...interest in the violence in Gaza until Israel attacked Gaza in order to defend its civilians. Consider Lebanon. In 1970, after being thrown out of Jordan for trying to overthrow the ruling monarchy, the armed...

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...intention to destroy civilian targets. I wonder if Israel is using the people of Tel Aviv as human shields, as the military headquarters and a large army base are there. Dear Editor: I laughed out loud after...

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...in Gaza last year and destroying its infrastructure. Many, if not most, she says, don't believe Israel is really committed to a peace process. Both Kaye and Tannenwald agree that there is a much more...

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...said. In the frontier incident, two Palestinian girls were wounded when Israelis returned fire, said Palestinian medical workers in the Gaza Strip, territory controlled by Hamas Islamists. Palestinians...

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..."two Hamas terrorist targets" in southern Gaza Hamas vowing retaliation against Israel since one of founding members of its military wing died last week in Dubai RELATED TOPICS Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli...

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... attack the wastewater treatment plant in Gaza City. But there is a good chance the plant was damaged by Hamas to hamper the movement of IDF soldiers. • Israel did not blow up the Bader flour factory to...

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...missiles. According to Haaretz, among the targets hit by the Israeli Navy were Ismayil Haniah's offices, several command and control centers used by Hamas, and a Hamas patrol boat. On 31 December, the...

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...spurns Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his diplomacy. Israeli shelling in Gaza's cramped precincts killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians. They were the focus of the Goldstone report, though it also...

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...in order to control trade along the Incense Route. The Greek Ptolemaic dynasty exploits trading opportunities with India prior to the Roman involvement. The cargo from the India and Egypt trade is shipped to...

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...said. The official in Netanyahu's office, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Turkey also began shifting its position due to the slow progress in its bid to enter the European Union. Additional...

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...Air Force attacked several targets in Gaza on Sunday, killing three Palestinians. Israeli military officials said last night that the air force had spotted the Palestinians preparing to fire rockets at Israel.

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...missile that would enable it to prevent the navy from attacking Gaza from the Mediterranean. On Sunday, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yom-Tov Samia, the former head of the Southern Command who continues to function as the...

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...in the area however no militants were killed, but two were injured. The two tunnels were blown up and rendered useless after the attacks. The attacks were called on after rocket and mortar fire from...

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...to $48 a barrel to start the new year. This year, we have Al Qaeda activity and (surprise!) cold weather being blamed for boosting crude along with, of course, CHINESE DEMAND. Combine all that with a suddenly weak...

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... attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza sending oil flying up to $48 a barrel. That gave us a nice commodity rally into the close of the year but January 2nd was a Friday and we decided (fortunately) to take the money...

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Israeli aircraft attacked at least four targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip early on Saturday, wounding two people in an apparent retaliation for a rocket strike on Israel, officials said. Two explosions were...

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...stations. European diplomats from Israel's allies will speak on condition of anonymity about their concern about what they call 'the slow progress of degradation in living standards' in Gaza It was the...

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Six Palestinians killed in West Bank, Gaza attacks Hundreds of mourners attended the funerals of the Fatah men Israeli troops have killed six Palestinians - three in the Gaza Strip and three in the West...

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The website's contributors have attacked Israel's 2009 defensive operations in Gaza The website, while generally independent in its criticisms of major Australian political parties, has a distinct left stance.

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...were attacked and a nun was shot in Somalia. Anjem Choudary, a lawyer in London, told an assembly that those who insulted Islam would be "subject to capital punishment." Protesters carrying signs that read "Behead...

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