democracyarsenal.org - 1/5/2009
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A couple of days ago Michael wrote about the overwhelming and pretty much unanimous response from America's leaders in support of Israel's operations in Gaza. What matters, from a political perspective, is not what 71% of Americans think; what matters is what those Americans who care ...
forward.com - 1/3/2009
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forward.com —
Opinion Wars sicken me, even wars that I
support. I support Israel’s offensive in Gaza, but watching...
it on TV — the images of bombed-out buildings, crying women and, inevitably, the bodies of innocent bystanders — is a painful experience. I suspect ...
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On Gaza, Sense and Centrism
newsweek.com - 1/4/2009
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newsweek.com —
Jews worry for a living; their tragic history
compels them to do so. In the next few...
years, there will be plenty to worry about, particularly when it comes to Israel . The current operation in Gaza won't do much to ease these worries or to address ...
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Obama Must Get Tough With Israel to Achieve Peace | ...
juancole.com - 1/4/2009
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juancole.com —
With regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict, we have
entered the age of micro-wars. The first wars that...
Israel fought with its Arab neighbors were conventional struggles in which infantry, artillery, armor and air forces played central roles. Israel's ...
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Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars
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... , for instance, Goldenberg endorses a U.S. push for an Israeli-Syrian peace accord as “the type of game-changer that improves America’s image in the region, generates positive Israeli political momentum towards [peace], weakens Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah and in the long-term could potentially improve the likelihood of an Israeli-Palestinian agreement.” Here’s Goldenberg pushing back on the idea that American Jews uniformly backed Israel’s Gaza war. ...
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