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Gaza Airstrikes

Israel Gaza War Defended In Government Report

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — An Israeli government report released Thursday insisted that "incessant" Hamas rocket attacks forced Israel to hit Gaza hard earlier...

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Breaking The Silence Claims Over Gaza Rebuffed By IDF Reservists

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

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In part of an ongoing schism within the ranks of the Israeli Defense Forces over alleged abuses against Palestinian civilians during Operation Cast Le...

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Gaza Operation: Israeli Soldiers Tell A Different Story Than Official Military Line

Mikhael Manekin | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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Mikhael Manekin

Twenty-six soldiers have now come forward to talk about their combat experiences in the Gaza War, and their testimonies are radically different from the official version given by Israel Defense Force spokesmen.

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UN Gaza Probe To Proceed Despite Israel

BBC | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

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A UN inquiry into possible war crimes in Gaza will go ahead even if Israel does not co-operate, says Richard Goldstone, who leads the inquiry team....

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Gaza Doctor With 3 Daughters Killed Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

AFP | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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A Palestinian doctor whose three daughters were killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza war has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize an Israeli minis...

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White Phosphorous Shells Used In Gaza Made In U.S.: Amnesty International

Times Online | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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White phosphorus bombs used by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip were produced and supplied by American arms manufacturers, according to an Amnesty Int...

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War Diary from Sderot

Nomika Zion | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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Nomika Zion

Not in my name and not for me did you go into this war. The bloodbath in Gaza is not in my name nor for my security. Behind this accursed leadership of Hamas live human beings.

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While Gaza Burns, the World Watches

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

Unless Israel can make five to seven million Palestinians disappear, it must find some way to co-exist with them. Israeli leaders on the center and right continue to avoid facing this fact.

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Are We Not Human? Diary from an Oxfam Aid Worker in Gaza City

Louis Belanger | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

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Louis Belanger

What is the international community waiting for, to see even more dismembered people, and families erased before they act? What is happening is against humanity. Are we not human?

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Changing the Reality in Gaza

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

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Alon Ben-Meir

Counting on international pressure to bring a quick end to the Israeli onslaught may prove to be misplaced as Israel is now determined to never allow a return to the status quo ante.

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Israel Hits More Than 30 Hamas Targets

Haaretz | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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The Israel Air Force pressed on with its assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip Friday evening, bombing the home of Hamas member Mohammed Madhoun,...

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In Gaza, A Doctor's Voice Tells of Shaking Houses, Breaking Windows

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Four days after Israeli air attacks against the Gaza Strip began, hospitals are already overwhelmed by the influx of wounded patients.

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2009: Another Year of Living Dangerously

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

The proud towers of Wall Street have fallen, disgorging packs of thieves and fraudsters. The mighty US suddenly exposed as the proverbial king without clothes. Uncle Sam is bankrupt.

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The Global Twittersphere Discusses Gaza

Jillian York | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media

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Jillian York

2008-12-30-twitterpull.jpg During the Mumbai attacks, Twitter users provided up-to-the-minute coverage, and today, as Israeli airstrikes continue to hit Gaza, the Twittersphere is deep in discussion.

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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is An Ancient Story

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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Karin Kloosterman

I've been living in Israel now for almost a decade, and have survived biological warfare threats from Saddam, Intifada #2, terror attacks targeting Israeli civilians, and the war with Lebanon. But today, I feel pissed off.

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The Lesson Israel Should Have Never Learned

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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Nathan Gonzalez

Israel, torn in anger and exaggerated feelings of vulnerability, is unlikely to stop bombing until it realizes that is has once again shot itself in the foot.

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Palestine's Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood

Mustafa Barghouthi | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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Mustafa Barghouthi

After hundreds dead and counting, it is Israel who refuses to re-enter talks over a cease-fire. They are not intent on securing peace as they claim; it is more and more clear that they are seeking regime change -- whatever the cost.

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Israel's Motive: To Show Arab Foes Its Strength

Nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's military operation in Gaza is aimed primarily at forcing Hamas to end its rocket barrages and military buildup. But it has anoth...

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Inside Gaza Day 2: A Personal Account

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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Jerusalem-based blog Israelity Bites has been covering the attacks on Gaza through the eyes of a young woman living there. Blog writer Izzy Bee says t...

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The True Story Behind This War is Not the One Israel is Telling

Johann Hari | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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Johann Hari

The Israeli government wants peace, but only one imposed on its own terms, based on the acceptance of defeat by the Palestinians.

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Indifference to the Dead and Dying

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

Collectively punishing the mothers and children of Gaza does not just violate international law, it does not just kill the people of Gaza, it kills any chance of a future peace.

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Jordanian MPs Burn Israeli Flag

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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Daoud Kuttab

Nationalist MPs shared together in a clear act of national consensus as they torched the Israeli flag at the outset of the parliament's session Sunday.

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PHOTOS: Israel Launches Airstrikes Against Gaza (Graphic)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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Israel's deadly airstrikes against Gaza continued for a second day on Sunday. The strikes, intended to target Hamas militants, have killed 280 Palesti...

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Attack on Gaza: As Usual, U.S. Media (And Most Liberals) Silent -- As Israeli Newspaper Raises Doubts

Greg Mitchell | Posted 01.28.2009 | Media

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Greg Mitchell

The foreign press, and even Haaretz in Israel, carries more balanced accounts than the American media.

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Israel Masses Troops, Tanks For Possible Ground Invasion

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK and KARIN LAUB | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers Sunday, pounding smuggling tunnels and gover...

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