Monday, January 19, 2009

War in Gaza - ARTICLES (OP-EDS)

In this section I will post informative articles about the situation in Gaza. I will try to update the section and post more articles as I find them.

- MY RESPONSE to an anti-Israel blog posting:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-other-side-of-the-stor-by-Noah-Liben-090104-507.html
- Amos Oz, the noted Israeli author and dove - Israel Must Defend Its Citizens:
http://mfaex.castup.net/mfa/public/sderot/AmosOz/AmosOz-ENG.pdf
- Proportionality and Disproportionality: A Guide to Arguments about Gaza, Allan Gerson, Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allan-gerson/proportionality-and-dispr_b_156068.html
- Palestinians Need Israel to Win, Michael Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi, Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051182944538487.html
- Debunking the worst anti-Israel charges you’ll hear, Bradley Burston, Haaretz:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050421.html
- Israel, Hamas, and moral idiocy, Alan Dershowitz, Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1231/p09s02-coop.html
- A Crisis and an Opportunity, Michael Oren, The New Republic:
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=b80c860d-dca8-4d79-9cc4-05d91b6d4721&k=31792
- The suffering that Hamas causes, Jeff Robbins, Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/12/30/the_suffering_that_hamas_causes/
- The Gaza War, Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic:
http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/the_gaza_war.php
- Hamas Knows One Big Thing, Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123059693797741083.html
- Tehran’s cannon fodder, Washington Times:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/30/tehrans-cannon-fodder/
- Hamas gets its wish, Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-1230edit1dec30,0,2949054.story
- Wakeup call in Gaza, Rocky Mountain News:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/30/wakeup-call-in-gaza/
- Damned if they do but dead if they don’t, New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/damned_if_they_do_146263.htm
- Don’t overlook Israel’s vulnerability, Mary Dejevsky, The Independent (UK):
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mary-dejevsky/mary-dejevsky-dont-overlook-israels-vulnerability-1216250.html
- When a regime uses its citizens as tools of war, Fania Oz-Salzberger, The Age (Australia):
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-tragedy-when-a-regime-uses-its-citizens-as-tools-of-war-20081230-77cb.html
- Time once more to blame the Jews, Wesley Pruden, Washington Times:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/30/its-time-once-more-to-blame-the-jews/
- Why Israel is bombing Gaza, Ephraim Sneh, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/31/AR2008123102772.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
- Hamas doesn’t want peace, reconciliation, or end to carnage, Cliff May, Scripps News:
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/39594
- On the other side from civilisation, Melanie Phillips, Spectator (UK):
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3197296/on-the-other-side-from-civilisation.thtml
- Israel’s Gaza Defense, Wall Street Journal:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/12/29/2008-12-29_hamas_terrorists_have_only_themselves_to.html
- The blood on Hamas’s hands, Dallas Morning News:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-israel_30edi.State.Edition1.279cf92.html
- Moral clarity in Gaza, Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010101780.html
- Peace in Gaza is in the hands of Hamas, Telegraph (UK):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/4015994/Peace-in-Gaza-is-in-the-hands-of-Hamas.html
- Hamas terrorists have only themselves to blame for Israeli retaliation, NY Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/12/29/2008-12-29_hamas_terrorists_have_only_themselves_to.html
- Hamas and the Palestinian, Khaled Abu Toameh, Hudson:
http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/01/hamas-and-the-palestinians.php
- Israel’s actions are lawful and commendable, Alan Dershowitz, JPost.com:
http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/dershowitz/entry/israel_s_actions_are_lawful
- Hamas is not interested in peace, Jack Kelley, Real Clear Politics:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/12/hamas_not_interested_in_peace.html
- Israel asserts right to defend itself, Miami Herald:
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/830747.html
- Hard Truths About the Conflict, Robert Lieber, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/31/AR2008123102773.html
- In Gaza, the real enemy is Iran, Michael Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi, LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-halevi4-2009jan04,0,3919516.story
- Poor Hamas? No!, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_604900.html
- Answering Israel’s critics, Yigal Walt, YNetNews.com:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647296,00.html
- The Moral Battleground, Melanie Phillips, Spectator (UK):
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3204131/the-moral-battleground.thtml
- More Peace Processing Won’t Cut It, Claudia Rosett, Forbes.com:
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/12/31/hamas-terrorism-peace-oped-cx_cr_0101rosett.html
- Excessive Force?, James Robbins, National Review:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDRiNWU3NDJjZWI4NjQ0Y2MyNDFhOTQxNDRmMTU5Y2U=
- The Palestinians share responsibility in this conflict, Carlo Strenger, Guardian (UK):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/gaza-hamas-palestinians-israel
- Israel’s Policy Is Perfectly ‘Proportionate’, Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123085925621747981.html
- Hamas and Israel are fighting under same old Gaza rules, Victor Davis Hanson, Salt Lake Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_11344434
- Hamas is the obstacle to Middle East peace, Ron Prosser, Telegraph (UK):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4045000/Hamas-is-the-obstacle-to-Middle-East-peace.html
- Israel engages in self-defense, David Brumer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/394210_brumer31.html
- On Gaza, Sense and Centrism, Eric Yoffie, The Forward:
http://www.forward.com/articles/14847/
- Hamas has invited its own destruction, Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081231/OPINION01/812310316/1008/OPINION01
- Yes, it’s anti-Semitism, Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/01/07/yes_its_anti_semitism/
- Self-Defense, Richmond Times-Dispatch:
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/op_ed/article/EDMUMBAI_20081229-193210/164146
- The Confidence War, David Brooks, NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/opinion/06brooks.html
- Israel’s Moral High Ground, Saul Singer, Washington Post:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/saul_singer/2009/01/israels_moral_high_ground.html
- Israel finally says: Enough, Ottawa Citizen:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Israel+finally+says+Enough/1124899/story.html
- The Palestinian tilt towards self-destruction, Tom Teepen, Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/394170_teepenonline31.html
- Israel’s Gaza Surge, Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123111931225252877.html
- The CNN strategy, Alan Dershowitz, National Post (CA):
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=1149129&p=3 - Why Israel Fights, William Kristol, NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/opinion/05kristol.html?_r=1
- Hamas’ Palestinian victims, Washington Times:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/08/hamas-palestinian-victims/
- Israel’s inalienable right, Jonathan Peled, USA Today:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/01/israels-inalien.html#more
- Covering the conflict – and message control, Anderson Cooper, CNN:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/06/covering-the-conflict-and-the-message-control/
- The language of Hamas, Paul Reynolds, BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7815630.stm
- Israel acts because the world won’t defend it, Daniel Finkelstein, Times (UK):
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/daniel_finkelstein/article5461544.ece
- ‘Proportion’ rubbish, Boston Globe:
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/editorials/view.bg?articleid=1142760&srvc=home&position=rated
- Bush and Rice, don’t let the UN sell out Israel, Anne Bayefsky, NY Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/01/08/2009-01-08_bush_and_rice_dont_let_the_un_sell_out_i.html
- Israel vs. Hamas; civilization vs. terror, Robert Fulford, National Post (CA):
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/03/robert-fulforf-israel-vs-hamas-civilization-vs-terror.aspx
- Israel is not the cause of terror, The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24866334-16741,00.html
- A conflict Hamas caused, Richard Cohen, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010502343.html
- Only the end of Hamas can bring peace to Gaza, David Warren, Ottawa Citizen:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Only+Hamas+bring+peace+Gaza/1140093/story.html
- Why the Israeli people have finally had enough, Ian O’Doherty, Independent (Ireland):
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ian-odoherty/why-the-israeli-people-have-finally-had-enough-1592022.html
- The criminal cynicism of Hamas, Alan Dershowitz, Guardian (UK):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/08/hamas-dershowitz-israel-gaza
- Gaza Bedfellows UNRWA And Hamas, Claudia Rosett, Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2009/01/07/gaza-hamas-unrwa-oped-cx_cr_0108rosett.html
- No way forward while the Hamas hydra lives, Amir Taheri, Times (UK):
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5477420.ece
- Yes, Israel can win in Gaza, Edward Luttwak, Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146309313766581.html
- Hamas has failed – it is time they stepped down, Sultan Al Qassemi, The National (Abu Dhabi):
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090104/OPINION/361845413/1080
- Endgame in Gaza, Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/08/AR2009010802993.html
- U.S. should support Israelis in campaign against Hamas, The Oklahoman:
http://www.newsok.com/u.s.-should-support-israelis-in-campaign-against-hamas/article/3334012
- Hamas rockets block the birth of a Palestinian state, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Telegraph (UK):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4092665/Hamas-blocks-the-birth-of-a-Palestinian-state.html
- The Gaza rules, Victor Davis Hanson, San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/02/EDED151U2G.DTL
- Why Israel is united, Carlo Strenger, Guardian (UK):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/09/united-israel-comment-carlo-strenger
- The Hamas Broadcasting Corporation, Melanie Phillips, Spectator (UK):
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3210031/the-hamas-broadcasting-corporation-ctd.thtml
- Amnesty International’s criticism of Israeli action in Gaza distorts the law of war, Marc Stern, Jurist:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/hotline/2009/01/amnesty-internationals-criticism-of.php
- Gaza deals blow to Palestinian myths, Lorne Gunter, National Post (CA):
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/05/lorne-gunter-gaza-deals-blow-to-palestinian-myths.aspx
- The Mideast’s Ground Zero, Tom Friedman, NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/opinion/07friedman.html
- Yes, free Gaza – from terrorist tyranny, Reda Mansour, Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/opinion/stories/2009/01/07/mansoured_0107.html
- If Hamas is the victim, why is Ramallah so quiet?, Michael Gove, Scotland on Sunday:
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/12700/Michael-Gove-If-Hamas-is.4863820.jp
- It’s not Israel’s fault it has a strong, well-run army, Yoel Marcus, Haaretz:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054926.html
- A Caterpillar and an Anthem, Daniel Gordis:
http://www.danielgordis.org/Site/Site_Dispatches.asp
- A defensive war, Eric Cantor and Steny Hoyer, Washington Times:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/09/a-defensive-war/
- On Proportionality, Michael Walzer, New Republic:
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=d6473c26-2ae3-4bf6-9673-ef043cae914f
- The Hamas War Crime Strategy, Alan Dershowitz, Hudson:
http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/01/the-hamas-war-crime-strategy.php
- Ending the West’s Proxy War Against Israel, Gunnar Heinsohn, Wall Street Journal Europe:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123171179743471961.html
- The media collude in terrorist crimes against humanity, James Lewis, American Thinker:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/01/the_media_collude_in_terrorist.html- Hamas prefers war as an alternative to progress, Sami Alrabaa, National Post(CA): http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/12/sami-alrabaa-hamas-prefers-war-as-an-alternative-to-progress.aspx
- Irwin Cotler: Hamas is a war crimes ‘case study’, Haviv Rettig Gur, Jerusalem Post:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231866576202&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
- Every item is a potential booby trap in Gaza, Abraham Rabinovich, Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24903347-15084,00.html
- Gaza’s True ‘Disproportion’, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Newsweek / Washington Post:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/carlos_alberto_montaner/2009/01/gazas_true_disproportion.html
- World must not condemn our war on Hamas, Ari Shavit, Haaretz:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054905.html
- The Threat of Hamas’s Human Shield Strategy, Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman, U.S. News:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/01/09/the-threat-of-the-human-shield-strategy-hamas-uses-extends-beyond-israel-gaza.html
- Britain’s Muslims should condemn Hamas, not Israel, Shiraz Maher, Telegraph (UK):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4207857/Britains-Muslims-should-condemn-Hamas-not-Israel.html
- Facing reality in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, David Galernter, Weekly Standard:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/988kpgbq.asp
- The fog of war: Root causes and resolutions, Irwin Cotler, Jerusalem Post:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424927883&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
- Taking Risks After the Gaza War, Daniel Gordis, NY Times:
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/taking-risks-after-the-gaza-war/
- Hamas and the Death of a Better Future, Lazar Berman, Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lazar-berman/hamas-and-the-death-of-a_b_158287.html
- Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas, Jeffrey Goldberg, NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/opinion/14goldberg-1.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2
- The Gaza-Egypt Smuggling Tunnels Must be Closed, Dore Gold, Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123189664039179733.html
- Hard lessons for Hamas, Globe and Mail (CA):
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090116.EISRAEL16/TPStory/Comment
- Proportionality and hypocrisy, Martin Sherman, YNetNews.com:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3656420,00.html
- Photos From Israel That You Won’t See On The News, Ilana Teitelbaum, Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ilana-teitelbaum/photos-from-israel-that-y_b_155256.html
- Israel’s Goals in Gaza?, Tom Friedman, NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/opinion/14friedman.html?ref=opinion
- Canada a voice of integrity at UN, Rosie Dimanno, Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/article/570610
- Giving voice to anti-Semitism, Frank Furedi, Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24913868-7583,00.html
- Hamas disappoints its backers, Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review:
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=3166
- In defence of Israel, Times (UK): http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article5484881.ece
- Liberate The Palestinians From Hamas, Bernard-Henri Levy, New Republic:
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=f555be7f-dd65-4941-bfa7-a5197b5e8bbe
- Weighing Proportionality in Gaza, Alon Ben-Meir, Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alon-benmeir/weighing-proportionality_b_157900.html
- Save Gaza by destroying the heart of terror, Natan Sharansky, Bloomberg.com: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=axZLAbvx.p6E
- Hamas, Hezbollah, and al-Qaeda: 21st Century Fascists, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Washington Post:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/samuel_rodriguez/2009/01/hamas_hezbollah_and_al_qaeda_2.html
- Reaffirming Israel’s Right to Exist in the Face of Hamas Attacks in Gaza, Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News: http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/mzuckerman/2009/01/15/reaffirming-the-right-of-israel-to-exist-in-the-face-of-hamas-attacks-in-gaza.html?PageNr=1
- Do ordinary Iranians understand the Israel/Hamas conflict better than the experts?, Clifford May, National Review:
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=ZTJiNzEzNTc3ZWUzZDYzY2RhYmFjOTcyNmU3YjY4MzI=
- The disproportionate criticism of Israel’s self-defence, Robert Fulford, National Post (CA):
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/01/17/robert-fulford-on-proportionality.aspx
- Beyond Gaza: The message that Barack Obama can send, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011604319.html
- Just defence despite death toll, Robert Goot, Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/just-defence-despite-death-toll/2009/01/17/1231609049046.html
- Israel scored a tactical victory, Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123241373428396239.html
- Why Arab states are unmoved by plight of Hamas: most fear Muslim militancy depite their dislike of Israel, Tim Butcher, Telegraph (UK): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4279297/Why-Arab-states-are-unmoved-by-plight-of-Hamas-most-fear-Muslim-militancy-despite-their-dislike-of-Israel.html
- The truth about Hamas’s mission, Andrea Levin, Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/01/17/the_truth_about_hamass_mission/
- Negotiating with terrorists is impossible, Mark Liebler, The Age (Australia):
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/negotiating-with-terrorists-is-impossible-20090120-7lle.html
- The Phony War Crimes Accusation Against Israel, Alan Dershowitz, Huffinton Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/the-phony-war-crimes-accu_b_160050.html
- The Battle of Gaza, Cliff May, National Review: http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NjEyMWM4MTA1YzcxMWFiZTIxZWE0M2M3YWYyMmI3YTM
- Hamas’s newspeak prolongs this war, Uri Dromi, Guardian (UK):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/22/gaza-israel-hamas-marzook
- Images of bloodshed obscure truth, Albert Dadon, Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24945114-7583,00.html
- A British soldier’s view of Operation Cast Lead, Daniel Yates, Spectator (UK):
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/3286561/a-british-soldiers-view-of-operation-cast-lead.thtml
- Israel, Gaza, and International Law, Alan Dershowitz, Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1170359815127
- Account of Israeli attack doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, Patrick Martin, Globe & Mail (CA):
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090129.wgazaschool29/BNStory/International/home

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