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Welcome to the War in Gaza Update #12. It is part of the continuing series of news and information about the War In Gaza.

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Within the MSM we have the following selections:

CNN: U.N. suspends aid work in Gaza.
WAPO: Jimmy Carter: An Unnecessary War (Sorry, the man’s enormous ego prevents him from making unbiased observations.
WSJ: The Jews Face a Double Standard
NY Times: Gaza War Role Is Political Lift for Ex-Premier.
NY Times: Israelis Honor Fallen Soldiers, While Seeing the Gaza Campaign as Justified.
Haaretz: Hamas executes ‘collaborators’, restricts Fatah movement.
Haaretz: ANALYSIS / Excellent intel on Gaza shows Israel learned from its errors in Lebanon.
Haaretz: Israel’s PR war.
YNET: Merkel says Israel security key for Gaza ceasefire.
YNET: IDF discovers Hamas booby-trap map

Israellycool and The Muqata are still liveblogging the war. The IDF Spokesperson blog continues to provide updates as well.

At Yourish I recommend you read Hamas targets schools, world is blind, deaf, and dumb on topic, He writes what I think and How soon they forget?

Over at Soccer Dad Aint nick’s boomerang and The Watcher’s Council Nominations.

Go check out Humor During War. Israel Matzav shared Red Cross attacks Israel over Gaza find and discussed the Vatican’s remark.

At Hot Air you can read Palestinians try opening a second front. At The Week spend a moment looking at Why Democrats recoil from Gaza.

Crittenden shared Gaza, Trash Heap of Moral Authority, including comments about Jimmy Carter. Don Surber has remarks about Carter’s comments at Jimmy the joke. So does A Blog For All: Foolish Evil Anti-Semite Rant of the Day: Jimmy Carter.

While you are there go read Operation Cast Lead: Day 13. Here is one more from Soccer Dad about Jimma.

Seraphic Secret wrote It Can (and is) Happening Here. Irshad Manaji writes Palestinian leader: “Fatah and Hamas come from the same root”.

Gateway Pundit offered Surprise– Iranian Regime Repeating “Banned Weapons” Hoax. At Writes Like She Talks- Gaza, Israel: Who you callin’ one state?

Here is an interesting post From blogger to intrepid audio diarist for the BBC.

Mother in Israel submitted Updates and list of injured soldiers and civilians. At Shiloh Musings No Time For Truce–Israel Attacked From Lebanon!

My Right Word shared Dr. Chesner on “War and the Parental Instinct to Protect” and Here’s A Great Support Group Initiative.

This concludes the round up. We’ll try to update this later.

Welcome to the latest round up of news and information about the War in Gaza. You’ll find that this is a useful tool for learning what is going on from a variety of sources and perspectives.

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Let’s take a look at the MSM and see what they have for us today:

CNN Exchanges of fire mar 3-hour truce in Gaza
NY Times The Mideast’s Ground Zero
NY Times Israel Resumes Gaza Attack After a Pause to Allow Aid Delivery
WSJ Israel Presses Diplomatic Efforts as Strikes Resume
WSJ BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Militant Islam Threatens Us All
BBC Israel accepts truce ‘principles’
Haaretz Report: Islamist site compiling list of U.K. Jews to target over Gaza op.
Haaretz Defense sources: Even if Hamas agrees to truce, its armed wing may resist.
Haaretz Joe the Plumber named war correspondent in Israel for conservative Web site.
JPost Analysis: It’s all in how you want to define ‘victory’
JPost IDF steps up anti-tunnel ops, warns civilians to vacate area
JPost PM: We’ll halt op only when terror and smuggling stop
Ynet ‘Hamas has nothing left but rockets’
The Atlantic Robert Kaplan and Iran’s Post Modern Beast in Gaza.

And now on to the blogosphere.

Israellycool and The Muqata are still liveblogging the war. Two comments about the men behind these blogs. Aussie Dave is a very fine fellow, but he has this misconception that Aussie Football is somehow superior to American.

Jameel is another fine fellow. Little known fact outside of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere, he makes the most incredible waffles. In fact he has plans to start his own line of Israeli Waffle Houses. More on this later.

The IDF blog continues to provide critical information and video footage. Here is a link to a blog post about IEDs.

The video below shows a surgical strike in which various terror targets are struck.

I also suggest that you read the following post Humanitarian Coordination Center and Daily Summary, 7 Jan 2009 20:25 IST.

An excellent post about the lies and misinformation about the UN school can be found at A Soldier’s Mother in her post The Images they Show…

Yourish points out Israel ceases fire, Hamas bombs cities and AP confirms Hamas terrorists fired from UN school.

Mere Rhetoric British Muslims Doing Their Best To Cleanse Britain Of Jews and I Get (Often Inarticulate) Mail.

Read Seraphic Secret’s The Horrors That Do Not Count. A post that points out the hypocrisy and moral ambiguity of those who hold Israel to the fire but fail to speak out against real humanitarian crises around the world.

The Volokh Conspiracy offers Gaza and International Law.

Crittenden in Weep No More discusses the crazy rantings of a cleric and in a post called Martydom Opportunities Mulled he spells out flawed arguments in a Thomas Friedman column and more.

Snapped Shot shared FINALLY! It is a post about how the media is finally covering the hate filled Pro-Hamas rallies.

Baila says It’s my first war and I’ll cry if I want to. At Writes Like She Talks Jill asks Is blaming “the 60 years of occupation” a euphimism for “one-state solution”?

Michael Totten asks to Stop Juan Cole and I don’t blame him. Speaking of Cole, go read Cole spills wine at Cana.

Roger Simon writes in his post about the drawbacks of relying solely upon traditional media and why the blogosphere is important in The MSM, Gaza and Pajamas TV.

Let’s put the White Phosphorus discussion to bed. Here is a debate about photos and their authenticity.

Take a look at The World Supports Hamas? Of Course, They Do!

More on this from the Syria News Wire The one state solution. It is skewed and I’d ask that people consider that when reading it. But as I said it is important to see what the other side says, even when they are spinning a tale.

Shiloh Musings shared Traveling the Red Zone (Nitzan). Freedom’s Cost Down, but Not Out!, Kuwaiti Editor Identifies the Real Murderers in Gaza and Enough’s Enough!

Zionist Conspiracy says to say no to a ceasefire. Boker Tov Boulder asks With “friends” like Condoleezza Rice, who needs Hamas?

Atlas Shrugs blogged NYC PRO-ISRAEL RALLY OVERWHELMING and VIDEO TORONTO PRO-HAMAS RALLY: “HITLER DIDN’T DO A GOOD JOB”

From Yid with Lid we have Video Of Hamas Using Gaza UN School To Fire Mortars and HUMAN SHIELDS WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE ?

At DovBear we have “Land for Peace”. Ruti shared Daddy, what did Mommy do while you were fighting the war?” and “What can I do? I can’t just sit here…”

This concludes our round up. More to come later.

Welcome to Gaza Update #11. We continue in our effort to provide a comprehensive round up of news and information about the War in Gaza. Our news gathering efforts include but are not limited to reviewing sites such as Memeorandum, general surfing of the net and tips from readers.

Within the last week thousands of visitors have spent time reviewing the round up.

Previous editions of the round up can be found below:1* 2 *3* 3.5* 4* 4.5* 5* 5.5* 6*6.5 *7* 7.5* 8* 8.5.*9, *9.5, *10, *10.5.

CNN in a shocker reports Al Qaeda message blames Obama, Egypt for Gaza violence.
The New York Times has Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza
More NYT For Israel, Lessons From 2006, but Old Pitfalls.
The Telegraph has an entire section devoted to Israel, including links to some bloggers.
More from The Telegraph Analysis: Will Israel call a Gaza ceasefire?
Reuters EXCLUSIVE-Gaza headmaster was Islamic Jihad “rocket-maker“
YNET reports:
PM: No to 48-hour ceasefire, yes to American initiative.
Rice gives support to Mubarak proposal on Gaza.
Egypt announces Israel-Hamas truce plan.
Hamas built underground city.
Christopher Hitchens: Gaza could have been a model of the future Palestinian state.
Michael Totten on Journalistic Malpractice.

Mark Steyn on Judeophobic Logic.

Israellycool and The Muqata are still liveblogging the war.

American Power discusses the Necessity of Peace. I enjoyed the story of Tomer Bohadana.

From my friend The Elder we have Suburban Gaza and Al-Arabiya Arabic news roundup.

What War Zone has headlines that are inimitable I Don’t Care If They Drop Kassams on My Head, I’m Driving on Kvish 6, Dammit.

Solomonia shared Andy McCarthy on Why We Need Israel to Win
MEMRI TV: Egyptian Clerics- ‘Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire’ – ‘bite their heads off with our teeth’
Boston Pro-Hamas Organizers Describe Goals: Destruction of Jewish State.

The Sand Monkey Why don’t you get involved? and Give Ghaza to Egypt?

The Sultan’s Note blogged Hamas has failed – it is time they stepped down.

Oleh Girl shared Yesterday Hamas fired upon, hijacked humanitarian aid trucks.
From Gateway Pundit we learn Pro-Hamas Thug Smacks Reporter in Face At Toronto Rally (VIdeo).

My Shrapnel say If you will allow me a brief primal scream… Personally if I am going to scream I don’t ask for permission, I just do it. 😉 But she is right, minority opinions and the ability to voice them are significant rights.

The Prairie Pundit shared Hamas victim offensive gets a boost. Plancks Constant conducted an investigation: Norwegian Doctor in Gaza – Unbiased?

Joshuapundit says It’s Hard Out There For A ( Hamas) Pimp. Or perhaps you can read a couple of posts at Lubavitch.com,

Bookworm found a great source of Moral clarity. Let’s surf over to Yourish to read World trying to push Israel into an early cease fire.

Chabad is doing their best to support the troops. At Shiloh Musings read Day 11 of the War from Netivot.

Who would expect to discuss the war at a Buffy The Vampire Slayer message board. Coming next it is the fans of Gomer Pyle USMC versus McHale’s Navy.

Go take a look at War. Mother In Israel provided a link to The Children’s Brigade song.

Gateway Pundit has a number of worthwhile posts. Let’s focus on Hostile Protesters In Turkey Force Israeli B-Ball Players to Flee Court and Danish Schools Refuse to Admit Jews Out of Fear of Violence… From Muslim Students.

Soccer Dad has Walt’s moral disneyland and other stupid academic tricks. Ask Treppenwitz about The Writing on The Walls.

Go here for a Good War Analysis by WSJ. Sometimes you need to spell it out. Our Children Come First.

That is it for now. I am off to collapse into bed. See you in the A.M.

Welcome to the War in Gaza Update #10.5. Before we get into the meat of things lets set the mood with a video that many of you have probably seen before.

Brothers in Arms

I am curious to see if this war produces it’s own “Yalla Yalla Nasrallah”

One more video Tommorow I will return home- מחר אני בבית

And now we’ll head off to the next round up of news and information about the war in Gaza.

Previous editions of the round up can be found below:1* 2 *3* 3.5* 4* 4.5* 5* 5.5* 6*6.5 *7* 7.5* 8* 8.5.*9, *9.5, *10.

In the news we have the following stories for your review and consumption:

CNN reports Israel: Hamas mortars prompted attack near U.N. school
Bret Stephens writes in the WSJ An Endgame for Israel.
Natan Sharansky writes How the U.N. Perpetuates the ‘Refugee’ Problem.
JPost: Analysis: Hamas desperate for lull.
JPost: Lebanon doubts Hizbullah will open second front.
JPost: Jordan, Egypt strike balance between Israel ties, angry public.
Al Jazeera cries media bias in In the US, Gaza is a different war.
Forbes has an opinion piece called Five Reasons Why India Can’t ‘Do A Gaza’ On Pakistan.

Israellycool and The Muqata liveblogging the war.

From Mere Rhetoric go read:
Video: UNRWA Explosion Was From Retaliatory Fire, Secondary Explosions

Friends Of Likud Conference Call – Gen. Moshe Ya’alon On Whether Hezbollah Will Open Up A Second Front

Hamas: We Will Murder Jewish Children All Over The World (Plus: Diplomats Trying To Stop The IDF From Winning)

Seraphic Secret found a Surprise Message from Usama bin Laden and The Gaza War(s).

Israel Matzav’s interview with John Devore is here.

From the Long War Journal Ground war heats up in Gaza.

The Weekly Standard blog says Hamas Leadership in Disarray. It is probably not considered good form to say that dismembered is better than disarray.

Also at The Weekly Standard Blog is this post Imagine the Jews Were the Real Terrorists!

Crittenden continues the beat with Bleeding, Leading in which he comments on Greenwald the sock puppet. Ok, maybe that is not fair, my also calling him a sock puppet. But if you ask me it is better than saying that he comes across as a semi-hysterical shill for terrorists. Now that is probably too extreme, so maybe we should return to the sock puppet. Either way we’ll give Greenwald some time in the sun.

Go read Discussing Israel/Gaza on right-wing talk radio and make up your own mind.

Jefferey Goldberg wrote The World’s Pornographic Interest in Jewish Moral Failure. Look at this excerpt:

“Once, in Khan Younis, I actually saw gunmen unwrap a shrouded body, carry it a hundred yards and position it atop a pile of rubble — and then wait a half-hour until photographers showed. It was one of the more horrible things I’ve seen in my life. And it’s typical of Hamas. If reporters would probe deeper, they’d learn the awful truth of Hamas. But Palestinian moral failings are not of great interest to many people. “

Yourish offers Hamas using children as human shield and Barbarism in the Congo, ignored.

At Blackfive you can review A path to the defeat of Hamas.

Daled Amos has Caroline Glick Interview: Only Four Options In Gaza? and Forget Israel–Let’s Compare HAMAS With The Nazis.

Comments from Left Field reacts emotionally In Gaza, Horror Piled Atop Horror. Apparently if terrorists use a school or hospital it is a safe zone from which they can act however they please.

Newshoggers takes a similar approach in Destroying the School To Save It.

At a Blog for All you can read True Evil Exposed: The Gaza School Incidents. Go to Gateway Pundit and read Dead Hamas Terrorists & Missiles Found At UN School In Gaza ad IDF Spokesperson’s Hamas Operatives Killed in UNRWA School, 6 Jan 2009.

Joshuapundit, One, Use A School As A Military Base; Two, Booby Trap It; Three, Blame Israel When It Goes Boom!

Harry’s Place wrote On the deaths in Jabalya.

Here is a Letter to Gaza: How do you stomach killing children every day?

American Powerblog shares Israeli Settlers and the Gaza Campaign and Extermination of the Jews, Then and Now.

Danger Room wrote Israelis Take Over Hamas’ TV Station.

Go read A Jewish Gaza? From there mozy on over to Hamas Is Losing, Short Term and Long Term.

Take a look at Insulting the Nazis.

This concludes the round up. Stay tuned for another edition.

Welcome to another edition of updates on the War in Gaza. Due to the high value of spam and some of the comments I have turned on comment moderation. It appears that some of you would very much like me to engage in an act that is anatomically impossible.

Actually those comments are tame. Some of the other foaming at the mouth, hate filled screeds are almost comical. Anyhoo, we can smile and blow kisses at the blowhards later. Suffice it to say that periodically I let a few of the monkeys escape from the cage so that everyone gets to see what they have to offer.

And now we’ll head off to the next round up of news and information about the war in Gaza.

Previous editions of the round up can be found below:1* 2 *3* 3.5* 4* 4.5* 5* 5.5* 6*6.5 *7* 7.5* 8* 8.5.*9, *9.5.

In the news you’ll find a variety of articles to review:

CNN, oh CNN, is this supposed to be balanced:
In Gaza, living with anger and fear (Just wondering why we never saw anything like this about Sderot.)
The New York Times has an editorial Incursion Into Gaza that straddles the fence.
From MSNBC Israel ignores international calls for cease-fire and Outline of a possible Gaza truce emerges.
On Boston.com you can read Israel battles way into Gaza’s urban areas.
Business Standard reports Obama avoiding talks on foreign policy including Gaza.
The BBC asks Gaza conflict: Who is a civilian?
Time Magazine Analysis: How Hamas Wins by Losing and Despite Pummeling in Gaza, Hamas Thinks It Has the Upper Hand.

JPost has Reporter’s Notebook: Under fire in Ashkelon and Car rams gates of Toulouse synagogue.

Check out Ynet’s The price of disengagement and Your opinion is irrelevant.

The Nation Israel’s New War Ethic.

Michael Totten discusses The Israeli Way of War.

Melanie Phillips War is terrible, but the alternative in Gaza was worse.

In the blogosphere:The Muqata and Israelly Cool are still liveblogging.

The IDF blog offers an explanation about the Friendly Fire incident here and a video.

IDF VLOG: Israel Captures Hamas Terrorists

Yaacov Lozowick discusses Proportionality and War and “What are the Israelis Thinking?”

Mere Rhetoric shares Hamas Bombs Another Israeli School (Plus: What’s Their Next “Surprise”?) and MSM Division Of Labor: NYT Provides The Misleading Anti-Israel Headlines, Hamas Stringers Provide The Fake Pictures.

From The Augean Stables Astounding Update on Gaza Beach (2006): Father played with unexploded ordnance and Meditations on Moderation and Demopathy.

The Right Truth It’s a Terrifying World. Breath of the Beast Can Public Broadcasting Really be THIS Contemptible?

Atlas Shrugs observed We value life, they value nothing. The Infidel Bloggers Alliance reports Warning to U.S. Jewish Centers. Wonder if those lovely antiwar protests intend to protest that, somehow I doubt it.

Gateway Pundit reports Egyptian President Mubarak Says He Wants an Israeli Victory.

Soccer Dad analyzes Cohen’s rectification.

The American Sector in Zionist Alert!! questioned an NY Times report.
Here is a video of IDF wounded arriving at the hospital.

Over at Yourish Where suicide bombers come from and Czech FM to Israel: We’re telling you to lose.
As always Solomonia has good material. Check out Solomonia on Radio (Update) and Who Broke the Ceasefire?

Writes Like She Talks has Remains of the Day, 1/5/09: Gaza and Israel.

Shiloh Musings says We Didn’t Roll Bandages. Lady Light has Take Your Kids to the Rocket Strike Zone Playground.

I think that Benji just might miss American football.Ok maybe this post isn’t quite about that. Go read (Reuters) Texas Longhorns Down Hamas Cacaheads in Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

People in The Sun is Confused and All.

The Rebbitzin’s Husband wrote a Letter to Gaza: Did I misunderstand you? and Pontificating on Gaza, Michael Lerner still married to Oslo.
Ruti wrote “What can I do? I can’t just sit here…”

Prospects for Peace shared Five comments on the Gaza crisis and what to do.

From Bookworm Life under siege.

Adloyada shared Hamas leader promises even greater war crimes against Israel and Want a laugh? Compare how BBC reports Israel/Gaza with UK/Afghanistan.

Imshin discussed The Qassam Hunter from Sha’ar Hanegev.

Israel at level Ground How To ‘Reach Out And Touch Somebody’ In Gaza.

Sabra at Heart An Awe Inspiring response to a Guardian article.

Shrinkwrapped wrote On the Ground in Gaza.

This marks the end of the round up. Stay tuned for more.