With children among the victims, Israel defends its “kill them all” policy with the argument that “everything is connected and everything supports terrorism against Israel,” ignoring the fact that “the original, legal owners of the Israeli land on which Hamas rockets are detonating live in Gaza,” and boasting the bloodshed is only the first of “several stages”:
- Family Mourns 5 Daughters as Civilian Death Toll Mounts (Washington Post)
- Israel Rejects Truce, Presses on With Gaza Strikes (Washington Post)
- Robert Fisk: Why Bombing Ashkelon Is the Most Tragic Irony (The Independent)
- On Fourth Day of Gaza Battle, No End in Sight (NY Times)
Twenty Israelis killed by Palestinian rockets in 8 years and over 350 Palestinians killed in four days; “Yes, Israel deserves security. But these bloodbaths will not bring it:”
- Robert Fisk: Leaders Lie, Civilians Die, and Lessons of History Are Ignored (The Independent)
- Israeli Strikes in Gaza Risk Political Win for Hamas (Christian Science Monitor)
Israel’s closest Muslim ally will no longer mediate:
- Turkey Ends Israel-Syria Peace Effort over Gaza (AFP / ME Times)
As moderate Islamists prepare to combat al-Shabab, a group designated terrorist by the U.S.:
- President of Somalia Steps Down amid Pressure (Washington Post)
As supplies to U.S. and NATO forces are suspended, the U.S. agrees to an Afghani plan that may revive the local militias:
- Eight Die in Pakistan Offensive Against Militants in the Khyber Pass (Christian Science Monitor)
- U.S. Backs Plan for Engaging Afghan Tribes (Reuters)
Will a paranoid attempt to control Muslim NGOs create extremism where it has failed to take root until now?
- Why Al Qaeda Isn’t Gaining a Foothold in Cambodia (Christian Science Monitor)
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