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haaretz.com - 1/3/2009

Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza Strip - Haaretz - Israel News

— haaretz.com — Palestinian witnesses said the artillery barrage caused a large explosion in Gaza City as well as a series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel. Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel was shelling targets along the ... (more) Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...

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idfspokesperson.com - 1/4/2009

Rocket Statistics, 3 Jan 2009

— idfspokesperson.com — Rocket Statistics Today, over 950,000 Israelis live within range of rocket and mortar attacks. There have been approximately 7,200 rockets (Grads, Qassams) and mortars launched at Israel since 2005. During 2008, there have been 1755 mortars ... (more) Rocket Statistics, 3 Jan 2009

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attackerman.firedoglake.com - 1/3/2009

Gaza: An Israeli Step Back would be the Truer “Success”

— attackerman.firedoglake.com — The invasion of Gaza has begun . As the bombardment of Gaza has failed to break Palestinian "will," now the gamble is that ground troops will. According to Ha'aretz , a significant portion of Israeli "top commanders" dissented ... (more) Gaza: An Israeli Step Back would be the Truer “Success”

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THE MORAL EQUIVALENCY BRIGADE
Right Wing Nut House — ... an ally during its struggle for survival and not being “even handed” toward both the victim and the aggressor. This support is marginalized by playing up the ubiquitous “Jewish Lobby” and the evil neocons who do the bidding of Likud rather than seeing the US acting in its own interests by supporting the Jewish state in its war against those who would destroy them. The intellectual gymnastics that are necessary to arrive at these conclusions by the left are simply astonishing. Here’s Matthew Yglesias doing a forward double flip with a twist in an attempt to elevate moral ...

IT’S JUST A LITTLE STAB IN THE BACK
Right Wing Nut House — ... they shouldn’t be used at all but rather dusted off and spit shined so that they can be displayed during parades and such. Deterrence, don’t you know. The fact that Israel is fighting a war against an implacable enemy who hides behind women and children, hoping and praying for their deaths so that the world can build up enough fake outrage to pressure Israel to pull back is inconsequential to these jamokes. But when the Palestinians have friends like Matthew Yglesias, what do they need the world for? All throughout the “peace process” years — through the good ones and through ...