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"They even killed the cats!"
"They even killed the cats!"
Some 50,000 Palestinians have been left homeless by the Israeli war on the people of Gaza, with 400,000 now lacking access to running water . Rebuilding what the Israeli military destroyed will cost billions of dollars. Cont'd (click below or on "comments") Ashraf Khalil of the LAT reports ...
'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation... Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified ... (more) 'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...
Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for Gaza war | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for Gaza war | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com — Hamas bears full responsibility for the war in Gaza, a top EU official said Monday in the... Strip, calling the group "a terrorist movement." "At this time we have to also recall the overwhelming responsibility of Hamas," Louis Michel, European ... (more) Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for ...
 Blog Archive   » A Gaza Post-Mortem
Blog Archive » A Gaza Post-Mortem
commentarymagazine.com — A fragile quiet prevails in Gaza and Israel today, its duration unknown. It would be satisfying to... say that Israel won, but clearly it did not. The political leadership did not allow the IDF to continue advancing until Hamas’s leadership, ensconced in ... (more) Blog Archive » A Gaza Post-Mortem
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