haaretz.com - 1/14/2009
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Turkey's prime minister defended his outspoken criticism of Israel's Gaza offensive on Tuesday and said it did not mean he was anti-Semitic, though he also remarked that the "Jewish-backed media" was falsely suggesting that Hamas uses civilians as human shields in the Gaza Strip. Turkey, a ...
zombietime.com - 1/16/2009
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zombietime.com —
On January 10, the war between Israel and
Hamas became a global conflict. No longer confined to...
the Gaza Strip, the fighting spread to cities around the world : what were billed as “anti-war” demonstrations from Los Angeles to Copenhagen and beyond ...
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January 10, 2009: The Intifada is globalized as the Gaza ...
haaretz.com - 1/17/2009
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haaretz.com —
Israel is very close to securing the objectives
of its 22-day-old offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip,...
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Saturday, according to French News Agency AFP. "After three weeks of Operation Cast Lead, we are very close ...
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Israel's Cabinet to vote Saturday on ...
haaretz.com - 1/16/2009
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haaretz.com —
Hamas will not accept Israeli conditions for a
cease-fire in Gaza and would continue armed resistance until...
the offensive ends, Khaled Meshal, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist group, said on Friday. Speaking at the opening of an emergency ...
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Hamas: We will not accept Israel cease-fire ...
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Anti-Semitism inThe Phillipines' "Leading Business Magazine":
The Volokh Conspiracy —
... actually antedates both Obama and the Palestinian conflict. The Jewish tycoons became rapidly and intensely wealthy by funding both sides of World War I. They came to America and started taking over the economy. Today, they control media, filmdom, banking, large corporations and have people in Washington, the State Department, the National Security Agency, etc. Meanwhile, the prime minister of Turkey has denied that his criticisms of Israel's actions in Gaza reflect anti-Semitism, but added that the situation is Gaza is being distorted by the "Jewish-backed media."
Moderate Turkish PM Erdogan: Bar Israel from UN over Gaza offensive
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... Erdogan has previously defended his outspoken criticism of Israel's Gaza offensive, saying it did not mean he was anti-Semitic. However, the Turkish prime minister also remarked that the "Jewish-backed media" was falsely suggesting that Hamas uses civilians as human shields in the Gaza Strip. ...
Chutzpah:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
... and displaced hundreds of thousands, and decrying Israel's military operations in Gaza as a "crime against humanity." (And it's not, as far as I can tell, as if the current prime minister of Turkey has expressed any regret for his country's recent actions, much less referred past military and civilian leaders for prosecution for "crimes against humanity"; heck, Turkey still hasn't exactly expressed remorse for--or even acknowledged--what it did to the Armenians during WWI.)
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