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Toledo Blade columnist: "Why does an Israeli cause become an American cause?"
jihadwatch.org - 1/14/2009
Toledo Blade columnist: "Why does an Israeli cause become an American cause?"
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It is good that Dr. S. Amjad Hussein asked that question, but not for the reasons he may think. Indeed, for all the skewed coverage that Operation Cast Lead has received in the press, it is still shocking to see such a strident defense of Hamas in the newspaper of a large city. Much of ...

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Op-Ed Contributor: Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas
nytimes.com - 1/14/2009
Op-Ed Contributor: Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas
— nytimes.com — The only small chance for peace in Gaza today is to help Hamas’s enemy, Fatah, prepare the West Bank for real freedom. > (more) Op-Ed Contributor: Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas

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timesonline.co.uk - 1/12/2009
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime
— timesonline.co.uk — ISRAEL has sought to justify its military attacks on Gaza by stating that it amounts to an act of self-defence as recognised by Article 51, United Nations Charter. We categorically reject this contention. The rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas ... (more) Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence ...

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haaretz.com - 1/12/2009
Sources: Hamas leaders hiding in basement of Israel-built hospital in Gaza - ...
— haaretz.com — Senior Hamas officials in Gaza are hiding out in a "bunker" built by Israel, intelligence officials suspect: Many are believed to be in the basements of the Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City, which was refurbished during Israel's occupation of the ... (more) Sources: Hamas leaders hiding in basement  ...

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Stones Cry Out — ... like Iraq?) Clearly overstated threat. That cross thing. Some interesting tidbits from a Andre Weil biography. I heard Mr Weil lecture while I was at school and I’ve got a few of his books. Spare and elegant. Speaking of maths, fractal cabbages. Shapeshifter battles, and the Pope’s last encyclical? “the Lull”, I’m thinking for some people, that word doesn’t mean what they think it means. Bush and Obama … perhaps not so ...

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