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OPINION

Jan 13, 2009 8:23 PM CST

Waltz With Bashir Has Echoes of Gaza

Award-winning film on 1982 Lebanon massacre looks plenty familiar

(Newser) - Israel’s Gaza assault is slipping from US front pages, yet ironically, Waltz With Bashir, an Israeli animated film about the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war, is taking America by storm, earning mountains of critical praise and a Golden Globe. The parallels between that atrocity and the current conflict are striking, Gary...

Hamas Down But Not Out: Israel

Jan 13, 2009 3:11 PM CST

Hamas Down But Not Out: Israel

Rift between Syrian, Gazan wings of Hamas hamper negotiations

(Newser) - Hamas forces in Gaza have been damaged but remain intact enough to fight on, Israeli officials told the New York Times. The onslaught of Israeli airstrikes and ground attacks has shaken the Hamas network, with some groups fighting randomly without coordination from senior leadership. Infrastructure in Gaza has taken several...

Bush's Top 10 Successes

Jan 13, 2009 1:06 PM CST

Bush's Top 10 Successes

From rejecting the Kyoto Protocol to the surge

(Newser) - Forget what you’ve heard about W’s presidency, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. His decisive courage gave his term many successes:

Rejecting the Kyoto Protocol: The treaty was broken—it exempted India and China from carbon emissions responsibility—but only Bush had the courage to say so.

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Olmert: I Made Condi Abstain on Gaza Vote

Jan 13, 2009 9:25 AM CST

Olmert: I Made Condi Abstain on Gaza Vote

Israel PM claims he 'embarrassed' Rice in urgent call to Bush

(Newser) - Israel’s prime minister says an urgent call to President Bush last week resulted in Condoleezza Rice changing her vote on a UN Gaza resolution, the New York Times reports, with Ehud Olmert adding that the secretary of State “was left pretty embarrassed.” Rice helped draft the measure...

Stop Gaza
Fighting, UN
Boss Pleads

Jan 13, 2009 2:13 AM CST

Stop Gaza Fighting, UN Boss Pleads

'Society being destroyed' in Gaza, says Ban Ki-Moon

(Newser) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli tanks and troops were driving even deeper into Gaza City today in search of Hamas positions. Ban Ki-Moon, preparing for a trip to the region to personally push for a ceasefire, mourned the loss of...

Robotic Suit Helps Paralyzed Take Big Steps

Jan 12, 2009 8:14 PM CST

Robotic Suit Helps Paralyzed Take Big Steps

Motorized exoskeleton enables walking, bending, climbing

(Newser) - People paralyzed from the waist down may soon be parking their wheelchairs in favor of a robotic walking suit, CNN reports. Designed by Dr. Amit Goffer, a disabled engineer in Israel, the lightweight exoskeleton of motorized leg supports and motion sensors enables users to walk around. "I don't have...

Blair: Gaza Ceasefire in Sight

Jan 12, 2009 9:38 AM CST

Blair: Gaza Ceasefire in Sight

Israeli leaders torn over next step

(Newser) - “The elements of an agreement” for a ceasefire in Gaza are in place, Mideast envoy Tony Blair said today amid negotiations in Cairo including representatives of Israel and Hamas. But in Jerusalem, Israeli leaders were weighing an escalation, the Washington Post reports. PM Ehud Olmert is pushing for a...

Israel Again Pauses
to Let Gaza Aid in

Jan 12, 2009 6:40 AM CST

Israel Again Pauses to Let Gaza Aid in

Death toll reaches 898 as new humanitarian supplies arrive

(Newser) - For the fifth day Israel has paused in its onslaught of Gaza to allow residents to retrieve food and supplies, CNN reports. Israel allowed 160 trucks through two border crossings but said it would resume attacks after three hours. Although one Israeli official suggested that the operation may soon conclude,...

Egypt, Jordan Fear Fallout
From Gaza War

ANALYSIS

Jan 12, 2009 6:28 AM CST

Egypt, Jordan Fear Fallout From Gaza War

Facing citizens' anger, governments may be held responsible

(Newser) - As Israel's Gaza offensive wears on, officials in bordering Egypt and Jordan worry that the carnage is imperiling the possibility of a two-state Israel-Palestine solution. Egypt and to a lesser extent, Jordan, fear that responsibility for the humanitarian crisis there will fall to them, and that they may be forced...

Hamas, Israel Deploy Deadly New Tactics

ANALYSIS

Jan 11, 2009 4:05 PM CST

Hamas, Israel Deploy Deadly New Tactics

Civilians pay the price of 'asymetrical urban warfare'

(Newser) - The disturbing civilian death toll in Gaza is a result of new tactics being deployed by Hamas, Steven Erlanger writes in the New York Times. Hamas militants, trained by Hezbollah and Iran, are said to be systematically hiding weapons in schoolyards, mosques and hospitals, fighting in civilian clothes, using tunnels...

Israelis Drive to
Heart of Gaza City

Jan 11, 2009 6:19 AM CST

Israelis Drive to Heart of Gaza City

Death tolls edges to 900 in 16-day offensive.

(Newser) - Israeli forces pushed toward the heart of Gaza City today in continued defiance of a UN call for a ceasefire and killing close to 30 Palestinians, Reuters reports. Nearly 900 people have been killed in the 16-day offensive. Israeli forces and tanks backed by helicopter gunships battled Hamas militants as...

Bush Blocked Israeli Strike
on Iran, OK'd Covert Ops

Jan 10, 2009 6:07 PM CST

Bush Blocked Israeli Strike on Iran, OK'd Covert Ops

President refused requests for missiles, but began covert sabotage missions

(Newser) - Washington stopped Israel from bombing Iran last year and told the Jewish state of covert plans to undermine Iran's nuclear ambitions, the New York Times reports. Israel asked President Bush to aid the strike with bunker-busting bombs and a free pass over Iraqi air space, which he refused—but he...

Gaza Tunnels
Focal Point
of War

Jan 10, 2009 4:07 PM CST

Gaza Tunnels Focal Point of War

(Newser) - The massive tunnels supplying food, medicine, and rockets from Egypt into Gaza are the bane of Israel's military, and a lifeline for Palestinians and the economy of Egypt’s destitute Sinai, the Los Angeles Times reports. Smuggling has been immune to military action, to the consternation of Israeli leaders. If...

Obama Not Planning Deals
With Hamas

Jan 10, 2009 3:41 PM CST

Obama Not Planning Deals With Hamas

Prez-elect aide denies report he'll call up Israeli foe

(Newser) - An aide to Barack Obama has denied a report that the president-elect is planning low-level or back-channel negotiations with Hamas, the Jerusalem Post reports. Obama considers Hamas a terrorist oranization and won’t deal with its leaders “until they recognize Israel, renounce violence, and abide by past agreements,”...

No Chance
of Talks With
Israel: Hamas

Jan 10, 2009 2:32 PM CST

No Chance of Talks With Israel: Hamas

(Newser) - A top Hamas leader says the Gaza war has killed the last chance for settlement and negotiations with Israel, the AP reports. Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal today condemned Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip as a "holocaust" in a fiery speech on Al-Jazeera. Mashaal's comments come as Hamas...

Every Civilian Death a Hamas War Crime

OPINION

Jan 10, 2009 1:25 PM CST

Every Civilian Death a Hamas War Crime

Group delights in the deaths of its human shields

(Newser) - When Israelis kill civilians in Gaza, it’s Hamas that’s committing the war crime, says Alan M. Dershowitz of the LA Times. Hamas delights in using human shields, or duping Israel into returning fire at civilian targets, earning itself international sympathy with each casualty. Hamas has taken to heart...

Israel Warns Attacks
Will Intensify

Jan 10, 2009 12:07 PM CST

Israel Warns Attacks Will Intensify

(Newser) - Israel dropped leaflets on the Gaza strip today warning inhabitants of an escalation in the 2-week offensive against Hamas militants, the BBC reports. The leaflets assured civilians that the action was against “Hamas and the terrorists only” and urged people to stay away from military targets. The development could...

Israel Faces
New Front in Gaza: Facebook

Jan 10, 2009 9:37 AM CST

Israel Faces New Front in Gaza: Facebook

Social networking site becomes tool for protest, fundraising

(Newser) - Israel has strived mightily to win the information war around Gaza, launching its own YouTube channel and blogging program, keeping the international press off the battlefield and attacking Hamas websites. But they can’t control the wilds of Facebook, which has become a powerful way for the Arab world to...

Israeli Pummels Gaza, Pauses

Jan 10, 2009 6:52 AM CST

Israeli Pummels Gaza, Pauses

Air strikes hit 40 targets overnight

(Newser) - Israel continued to pound Gaza last night and this morning as air strikes hit 40 targets and killed 15 Hamas fighters, CNN reports. Attacks were halted for the 3-hour pause this afternoon to allow Gaza residents to restock supplies, the third such pause in the two-week-old conflict. Health workers say...

UN Calls for Gaza War Crimes Probe

Jan 10, 2009 2:34 AM CST

UN Calls for Gaza War Crimes Probe

Rights official accuses Israel of ignoring international law

(Newser) - The UN's top human rights official has called for an investigation into possible war crimes committed by the Israeli military in Gaza, the Guardian reports. She singled out an incident this week where up to 30 Palestinian civilians were killed in a home shelled by Israeli forces and the surviving...