youtube.com - 1/2/2009
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The Israel Air Force launches a precision strike against weapons hidden in a Gaza mosque on 1 Jan 2009. The secondary explosion caused by the ignition of th...
haaretz.com - 1/3/2009
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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 ...
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Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...
rasmussenreports.com - 1/1/2009
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rasmussenreports.com —
Americans, while far more sympathetic to Israel than
the Palestinians, are closely divided over whether the Jewish
state should be taking military action against militants in the Gaza Strip. Forty-four percent (44%) say Israel should have taken ...
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Americans Closely Divided Over Israel’s Gaza Attacks
idfspokesperson.com - 1/4/2009
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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 ...
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Rocket Statistics, 3 Jan 2009
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War Porn: Big Boomah Dropped on Mosque Hamas Used for Arms Storage
The Jawa Report —
January 02, 2009 War Porn: Big Boomah Dropped on Mosque Hamas Used for Arms Storage By Howie at January 2, 2009 09:48 AM | | l digg this
CRAP: IDF SLIPPING: ONE GOT AWAY!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
NYTIMES: The mosque destroyed Friday was known as a Hamas stronghold, and the army said it was used to store weapons. It also was identified with Nizar Rayan, the Hamas militant leader killed Thursday when Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on his home. That airstrike killed 20 people, including all four of Rayan's wives and [ONLY] 11 of his 12 children. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME! IDF: Israeli air and naval forces attacked some 20 Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip during late night and early morning hours. ...
Even the Muslims get it
Israel Matzav —
Even the Muslims get it The Lebanese blog Ouwet, which describes itself as "personal views and opinions of Lebanese forces members," castigates Hamas for using 'holy mosques' to store weapons. Hamas, the Islamist Movement, is hidding weapons in a mosque. How truly “Muslim” of them ! Now i ask you : What do you expect the IDF to do ? Good question. The blogger was referring to a video - which I will show you shortly - but first, those of you who have not yet voted for this blog as Best Midsize blog in the last 24 hours are asked to please click here and vote before you watch the video. Let's go to the videotape. Note all the secondary explosions in the video above. ...
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Video: A mosque full of weapons
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 1/14/2009 — What's amazing about this video is the quantity and variety of weaponry found in a 'holy mosque.' Hamas isn't just willing to use its civilians to shield itself: It's also willing to use its God.
If you haven't done so in the last 24 hours, please ...
Joe The Plumber Files First Reports From Israel On Gaza Crisis
huffingtonpost.com 1/12/2009 — SDEROT, Israel — Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel's side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza.
The Ohio man, who rocketed to fame during the U.S. presidential campaign ...
Playing to Win in Gaza
brusselsjournal.com 1/9/2009 — As the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip nears the end of its second week, two things are clear: first, that it will come to some sort of internationally brokered end ;
and second, that it will end thus because there is no other end that
Israel will ...
Day 7 of the War, Jan 2, 2009
muqata.blogspot.com 1/2/2009 — Day 7 of the Gaza war, Friday, January 2, 2009 -- Daily sticky post, constantly updated. More liveblogging at IsraellyCool and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/muqata Keyword #GazaWar Additional New posts from today can be found below this post. ...
What is the Israel lobby?
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 1/13/2009 — Stephen Walt, of The Israel Lobby fame, launches into the blogosphere with a bang: Here's a thought experiment:
Imagine that Egypt, Jordan, and Syria had won the Six Day War,
leading to a massive exodus of Jews from the territory of Israel.
Imagine ...
In Israel
michaeltotten.com 1/19/2009 — I'm in Israel now and have been here since Saturday afternoon. I have one more day with a packed schedule and then I should be able to squeeze in some time to write. Stay tuned for several short analysis pieces and a long dispatch from the border with ...
War in Gaza Update #10.5
wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Welcome to the War in Gaza Update #10.5. Before we get into the meat of things lets set the mood with a video that many of you have probably seen before. Brothers in Arms I am curious to see if this war produces it's own "Yalla Yalla Nasrallah" ...
Bush calls Hamas attacks an 'act of terror' —
msnbc.com: Politics 1/3/2009
President George W. Bush on Friday branded the Hamas rocket attacks on Israel an "act of terror" and outlined his own condition for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying no peace deal would be acceptable without monitoring to halt the flow of smuggled ...
Bush Asserts Israel’s Right to Defense —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/3/2009
The Bush administration defended Israels military incursion into the Gaza Strip Saturday asserting that Israel had the right to defend itself against Hamas rocket fire. The U.S. also refused to pressure Israel into accepting an immediate ...
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