powerlineblog.com - 1/14/2009
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Daniel Polisar is president of the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. Today he has circulated the following reflections occasioned by the death of the first IDF soldier to fall in the current offensive:
Israel is a small country, but when it goes to war, the front is extraordinarily broad. On ...
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas on Monday raided some 100 aid trucks
that Israel had allowed into Gaza, stole their contents...
and sold them to the highest bidders. The IDF said that since terminal activity is coordinated with UNRWA and the Red Cross, Israel could do nothing to ...
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Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies
jpost.com - 1/15/2009
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jpost.com —
Gunshots and an anti-tank missile were fired at
IDF troops near the UN compound that was attacked...
by the IDF on Thursday, senior defense official told The Jerusalem Post . Accordng to the officials, the IDF responded by firing artillery shells at the ...
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'UNRWA building used to attack troops' | Confronting ...
haaretz.com - 1/12/2009
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haaretz.com —
Senior Hamas officials in Gaza are hiding out
in a "bunker" built by Israel, intelligence officials suspect:...
Many are believed to be in the basements of the Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City, which was refurbished during Israel's occupation of the ...
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Sources: Hamas leaders hiding in basement ...
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Gaza's true disproportion
Israel Matzav —
... you kill him first. Would that lead to higher civilian casualties in Gaza? You bet it would. But it would lower casualties among IDF soldiers. No one in this country is looking at the ratio of civilian casualties in Gaza to IDF soldier casualties because the vast, sane majority of this country is convinced that the current action is proper and necessary. But God forbid, a lot of IDF casualties in and of themselves could lead people to change their minds. On the other hand, consider remarks made by Daniel Polissar of the ...
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Did Israel win in Gaza?
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Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 1/14/2009
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