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8:15 PM ET, January 3, 2009

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Haaretz:
Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza Strip  —  Palestinian witnesses said the artillery barrage caused a large explosion in Gaza City as well as a series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel.  —  Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel …
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
News Analysis: Israel Weighs Goal: Ending Hamas Rule, Rocket Fire, or Both  —  EREZ CROSSING, on the Israel-Gaza border — As Israel's tanks and troops poured into Gaza on Saturday, the next phase in its fierce attempt to end rocket attacks, a question hung over the operation …
Spencer Ackerman / ATTACKERMAN:
The Invasion  —  The invasion of Gaza has begun.  As the bombardment of Gaza has failed to break Palestinian “will,” now the gamble is that ground troops will.  According to Ha'aretz, a significant portion of Israeli “top commanders” dissented from the decision to invade …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Taylor Marsh
Orange County Register:
Mark Steyn: Gaza has its version of rocket scientists  —  Westerners seem to expect more civilized behavior from Israel than from its adversaries.  —  Recommend  —  So how was your holiday season?  Over in Gaza, whether or not they're putting the Christ back in Christmas, they're certainly putting the crucifixion back in Easter.
Discussion: five feet of fury
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hamas moves on Fatah ‘collaborators’  —  The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah members under house arrest out of fear that they might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip.  —  The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank …
Associated Press:
IDF begins shelling northern Gaza for 1st time since op began  —  For the first time since the start of Operation Cast Lead, the IDF began firing artillery shells into northern Gaza on Saturday afternoon, IDF officials said.  —  According to reports, the artillery units were attacking targets …
Ynetnews:
Gaza incursion: IDF targeting rocket launching sites
Daily Mail:
Bodies of Hamas leader's children paraded as group promises …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Mere Rhetoric
Fida Qishta / Guardian:
Do Israel pilots feel happy killing innocent women and children?
Discussion: bastard.logic
Chicago Sun Times:
Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obama's U.S. Senate seat  —  Days before Gov. Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made it clear who he didn't want in the post …
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: ‘We are the senator’  —  NO CIRCUS?  Says he'll try to avoid a scene when he shows up to claim seat  —  WASHINGTON — Roland Burris, being Roland Burris, put it to me this way Friday when we talked: “We are the senator.”  —  And we, that is he …
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
IL-Sen: Electability As Corruption  —  A new story in the Chicago Sun-Times indicates that, the day before Blagojevich's calls were taped, Harry Reid pushed Blagojevich not to appoint the three leading African-American politicians in Illinois (after Barack Obama, of course).
Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Cornyn rips Reid on Blago calls
Discussion: The Marathon Blog
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
As 111th Senate Is Set to Begin, Four Seats Still Up in Air
Discussion: New York Times and The Caucus
Laurence H. Tribe / Forbes:
Blagojevich And The Constitution  —  The Senate doesn't have to seat Burris.
Discussion: Don Surber and Balkinization
Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Me-ow!  Ann Coulter hits Michelle Obama over styles  —  Right-wing flame thrower Ann Coulter blasts incoming First Lady Michelle Obama as a freakish Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis imitator in a book to be published next week.  —  In her latest screed, titled “Guilty: Liberal 'Victims …
Harold Ambler / The Huffington Post:
Mr. Gore: Apology Accepted  —  You are probably wondering whether President-elect Obama owes the world an apology for his actions regarding global warming.  The answer is, not yet.  There is one person, however, who does.  You have probably guessed his name: Al Gore.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Khalid al-Ansary / Reuters:
U.S.-installed Iraqi ex-PM says Bush “utter failure”  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former U.S.-installed Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has denounced the policies of President George W. Bush as an “utter failure” that gave rise to the sectarian venom that ravaged his country.
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Analysis: Bush's personality shapes his legacy  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush will be judged on what he did.  He will also be remembered for what he's like: a fast-moving, phrase-mangling Texan who stays upbeat even though his country is not.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
CNN:
London: Thousands protest Israeli airstrikes  —  LONDON, England (CNN) — Thousands of people gathered Saturday in London to protest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, in one of several demonstrations planned across Britain.  —  Police estimated as many as 12,000 people participated in the London rally …
Discussion: Yourish.com
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Creepy Times  —  There is something especially nauseating about the latest Middle East war — scenes of worldwide Islamic protests with photos of Jews as apes, protesters (in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida of all places!) screaming about nuking Israel and putting Jews in ovens …
Discussion: GayPatriot and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
 
 
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TheJC.com:
Gaza: Gang on rampage in Golders Green
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Social activist, organizer ... and FBI informant
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