Israel Airstrikes

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Israel vs. Iran: The Writing Is on the Wall

Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.03.2009 | World

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Unlike what happened to Iraq in 2003, an invasion of Iran is not on the horizon; however, the prospect of targeting its nuclear facilities is more real than ever.

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Saudi Arabia, Israel Talks For Shared Airspace Against Iran Denied By Saudis

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Biden Israel, Foreign Affairs, Israel Iran Strike Video, Iran, Joe Biden, Binyamin Netanyahu, Trita Parsi, Treacherous Alliance, Biden Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Iran, Israel Iran Airstrike, Advocacy, World News

Following Vice President Joe Biden's statements in an interview on ABC's "The Week"--which many believe to amount to a tacit condoning of a hypothetic...

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Israeli Jets Practicing For Possible Iran Clash

AP | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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Israel's air force held a large-scale exercise simulating war on several fronts with enemies that include Iran, Israeli defense officials said Friday....

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Israel Has Conducted Three Airstrikes Against Sudan Since January: Report

ABC News | Luis Martinez | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

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Israel has conducted three military strikes against targets in Sudan since January in an effort to prevent what were believed to be Iranian weapons sh...

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Healing Gaza's Wounds

James Zogby | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

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In the war's aftermath it is important that attention be paid not only to Gaza's physical wounds and its immediate humanitarian needs, but to the psychic wounds of the survivors.

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Searching for Accountability in Gaza

Richard Bennet and Nicholas Quin | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

In handling the case of the Gaza airstrikes, any war crimes prosecutor would be dealing with a mere snapshot of the greater Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Mitchell's Challenge: After Gaza, Five Questions About Palestinian and Israeli Realities

Sandy Tolan | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Airstrikes, George MItchell, Gaza, Gaza City, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Two-State Solution, Hamas, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Barack Obama, Israel Gaza Operation, World News

Given the overwhelming odds facing a two-state solution, a strong American negotiating presence will be necessary, of a sort not seen since... well, ever.

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Gaza: Worse Than an Earthquake

Kathy Kelly | Posted 02.25.2009 | World

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"Patients died on the floor of the operating room because we had only six operating rooms," said Dr. Saeed Abuhassan. "And really we don't know enough about the kinds of weapons that have been used against Gaza."

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Why Blaming The Media Is So Played Out

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

The battle over blaming the media seems to have heated up to levels commensurate with the actual battle over the Holy Land. Can the media really be fueling both sides in the Gaza conflict simultaneously?

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Obama Phone Trail Highlights New Mideast Road Map

Diane Francis | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Here is the obvious strategy to Gaza crisis that is being whispered about and probably has the best chance of succeeding and stopping the craziness and bloodshed.

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International Tribunal to Save Israel and Palestinians

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Kosovo, Filmmakers, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Hamas, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News

As we peer into the abyss, we believe that the establishment of a War Crime Tribunal needs to be supported both by Israel's friends as well as by supporters of Palestine.

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The Phony War Crimes Accusation Against Israel

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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If Israel were ever to be charged with "war crimes," that would mark the end of international human rights law as a neutral arbitrator of conduct.

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Reportage from Israel/Gaza

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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We can't ignore this fact: Gaza is becoming not the embryo of the so-desired Palestinian State, but the advance base of a total war against the Jewish State.

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Whatever it Takes

Diane Perlman | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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President Obama, please lead us in healing wounds, compensating losses, and using principles of restorative justice rather than punitive approaches. Time doesn't heal wounds, people do.

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U.S. Signs Peace Treaty with Al Qaeda, Agreeing to End Occupation of Afghanistan and Halt the Policy of Disproportionate Force

Drew Westen | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

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"The U.S.-Al Qaeda conflict appears to be showing some signs of slowing down, at least temporarily, as Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden agreed on terms for a cease-fire." Sound familiar? Perhaps from the pages of The Onion?

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A Better Source for News on Gaza

Bob Ostertag | Posted 02.17.2009 | World

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If you are looking for a better source of news on this catastrophe, may I recommend Paul Woodward's War in Context.

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Self-Deception and the Assault on Gaza

David Bromwich | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

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From the civilian deaths in Gaza will spring more hatred and terrorism. Yet no people are so prone as Americans and Israelis to think admiringly of our own good intentions.

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Gaza and the Obama Effect -- Ending the War

Daniel Levy | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

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It might be pushing the envelope to call Obama the peacemaker here, but it's hard to deny that his impending entrance to the world stage has an effect.

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Hamas and the Death of a Better Future

Lazar Berman | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

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To me, Gaza is personal. As an Israeli infantry officer, I served in Gaza before, during, and after the 2005 Disengagement.

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A Jew's Prayer for the Children of Gaza

Bradley Burston | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living

In this day, when the trepidation and rage and mourning that is called war, seizes our hearts and patches them in scars, we call to you, the Lord whose name is Peace.

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Evidence Grows That Israel is Using White Phosphorus in Gaza

Greg Mitchell | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

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Today, at least two UN officials have flatly declared that three or more white phosphorous shells were part of the attack today that set a UN building and compound ablaze in Gaza City.

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Weighing Proportionality in Gaza

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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The losses on both sides will be all in vain if the final outcome of the war does not substantially improve both the prospects for an eventual Israeli-Palestinian peace.

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The Challenge of Arab Journalists and Gaza

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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The absence of international journalists from the streets of Gaza allowed Israeli spokespersons to spin the rational of the war mostly unopposed.

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Israel, Gaza and Iran: Trapping Obama in Imagined Fault Lines

Trita Parsi | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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While there certainly is an underlying rivalry between Israel and Iran that has come to fuel many other otherwise unrelated conflicts in the region, not every war Israel fights is related to Iran.

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