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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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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 …
CNN:
Bush caught off-guard in chat with Blair — President: 'They need ... to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s___' — ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (CNN) — An open microphone caught President Bush in an unguarded moment Monday as the escalating crisis in the Middle East prompted him to use …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Bush: Lean on Syria — I cobbled the Bush-Blair exchange on Israel and Lebanon, accidentally caught at the G8 on mike, together fromWaPo and ABC News. … So, the whole blow-up is Syria's fault, for putting Hizbullah up to making mischief. No reference to Israeli actions in Gaza.
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Ezra Klein:
Things That Make Me Proud To Be A Journalist — If I were crafting a parody of the political media's decline, I could hardly construct a better set piece than today's reportage. A live mic at the G8 Summit caught Tony Blair and George Bush talking privately about the conflict in Lebanon.
Deacon / Power Line:
DR. GOEBBELS, CALL YOUR OFFICE — In an obscene attempt to obtain political mileage, the Democrats are claiming that President Bush is responsible for the outbreak of war in the Middle East. Howard Dean claims that the war would not have occurred if the Democrats had been in power …
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Arab world fed up with Hizbullah — With the exception of the Palestinians, the Arab world appears to be united in blaming Iran and Syria for the fighting in Lebanon. Until last week, Arab political analysts and government officials were reluctant to criticize Hizbullah in public.
Andrew G. Bostom / The American Thinker:There are short-term reasons behind the attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:Despite Joint Statement on Mideast, Strains Emerge as U.S. Supports …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:Bush Unplugged at the G8 over Middle East Conflict
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Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, Confederate Yankee, TalkLeft, Reuters, TigerHawk and All Things Beautiful
New York Times:Pace of Israeli Attacks Steps Up
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Captain's Quarters, FP Passport, SEIXON, Washington Post, Austin Bay Blog and Blue Crab Boulevard
Allahpundit / Hot Air:More rockets on Haifa; can/will Lebanon confront Hezbollah?
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Captain's Quarters, protein wisdom, rubber hose, Yourish.com, The Real Ugly American.com and Ace of Spades HQ
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Friendly skies: Canada greenlights terrorists for air travel — Not an exaggeration. I understand that racial profiling can be abused, I understand that the U.S. watch list is a bit, shall we say, overinclusive. But, um... It's every joke you've ever heard about Canadian politeness, times a million:
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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.
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Media Matters for America:
Kornblut falsely reported that Sen. Clinton criticized Democrats for "wasting time" … In a July 16 Web-only article, New York Times reporter Anne E. Kornblut falsely reported that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) criticized her fellow congressional Democrats "for taking on issues …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Up to 48 Iraqis Killed in Attack on Market — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 17 — Dozens of gunmen went on a chaotic rampage through a mostly Shiite market area in the town of Mahmudiya today, killing at least 48 civilians and injuring scores by firing off assault rifles, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
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 …
Dan Gilgoff / US News:
Dean's List — The Democratic chair plans to fight in every one of the 50 states. Is this shrewd strategy or a recipe for disaster? — DIAMONDHEAD, MISS.—Here's what the front line of Howard Dean's revolution looks like: two dozen senior citizens seated inside this gated community's …
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — Shiite Hits Fan — Let's look at the bright side, shall we? There are quite a few countries that have waged war on Israel before (1948, 1967, 1973) but are not doing so now. Jerusalem is formally at peace with Egypt and Jordan. Iraq is busy recovering from Saddam Hussein's misrule.
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