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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,’” …
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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 …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
ISRAEL, WRONG. — This is the paragraph that I can't get out of my head: … No deaths and few injuries. “Deeply disturbing.” Hamas lacks the technology to aim its rockets. They're taking potshots. In response, the Israeli government launched air strikes that have now killed …
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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.
Jerusalem Post:Artillery batteries deployed along border with Gaza Strip
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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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David Horovitz / Jerusalem Post:Analysis: The policy of restraint is over
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:US urges Hamas to cease rocket attacks on Israel
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Siun / Firedoglake:It's Already Sunday in Gaza: “IAF strikes mosque, TV station”
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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 …
Michael Goodwin / NY Daily News:
Goodwin: Say goodnight, Caroline — In the beginning, just three long weeks ago, the idea of Caroline Kennedy being a United States senator had a certain ring to it. The Camelot myth still has shelf life and a merger with the historic Obama presidency provided an intriguing story line.
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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.
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 …
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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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Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
LtGov: Blagojevich out by Lincoln's 200th birthday — CHICAGO (AP) — The lieutenant governor of Illinois said Sunday he is certain scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich will be out of office in less than two months. — Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, speaking from Chicago, said on CBS' “Face the Nation” …
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Monique Garcia / Chicago Tribune:Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyer criticized by lawmakers
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
PAUL MULSHINE BLOWS IT. In this Wall Street Journal column, he manages to conflate punditry with reporting (following in Nick Lemann's footsteps) while simultaneously engaging in a bit of misleading quotage that thoroughly undercuts his point. — My point, as quoted in his column …
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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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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Axelrod: Warren prayer ‘a good thing’ — Top Obama adviser David Axelrod strongly defended the selection of evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the opening prayer at the inauguration, telling moderator David Gregory on NBC's “Meet the Press” that the nation needs to get beyond “shaking our fists” across a political divide.
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