news.yahoo.com - 12/27/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israeli warplanes retaliating for
rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of
security compounds across the Hamas -ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing at least 155 and wounding more than ...
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Israel launches air strikes on Gaza, 155 dead - Yahoo! News
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.
thewashingtonnote.com - 12/28/2008
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thewashingtonnote.com —
One of the most important and sensible comments
made during the last stretch of the campaign came
from the straight-talking Joe Biden. The then Democratic vice-presidential nominee said that Barack Obama would be " tested" by crisis early in his ...
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Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy
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Israeli Attack on Gaza: Bombs Fall as Children Go to School
Firedoglake —
Israel’s attack today came at the time of day when, as Fikr Shallpoot, a health worker and resident in Gaza told the BBC, children leave the morning school session and the afternoon students arrive. (Please listen to this report, it is very informative but sadly the BBC does not allow embedding) At ...
Disproportionate Response
Suburban Guerrilla —
Juan Cole at Informed Comment:
The UN Security Council held a special evening session on Saturday and issued a call for an immediate ceasefire. The attacks drew a furious response from the Arab world. Egypt, which has collaborated with Israel in blockading the Gazans, branded its partner’s air strikes “murder.” The US, which for some odd reason holds an irrational hatred of the Palestinians, branded the dead Gaza policemen “thugs” and blamed the massive aerial strikes solely on Hamas, the fundamentalist Muslim party that controls Gaza. ...
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