nytimes.com - 1/27/2009
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The Israeli military said that Palestinians detonated an explosive device near troops patrolling on the Israeli side of the Gaza border in the first incident since the cease-fire. >
lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/26/2009
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lynch.foreignpolicy.com —
The Israeli attack on Gaza during the last
weeks of the Bush administration looks more than ever...
like Bush's "last gift" to Israel and to the region -- carried out during the transition, with no American attempt to intervene, ending ...
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How badly did Gaza poison the well?
ft.com - 1/22/2009
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ft.com —
President Barack Obama urged Israel on Thursday to
open its borders with Gaza. The plea came in...
a speech that signalled the new US administration’s shift from Bush-era policy on the Middle East and the world as a whole. In a high-profile address on ...
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FT.com / US & Canada - Obama urges Israel to open ...
jpost.com - 1/27/2009
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jpost.com —
An IDF non-commissioned officer was killed on Tuesday
morning when a roadside bomb planted by Gaza operatives...
along Israel's border with the Strip detonated under the army vehicle he was traveling in. Another officer was seriously wounded and two ...
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IDF soldier killed by powerful roadside bomb on Gaza ...
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Ben Smith's Blog —
As Mitchell arrives, an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian farmer are killed on the Gaza border.
Jihadists breach true, kill Israeli soldier
Jihad Watch —
... But the New York Times headline is "Two Killed in Violence on Gaza Border," by Taghreed El-Khodary and Alan Cowell, January 27. The story is accompanied by a photo. Caption: "Relatives mourned at the funeral of Anwar Zaid Sammor, a Palestinian farmer who was killed by gunfire on Tuesday after an explosion across the border in Israel that killed one Israeli soldier." ...
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boston.com 1/19/2009 — DAMASCUS - This morning, while I made my coffee and eggs, I tuned in to the best show on television. When I went next door to buy my milk, the owner of the Rawda Grocery Store was already watching it, and down in the Sha'alan neighborhood, at the ...
Gaza Update: Breaking the Cease-fire
firedoglake.com 1/27/2009 —
There are reports of a clash on the Gaza border and unconfirmed news of one Israeli soldier killed and three wounded. At the moment it is difficult to tell what really happened. The most complete report so far is from Reuters :
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3 Israeli Soldiers Killed In Gaza Offensive
npr.org 1/22/2009 — Mike Shuster Morning Edition , January 6, 2009 Palestinians say Israeli attacks on Gaza intensified before dawn Tuesday. Israeli soldiers seized several buildings inside Gaza City. Late Monday, three Israeli soldiers were killed by what Israeli ...
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gazatoday.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — Day 23 of Israeli War On Gaza Informative Report on Gaza War: Death toll 1310, wounded 5600 By: Sameh A. Habeeb: A Photojournalist, Humanitarian & Peace Activist in Gaza Strip. Dear Editors, Journalists and Friends, Thousands of people appeared on ...
No Other Option?!
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/12/2009 — I watch in shock, like the rest of the world, at the appalling death and destruction being wrought on Gaza by Israel; and still it does not stop. Meanwhile, we see a seemingly never-ending army of well-prepared Israeli war propagandists, some Israeli ...
Op-Ed Contributor: What You Don’t Know About Gaza
nytimes.com 1/8/2009 — Nearly everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Here are a few key points that seem to be missing from the conversation about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip. >
Misinformation about the 2005 Gaza Withdrawal
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com 1/7/2009 — I love Daniel Levy -- we're brothers in Zionism , after all -- but sometimes he drives me nuts. Andrew links without comment to Daniel's recent post informing the world that Ariel Sharon was not seeking peace when he withdrew from Gaza in 2005: One ...
Gaza Not In Ruins
commentarymagazine.com 1/25/2009 — You have to wait until the sixth paragraph of an article buried in the middle of the Sunday New York Times before you find out that the Israeli Defense Forces are not quite the barbarians that they have been made out to be. Writes Times correspondent ...
Middle East envoys departs today —
First Read 1/26/2009
From NBC’s Libby LeistU.S. special Middle East envoy George Mitchell will depart today for the Middle East, the State Department said this morning.
Spokesman Robert Wood told reporters that Mitchell's trip will include stops in : Egypt, Israel, the ...
U.S. Mideast envoy says Gaza ceasefire critical —
Reuters: Politics 1/28/2009
CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. Middle East envoy, dispatched by President Barack Obama with orders to "start by listening," said on Wednesday it was critical to consolidate a Gaza ceasefire after Israel's offensive. Former Senator George Mitchell met ...
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