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MIDEAST: U.N. Diplomats Frustrated at Gaza Impasse
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS - Disappointed with the Security Council's inaction regarding the worsening situation in Gaza, diplomats from numerous nations of the global South are close to taking the case of Israeli aggression to the U.N. General Assembly.
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FILM: 1982 Massacre Rendered Through Dark, Distorted Lens
By Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - Recently opened in wide release in the United States, Ari Folman's new animated documentary detailing Israeli involvement in the Sabra and Shatila massacre sheds new light on the Israeli side of that conflict, as well as the one unfolding today.
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POLITICS: Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas had won free and fair elections for the Palestinian parliament and was still the leading faction in a fully legitimate government.
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MIDEAST: Israel Invades Gaza, Blocks Ceasefire
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - Israel launched a ground incursion into Gaza late Saturday night, ending a week of speculation whether a ground assault would follow a week's intensive bombardment of Gaza from the air and coast.
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MIDEAST: In a Battle for Legitimacy
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM - A confident Israel launched the second half of its war against Hamas in Gaza self-assured that it has already secured two central components of the war: the reaffirmation of its right to self-defence, and the legitimacy of its military action. The latter, Israel reckons, derives directly from the modesty, not necessarily of the scope of the operation (the most extensive against Palestinians in 40 years), but of its declared war goals.
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MIDEAST: U.S. Branch of Amnesty Calls on Rice to Drop "Lopsided" Stance
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - The U.S. section of Amnesty International sent an "urgent" letter Friday to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calling on her to end what it called Washington's "lopsided response" to the ongoing Israeli air strikes on Gaza that have reportedly killed more than 400 Palestinians, including scores of unarmed civilians.
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MIDEAST: Media Banned From Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - Israel is again preventing journalists from entering Gaza to report first-hand on the escalating crisis there as its military operation, codenamed Operation Cast Lead, enters its fifth day.
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MIDEAST: Israel Looking to Silence Hamas Forever
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM - This is the most senseless of all the wars that Palestinians and Israelis have fought, says Israeli President Shimon Peres. The futility, he suggests, stems from the Hamas insistence, ever since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, on continuing to shell Israeli towns and villages.
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MIDEAST: Egypt Seen as Complicit in Gaza Assault
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - As the Palestinian death toll approaches 400, much of popular anger throughout the Arab world has been directed at Egypt -- seen by many as complicit in the Israeli campaign.
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MIDEAST: Peace Process Blown to Bits
Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - Formally, the Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" appears set to continue, in line with the last UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution. But the chances of finding a resolution are virtually nil in light of Israel's new campaign against the Gaza Strip.
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MIDEAST: Jewish Organisations Call For End to Gaza Bombings
By Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - With a fresh outbreak of violence between Israel and Palestine, a battle of a different sort is being waged in Washington between various interests in Mid- East policy circles.
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MIDEAST: ‘Civilians Are Paying the Price in Gaza’
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS - International aid groups, including several United Nations agencies, are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza if Israel does not stop its military action there immediately.
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MIDEAST: Gaza Becomes a Chessboard for Israeli Leaders
Analysis by Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israel's devastating bombardment of Gaza, and the mounting death toll continue as Operation Cast Lead entered its fourth day Tuesday.
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In addition to the historically unbridgeable divide between Israel and the Palestinians, a split is broadening between the militant Hamas and the relatively moderate Fatah groups on the Palestinian side. Israel faces its own internal disagreements on such issues as Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. And with every opening divide, trouble in the region escalates. IPS correspondents provide the big-picture perspective on the Middle East.