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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Hunker Down With History — The greatest mistake Israel could make at the moment is to forget that Israel itself is a mistake. It is an honest mistake, a well-intentioned mistake, a mistake for which no one is culpable, but the idea of creating a nation of European Jews in an area of Arab Muslims …
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Ynetnews:
3 reserves brigades called up — Defense ministry approves draft Monday night. Reserves to take over in Judea and Samaria, regular forces to move north — Hanan Greenberg — Defense Minister Amir Peretz approved Monday night the draft of three reserves brigades - infantry and engineers.
Pamela / Atlas Shrugs:
STAND WITH ISRAEL RALLY NYC OVERWHELMING — In a word. Unbelievable. Tens of thousands of regular folks, all walks of life, came out to Stand with Israel. And stand they did. In broiling heat, the young, old, Jewish, Christian, chanted their support for Israel. It was gorgeous.
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New York Times:
Israeli General Says Lebanon Offensive Will Last Weeks — JERUSALEM, July 18 — A top Israeli general said today that Israel's offensive in Lebanon would last another few weeks, and he said that the use of large numbers of ground forces had not been ruled out.
Haaretz:
Series of rockets strike towns across the north — Hezbollah fired more than 50 rockets at Israel on Monday, including a barrage which landed after 10 P.M. in the northern towns of Safed, Rosh Pina, Tzivon, Sakhnin, Hatzur Haglilit and Peki'in. — Five people were wounded in the rocket barrage …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Despite Joint Statement on Mideast, Strains Emerge as U.S. Supports Israel's Campaign — STRELNA, Russia, July 16 — The Bush administration on Sunday appeared to give Israel tacit approval to cripple Hezbollah, casting the widening conflict in the Middle East in terms of a wider war on terrorism.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Khamenei Announces Hezbollah Plans, and the (Non-) Reacton of American Appeasers
Khamenei Announces Hezbollah Plans, and the (Non-) Reacton of American Appeasers
Carl / Israel Matzav:
A history lesson — At Little Green Footballs this morning …
A history lesson — At Little Green Footballs this morning …
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Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:
War in north: Support in New York, condemnation in Berlin
War in north: Support in New York, condemnation in Berlin
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Jim Bronskill / torontosun.com:
No-fly list to ignore terror ties — Belonging to group won't be enough to be deemed air threat — OTTAWA — Being a member of a terrorist organization won't necessarily land someone on Canada's no-fly list, The Canadian Press has learned. — Proposed criteria would limit inclusion …
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Military-Style Assault Kills Dozens in Iraqi Marketplace — BAGHDAD, July 17 — Masked attackers with heavy machine guns mounted on pickup trucks slaughtered at least 40 people in a crowded market area south of Baghdad on Monday, hurling grenades to blow up merchants at their counters …
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Mash / Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying:
President Bush Strikes From Behind — At the G-8 summit, President Bush grabs German Chancellor Angela Merkel from behind and gives her a quick massage before rushing off. Chancellor Merkel is not amused. — While the Middle East burns, our fearless leader is busy with his frat boy pranks.
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Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
Caught on Candid Camera — What Bush's overheard remarks tell us about his views on Mideast diplomacy-and why he should be engaging Syria rather than criticizing it. — Reuters TV-pool — Overheard: Bush talks to Blair at the G8 lunch — July 17, 2006 - Only very rarely …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
NOT EQUAL: — At Tapped, Matt Yglesias writes that Hezbollah's rocket strikes, as compared with Israel's bombing of Lebanon, are "equally indefensible." Equally? Hezbollah began the crisis with an act of war that included a cross-border incursion and a kidnapping.
David S. Joachim / New York Times:
For CBS's Fall Lineup, Check Inside Your Refrigerator — IN September, CBS plans to start using a new place to advertise its fall television lineup: your breakfast. — The network plans to announce today that it will place laser imprints of its trademark eye insignia …
Rich Karlgaard / Digital Rules:
Where Is The "Netroots Left" On Israel? — Missing in action. — First a bit of background. The so-called Netroots Left, led by Markos Moulitsas of the popular Daily Kos, wants to be a player in American politics. As a test case, the Kossacks are throwing their weight behind political …
Malia Rulon / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Boehner sees difference in coffin TV ads — Inside Washington — WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, called on Democrats last week to pull a TV ad that shows images of flag-draped caskets of U.S. soldiers, calling the spot "outrageous."
Michelle Malkin:
CALLING ALL RIGHTIES: DIGG THIS — Thanks to my wonderful web guy, Mark Jaquith, you'll notice a new feature at the end of every post that I started including over the weekend. It says "Digg This." If you click on it, it'll take you to Digg, the hot user-powered content site that now has a Politics section.
John Ireland / inthesetimes.com:
Blowing the Whistle on Diebold — On July 13, the Pensacola, Fla.-based law firm of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a "qui tam" lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging that Diebold and other electronic voting machine (EVM) companies fraudulently represented to state election boards …