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newshoggers.com - 12/30/2008
UK's Brown Calls For Halt To Gaza Attacks
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By Cernig Gordon Brown goes (sorta, kinda) where America's leaders, in hock to AIPAC, fear to tread and almost condemns Israel's premeditated assault on Gaza: "We are appalled by the continuing violence in Gaza and reiterate our call to Israel and Hamas for an immediate ceasefire to ...
haaretz.com - 12/30/2008
ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground operation in Gaza - Haaretz - Israel ...
— haaretz.com — Three days into Operation Cast Lead, Israel is proposing a diplomatic exit. A ground operation likely looms... in an effort to increase the pressure on Hamas. At the same time, however, others argue that the air force is close to exhausting its target ... (more) ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground ...

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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation... in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ... (more) Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...

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Statistics - Fatalities
btselem.org - 12/28/2008
Statistics - Fatalities
— btselem.org — Palestinians who died after medical treatment was delayed due to restrictions of movement . Palestinians killed by... an explosive device that they set or was on their person . 12 Palestinian citizens of Israel killed within Israel by the Israeli Police ... (more) Statistics - Fatalities

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Crooks and Liars — ... Consider, for example, that the UK's Gordon Brown has been one of the first Western leaders to break their enabling silence and demand both a ceasefire and access for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Imagine a planted question leading from that. ...

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