ynetnews.com —
Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to
residents Grim picture of Gazans' lives painted by reports...
emerging from Strip, claiming gunmen hiding in civilian homes, using residents as human shields, and hijacking trucks of humanitarian aid Roee ...
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Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to residents ...
foxnews.com - 1/9/2009
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foxnews.com —
Friday, January 09, 2009 BREAKING NEWS— Israel's government
says it will press ahead with its offensive in...
the Gaza Strip despite a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office says the military "will ...
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Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - ...
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Reading: Apparently, It’s Not Fundamental For Weekly Standard Editors
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... criticism by blaming a “Jewish conspiracy…a cabal apparently run out of the Israeli embassy in Washington,” based on this story in the Jewish Week. But, while the JW item does cite sources who “said they believed the campaign [against J Street] was being mounted by major pro-Israel groups and by the Israeli Embassy in Washington,” none of those sources are J Street sources, as Goldfarb claims.
Interestingly, Goldfarb, who was complaining just last week about being called a thug because of his belief in the utility of ...
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longwarjournal.org 1/5/2009 —
Map of Gaza. Click map to view. Created by Bill Raymond for The Long War Journal .
Israeli ground forces pushed into the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning after eight days of airstrikes on Hamas' military and political ...
Operation Cast Lead: Day 11
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Israeli forces focus on Northern Gaza
longwarjournal.org 1/6/2009 —
Map of Gaza. Click map to view. Created by Bill Raymond for The Long War Journal .
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Why Israel can't make peace with Hamas - or Fatah
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 1/17/2009 — The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg has an op-ed in Wednesday's New York Times in which he explains why Hamas (and Hezbullah) will never make peace with Israel (Hat Tip: Hot Air). Here's the key passage. Periodically, advocates of negotiation suggest that ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/5/2009 — It seems that Hamas was hoping to bait Israel into launching a ground operation in Gaza, operating on the belief that they’d be able to fight a successful insurgent campaign against the Israelis along the lines of what Hezbollah’s been ...
US concerned by Gaza situation
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AP - The Bush administration on Friday expressed concern about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, but officials blamed the militant Hamas movement for Palestinian suffering and said it was difficult for the Israeli military to avoid ...
House backs Israel's right to defend itself —
CNN.com - Politics
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday "recognizing Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza," a measure that it said reaffirms the United States' strong support for Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian ...
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