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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/8/2009
War: What Is It Good For?
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Yesterday, Matt Yglesias offered a thoughtful attempt to put his skepticism about Israel's Gaza incursion in the context of the lessons he's drawn from the Iraq War: I've been thinking back on some of the online disputes I've been having about Israel's attack on Gaza, and it occurred to me that ...
Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
theweek.com - 1/8/2009
Why Democrats recoil from Gaza
— theweek.com — Good for Shrum for championing Israel s right to defend itself against the Hamas rocket barrage. He is correct, too, that lasting peace will come only when the Palestinians abandon their hope that Israel can somehow be defeated or destroyed. ... (more) Why Democrats recoil from Gaza

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel accepts truce 'principles'
news.bbc.co.uk - 1/7/2009
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel accepts truce 'principles'
— news.bbc.co.uk — Israel has agreed "on the principles" of a ceasefire proposal, raising hopes of an end to its conflict with Palestinian militants in Gaza. "The challenge now is to get the details to match the principles," Israeli spokesman Mark Regev said. The ... (more) BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel accepts truce 'principles'

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Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
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Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - International News | News of the World ...
— foxnews.com — Friday, January 09, 2009 BREAKING NEWS— Israel's government says it will press ahead with its offensive in the Gaza Strip despite a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office says the military "will ... (more) Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  The Best Bad Option?

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The Best Bad Option?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Ross wades back into the Gaza muck: In the face of such a calculus, what's Israel to do? The answer is simultaneously simple and impossible: In the midst of a hotly-contested domestic political scene, they need to balance their short-term security concerns (all those rockets flying out of Gaza, in this case) against a twofold long-term goal - the need to incentivize Palestinians to stay within hailing distance of the negotiating table (which is awfully hard to do when you're smashing through their cities in pursuit of Hamas rocketeers), and the need to act ...

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