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youtube.com - 1/26/2009
Hamas Uses Schools and Ceasefire to Shoot Rockets at Israel (video)
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Aerial footage taken by the Israel Air Force on 18 January 2009 provides yet another example of how Hamas exploits its civilian population and ...
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michaeltotten.com - 2/1/2009
A Minority Report from the West Bank and Gaza
— michaeltotten.com — Khaled Abu Toameh is not your typical Palestinian journalist. He began his career at one of Yasser... Arafat's newspapers and today he writes for the Jerusalem Post . He has produced video for European TV stations, and even blogged for a while at ... (more) A Minority Report from the West Bank and Gaza

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michaelyon-online.com - 1/31/2009
How Can the World Be Blind to Israel’s Existential Threats?
— michaelyon-online.com — Published: 01 February 2009 I heard Benjamin Netanyahu, the person who could soon become Israel’s new prime... minister, speak this week at the Jerusalem Conference. The most pressing point that he talked about was that under no circumstances should ... (more) How Can the World Be Blind to Israel’s Existential Threats?

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Carter: Hamas can be trusted
ynetnews.com - 1/26/2009
Carter: Hamas can be trusted
— ynetnews.com — Former president, in interview with NBC, claims Palestinian group 'adhered to ceasefire', adds 'ME peace not possible... without Hamas involvement' (more) Carter: Hamas can be trusted

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The Washington Note:  YouTube and Israel's Public Diplomacy

Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  (AP) Accidentally Reveals UN Schools In Gaza Not-So Innocent - With Videos

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YouTube and Israel's Public Diplomacy
The Washington Note — I found the video above on the IDF Spokesperson's Unit YouTube Channel. I can't get the sound to play, but the text on the screen says it all. I want to be clear that I am not posting this video to support the Israeli position, but to show that the IDF is serious about using YouTube as a medium of public diplomacy. Yigal Schleifer over at Istanbul Calling has an interesting post on the role of new media in conflict zones and as public diplomacy tools. Schleifer also links to Riyaad Minty's piece over at Al Jazeera English, which explains how the Israeli ...

(AP) Accidentally Reveals UN Schools In Gaza Not-So Innocent - With Videos
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Yeah, swim through the ‘poor-poor’pity them’ paragraphs … wait for it … I’ve hammered that thumb for you … UN’s role in Gaza rises among the rubble JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip – Crouching against piled mattresses in a room crammed with refugees, Bissan Abu al-Eish focused on her homework, blocking out the relentless shrieks of dozens of toddlers and the stench of overflowing latrines. “I’m so happy to be studying,” said the 9-year-old girl, bent over the new textbook she received this weekend when classes resumed for 200,000 Gaza children at ...

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