in the trenches: why israel had no choice
david harris in jerusalem post blog 12.30.08
Israel’s military operation against Hamas targets in Gaza should have come as no surprise. The handwriting was on the wall. No more than any other country, Israel could not tolerate a terrorist regime on its border that was launching repeated rocket and […]

did israel use “disproportionate force” in gaza?
by dore gold
Jerusalem Issue Brief, Institute for Contemporary Affairs, founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation
Vol. 8, No. 16, 28 December 2008
Israeli population centers in southern Israel have been the target of over 4,000 rockets, as well as thousands of mortar shells, fired by Hamas and other organizations since […]