huffingtonpost.com - 1/15/2009
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In talking about the assault on Gaza, neo-conservative pundits and Israeli hardliners have relied on a familiar frame. The fighting in Gaza, they say, is a struggle between Israel and so-called "moderate" Arab states (namely, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia) on the one hand, and Iran, Syria, ...
jpost.com - 1/20/2009
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jpost.com —
Iran has renewed efforts to supply advanced weaponry
to Hamas and the IDF is concerned that the...
terror group will try to smuggle long-range Fajr missiles into the Gaza Strip. According to the latest intelligence assessments, Iran, which was ...
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Iran renews efforts to supply weaponry to bruised Hamas ...
nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
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nytimes.com —
JERUSALEM Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups
in Gaza announced an immediate, week-long cease-fire in the...
conflict with Israel on Sunday, about 12 hours after an Israeli unilateral cease-fire went into effect. The Palestinian groups said in ...
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Gaza Skirmishes Continue Despite Cease-Fire
guardian.co.uk - 1/21/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
The new Obama administration is willing to talk
to Iran "without preconditions" and will work towards the...
abolition of nuclear weapons, the White House said today. The Obama foreign policy agenda that appeared on the White House website said: ...
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President Barack Obama willing to negotiate with Iran ...
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Israel in Gaza increasingly seen as Rogue State by EU, Red Cross, Lancet; Are Gazans Slaves?
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... Trita Parsi takes on the glib charges about Iran and Gaza, and warns that the Gaza War is a trap for Obama in his proposed opening to Iran. ...
Did the Obama administration force Israel to stop Cast Lead?
Israel Matzav —
... than being sitting ducks at Gaza, but this accelerated timetable does not give the IDF a lot of time to confirm that the 'cease fire' actually takes hold. All of which leads to the real question: Did the incoming Obama administration pressure Israel to end the Gaza war so as not to ruin the party coronation taking place in Washington on Tuesday. From what I hear from the US, the incoming Obama administration placed 'enormous pressure' on Israel to end the operation. Why? Here's one possibility : Second, increased tensions and polarization in the Middle East undermines Obama's ...
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weeklystandard.com 1/27/2009 — From Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya :
Q Will the United States ever live with a nuclear Iran? And if not, how far are you going in the direction of preventing it?
THE PRESIDENT: You know, I said during the campaign that it is very important ...
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Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 1/14/2009
Readers write about American guns in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, the roles of executive power and inalienable rights in the US, questions that should be asked about President Bush, and why Israel's attacks on Gaza are not war crimes.
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