commentarymagazine.com - 12/27/2008
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The war that Israel joined today is superficially concerned with stopping Hamas’ rocket fire, but substantially it is much more important than that. It is Israel’s biggest military engagement since the 2006 Hezbollah war, and therefore it will be a retroactive judgment on that ...
prospect.org - 12/28/2008
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prospect.org —
This is the paragraph that I can't get
out of my head: Hamas had in recent weeks...
let it be known that it doubted Israel would engage in a major military undertaking because of its coming elections. But in some ways the elections have made it ...
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ISRAEL, WRONG.
foxnews.com - 12/27/2008
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foxnews.com —
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas security compounds across Gaza
on Saturday in an unprecedented series of simultaneous strikes....
Hamas and medics reported that dozens of people were killed and that others were still buried under the rubble.
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Israel Will Expand Gaza Airstrikes 'As Necessary'
israellycool.com - 12/27/2008
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ALLISON KAPLAN SOMMER: Israel Furiously Attacks Gaza — And Braces for Reprisal.
UPDATE: Mor…
Instapundit —
ALLISON KAPLAN SOMMER: Israel Furiously Attacks Gaza — And Braces for Reprisal.
UPDATE: More from Noah Pollak.
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Can Israel deny Hamas the "victory" Hezbollah obtained?
Power Line —
... Noah Pollak looks at Israel's counter-attack on Hamas in Gaza through the lens of its 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. That war was widely perceived as a failure for Israel because of Hezbollah's success in thwarting Israel from accomplishing the objectives the government announced at the beginning of the war, and its ability to maintain a consistent level of rocket fire throughout the war. ...
Bombed in 30 Minutes or Less, Or Your Next One's Free
Confederate Yankee —
... on Hamas making just that supposition. Here's my theory. Israel's Saturday attacks went after overt Hamas targets in an effort to rattle their cages, hitting both their comfort zones and their most visible signs of power by hitting their security stations, armories, and training camps. Hamas, trained and back by Iran just like Hezbollah was in 2006, was prepared and braced for a grinding ground war from fixed positions and continued rocket attacks on Israel, in hopes of winning the traditional Arab "victory," of not being utterly wiped off the face of the earth. Hamas ...
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