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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Marty Peretz and the American political consensus on Israel — Opinions about the Israeli-Palestinian dispute are so entrenched that any single outbreak of violence is automatically evaluated through a pre-existing lens, shaped by one's typically immovable beliefs about which side bears …
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Jerusalem Post:
‘Hamas could have prevented massacre’ — Hamas could have prevented the “massacre” in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday in Cairo. — “We spoke to them and told them ‘Please, we ask you not to end the cease-fire. Let it continue,’” …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Playbook - 23 days to Inauguration - Gaza is ‘First test for Obama’ - Axelrod and Gibbs on Sunday shows - MoveOn.org gets practical, echoes the President-elect — Birthday: NBC's Savannah Guthrie ... Brokaw on Russert ... Remembering Samuel Huntington ... Engaged: CNNers Howard Lutt and Lydia Garlikov …
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy — One of the most important and sensible comments made during the last stretch of the campaign came from the straight-talking Joe Biden. The then Democratic vice-presidential nominee said that Barack Obama would be “tested” by crisis early in his presidency.
Greg Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Attack on Gaza: As Usual, U.S. Media (And Most Liberals) Silent — As Israeli Newspaper Raises Doubts — In the usual process, the U.S. government, media here — and most liberal bloggers — are silent or playing down questions about whether Israel overreacted in its massive air strikes on Gaza …
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Jerusalem Post:
Artillery batteries deployed along border with Gaza Strip — The death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to over 280 Sunday, Palestinian sources said, as IAF aircraft continued their bombings of Hamas targets. — IAF jets struck 40 smuggling tunnels connecting the Palestinian and Egyptian sides of Rafah …
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Hana Levi Julian / Arutz Sheva:Hizbullah Vows to Open Second Front in Gaza Conflict
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Gateway Pundit:IDF Airstrikes Continue …
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Siun / Firedoglake:It's Already Sunday in Gaza: “IAF strikes mosque, TV station”
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Hana Levi Julian / Arutz Sheva:IDF Releases Photos of Hamas Targets, Terror Training Facilities
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Strip Imperil Obama's Peace Chances
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Bradley Burston / Haaretz:Bradley Burston / The worst anti-Israel charges you'll hear in wartime
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Anne Glusker / Washington Post:
She's a Kennedy, But She's a Lot Like Us — Amid all the recent buzz about Caroline Kennedy's bid for a U.S. Senate seat, there has been a great deal of talk about her connections, her power, her wealth. But the way I see it, if you strip away the glamour, the name and the money, then Caroline is . . . me.
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Obama bristles as the bubble closes in on him — HONOLULU - The media glare, the constant security appendage and the sheer production that has become a morning jog or a hankering for an ice cream cone - it's been closing in on Barack Obama for some time. — Now the president-elect appears …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
You're Likable Enough, Gay People — IN his first press conference after his re-election in 2004, President Bush memorably declared, “I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.” We all know how that turned out. — Barack Obama has little in common …
Christopher Booker / Telegraph:
2008 was the year manmade global warming was disproved — Looking back over my columns of the past 12 months, one of their major themes was neatly encapsulated by two recent items from The Daily Telegraph. — The first, on May 21, headed “Climate change threat to Alpine ski resorts” …
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Steve Connor / The Independent:
Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati — When it comes to science, Barack Obama is no better than many of us. Today he joins the list of shame of those in public life who made scientifically unsupportable statements in 2008. — Closer to home, Nigella Lawson …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
RNC Rivals Discuss Racial Song — Would-Be Chairman Who Sent CD With Parody Blames Media — Republicans who are vying to lead the national party offered a mix of reactions yesterday to the decision by one candidate for the job to mail out a music CD including the song “Barack the Magic Negro.”
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Paul Mulshine / WSJ.com:
All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Newspaper — Bloggers are no replacement for real journalists. — Newark, N.J. — When my colleague at the Newark Star-Ledger John Farmer started off in journalism more than five decades ago, things were very different.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:PAUL MULSHINE BLOWS IT. In this Wall Street Journal column …
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