Capturing the MidEast in short soundbites: poignant reflections by people who understand the complexities of the Middle East. My philosophy is: "less is more." You won't agree with everything that's here, but I'm confident you will find it interesting! Excepting the titles, my own comments are minimal. Instead I rely on news sources to string together what I hope is an interesting, politically challenging, non-partisan, non-ideological narrative.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Gaza war: Round Two?
Israeli Soldier Killed in Gaza Truce Breach -Nidal al-Mughrabi & Alastair Macdonald
An Israeli soldier was reported killed close to the border with Gaza in an attack by militants in breach of cease-fire declarations.
(Reuters-Washington Post)
Livni: Israeli restraint in Gaza is over -Etgar Lefkovits
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said that Israel will no longer show restraint against Palestinian attacks from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
"Israel is going to act according to a new equation. We are not going to show restraint anymore," Livni [said]. Her remarks came after an Israeli soldier was killed and three others were wounded in an attack near the Gaza border.
Likud [Party] chair[man] Binyamin Netanyahu also responding to the fatal attack, saying, "Sooner or later we will need to finish the job in Gaza, and that we will do." Netanyahu called [for] "an immediate strike with an iron fist."
[Jerusalem Post]
IDF gets OK to respond to Gaza attack -Yaakov Katz
The IDF has received a green light to respond to a bomb attack against a military patrol along the border with the Gaza Strip in which one soldier was killed and three others were wounded.
Early Tuesday morning, a Beduin tracker was killed and an officer was seriously wounded when a large bomb exploded next to their patrol along the border near the Kissufim Crossing. Two other soldiers were lightly wounded.
[Jerusalem Post]
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