Sat Nov 17, 2012, 02:03 PM

Israel Broadens Bombing in Gaza to Civilian Sites [View all]

Source: New York Times

GAZA — Israel expanded its four-day assault on Gaza on Saturday, broadening its airstrikes from military targets to the civilian political infrastructure, leveling the headquarters here of the Hamas prime minister and striking police and security buildings.

Hamas continued to fire rockets at Israel, including a pair intended for the city of Tel Aviv. One landed harmlessly, probably at sea; the other was thwarted in midair by Israel.

In Cairo, the leaders of Hamas, Turkey and Qatar gathered to try to broker a truce. Hamas officials were in indirect contact with Israel through Egyptian intelligence intermediaries, an official of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said.

The talks were reported to be deadlocked on Saturday evening, while continued attacks in Gaza and Israel, and Israeli preparations for a possible ground invasion, suggested that neither side was ready to end the fight.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-conflict.html?hp&_r=0

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Israel Broadens Bombing in Gaza to Civilian Sites [View all]	Welcome_hubby	Nov 2012	OP
The cable channels are not really covering this story that well. They just show a few pictures..	hrmjustin	Nov 2012	#1
Amy Goodman interviews Noam Chomsky on Gaza-	crunch60	Nov 2012	#3
Genocide?	oberliner	Nov 2012	#7
Stop U.S., EU support for Israeli genocide	crunch60	Nov 2012	#29
There is no Genocide going on in the Gaza Strip	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#30
You speak with such conviction. Sorry, I trust the views of Chomsky, who has been studying	crunch60	Nov 2012	#32
I could care less what that idiot says about Israel	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#33
And if your wife was Palestinian, what would your position be?	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#34
I am arguing objectivly	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#35
For the record...	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#37
Chomsky is an idiot IMO	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#43
Then you have a different definition of genocide than the legal one. /nt	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#47
I lived under apartheid in So. Africa for two years , the similarities are frightening.	crunch60	Nov 2012	#53
you linked to an antisemitic website	Mosby	Nov 2012	#99
Genocide requires	eyl	Nov 2012	#81
You don't see the correlation?	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#91
Gaza is a concentration camp	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#38
I really don't care what you are	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#40
Do you believe that the Palestinians likewise have the right to defend themselves?	Orrex	Nov 2012	#41
If they're attacked, yes	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#45
I would be interested to hear whether they think they've been attacked	Orrex	Nov 2012	#50
Simply not true. Israel broke the ceasefire both times.	Puregonzo1188	Nov 2012	#67
Maybe they wouldn't feel the need to defend themselves	arikara	Nov 2012	#86
I agree with that	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#42
Look	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#48
Then at least we have some common ground.	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#51
'If you were Palestinian living in Israel, you would not be allowed to live with your Jewish wife'	King_David	Nov 2012	#96
You can do your own research.	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#98
Well it's bullshit	King_David	Nov 2012	#101
If it was literally anyone else in this thread who questioned it..	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#103
Well what you said was libelous against Israel	King_David	Nov 2012	#105
Gaza is a modern day concentration camp	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#44
That is so much crap	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#46
Of course they do	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#49
Actually there were more attacks against Israel when Gaza was more open	oberliner	Nov 2012	#54
More open is the keyword	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#56
Why are you suprised?	fingrinn	Nov 2012	#64
Feeling the Jewish love?	fingrinn	Nov 2012	#63
Jewish love	King_David	Nov 2012	#72
This message was self-deleted by its author	Scootaloo	Nov 2012	#88
The Three Stooges strike again!	Scootaloo	Nov 2012	#88
Abba Eban	King_David	Nov 2012	#71
So you agree	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#73
No I do not agree	King_David	Nov 2012	#75
Oh	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#76
It is against DU rules to compare Jews to Nazis,	King_David	Nov 2012	#77
Not what I did	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#79
You would be funny if it were not so serious , Really??	King_David	Nov 2012	#80
Again, enough said.	fingrinn	Nov 2012	#62
Chomsky didn't claim that. The poster did.	Puregonzo1188	Nov 2012	#66
Enough said.	fingrinn	Nov 2012	#61
That sounds like it was written by a Nazi, not a Jew.	Raksha	Nov 2012	#104
I want to modify my previous response to your post.	Raksha	Nov 2012	#112
+1	King_David	Nov 2012	#70
Those talking points are tired and no longer	EmeraldCityGrl	Nov 2012	#87
Chomsky is to the "Left" what Rush Limbaugh is to the "Right". nt	AdHocSolver	Nov 2012	#39
Chomsky and Limbaugh names should not be put into the same sentence.	crunch60	Nov 2012	#58
Yes. I recall watching Chomsky physically mocking Parkinson's symptoms	Crunchy Frog	Nov 2012	#92
Here's another brilliant idea. Stop terrorizing Gaza and Hamas will stop rockets like they have done	Puregonzo1188	Nov 2012	#65
Hamas will stop rockets when	King_David	Nov 2012	#74
Your username's King David, like the King David Hotel?	Puregonzo1188	Nov 2012	#106
Think King David was a hotel?	King_David	Nov 2012	#107
Genocide?	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#12
"The genocide that is taking place in Gaza is a unspoken horror. We must stop this assault."	EX500rider	Nov 2012	#52
genocide ?	King_David	Nov 2012	#69
I'm so relieved that no acts of terrorism are being committed during this process.	Orrex	Nov 2012	#2
This post was hidden by jury decision.	bupkus	Nov 2012	#4
That is going way too far	unreadierLizard	Nov 2012	#5
I do not think the Jewish people are exactly oppressed. Some bigots have negative stereotypes,	loudsue	Nov 2012	#9
I	John2	Nov 2012	#10
Hamas is attacking. Israel must respond.	Andy Stanton	Nov 2012	#14
I agree. Hamas is to blame for all this.	rollin74	Nov 2012	#16
I remember how angry Mexico was when Texans started forcibly settling south of the border	Orrex	Nov 2012	#17
Hamas hides behind civilians	Andy Stanton	Nov 2012	#19
There is indeed a double standard here, but it's not what you probably think	Orrex	Nov 2012	#21
Not carte blanche	eyl	Nov 2012	#82
So if a member of Hamas is in a city, Israel can bomb the shit out of that city with impunity?	Orrex	Nov 2012	#94
When has Israel targeted a school bus?	former9thward	Nov 2012	#109
Overall, how many Israelis have been killed or forcibly relocated by Palestinians?	Orrex	Nov 2012	#111
The reason any Palestinian children have been killed is because of the Palestinians.	former9thward	Nov 2012	#116
And the reason that Israealis are killed is because of Israelis	Orrex	Nov 2012	#117
If a group in Mexico started firing in rockets on San Diego what would the U.S. do?	former9thward	Nov 2012	#118
Why do people keep using that ridiculous and invalid analogy?	Orrex	Nov 2012	#119
Your "analogy" is completely devoid of ny similarity to the Gaza-Israel situation.	former9thward	Nov 2012	#120
I'm sure that you believe that, just like you apparently believe you're rational	Orrex	Nov 2012	#121
“May your children die, you dogs”: As Gaza burns, Israelis bay for blood in streets of Tel Aviv	fingrinn	Nov 2012	#68
Please don't make it sound like ALL the Israelis were "baying for blood."	Raksha	Nov 2012	#113
You're joking of course, right?	crunch60	Nov 2012	#31
I've seen DUers (now on Ignore) argue that the deaths of Palestinian	coalition_unwilling	Nov 2012	#60
Thank you. Exactly right. nt	JudyM	Nov 2012	#18
It's Not a Double Standard	Iggy	Nov 2012	#20
That's ridiculous	Orrex	Nov 2012	#22
Hah hahhh!	Iggy	Nov 2012	#23
Yeah what third party would do that?	xtraxritical	Nov 2012	#36
You Actually Don't Know?	Iggy	Nov 2012	#95
I think that applies to both sides actually	Sterling	Nov 2012	#59
I agree	Superbot	Nov 2012	#55
Perhaps they've tried.	Igel	Nov 2012	#26
"assume that the guy involved is powerless and his loss unimportant or he doesn't want to stop it."	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#27
+100000	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#11
And	John2	Nov 2012	#13
I'm relieved it was a 6-0 vote, at least. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#15
Half this board seems to cheer whenever Israelis die or attacked? Links to any of this?	Violet_Crumble	Nov 2012	#24
'Most of Israel's neighbors have peace treaties with Israel'	King_David	Nov 2012	#78
How to you get "most"	eyl	Nov 2012	#83
Yr right. Two out of four isn't most...	Violet_Crumble	Nov 2012	#84
Frequently what Israel's supporters claim is the exact opposite of the truth	cpwm17	Nov 2012	#25
That is such a crock	glacierbay	Nov 2012	#28
You're not doing a great job of proving him wrong, glacierbay	Scootaloo	Nov 2012	#93
pretty much. Israel is the bully with the HUGE military and the backing of the USA against tiny	boilerbabe	Nov 2012	#57
I agree that the "Hitler"	billh58	Nov 2012	#110
many years ago i was banned for three days for saying something simliar	madrchsod	Nov 2012	#6
Wow	oberliner	Nov 2012	#8
'stunning' that it was only 3 days?	King_David	Nov 2012	#97
Both	oberliner	Nov 2012	#102
Deliberate bombing of civilian sites can be considered a war crime	fujiyama	Nov 2012	#85
Why are we always dragged into the discussion just because of spoken word?	Socal31	Nov 2012	#88
Because any Arab nation daring to defend the Palestinians would immediately be	polly7	Nov 2012	#108
Harry Fear's Live link in Gaza	JesterCS	Nov 2012	#100
Yay war crimes.	Fearless	Nov 2012	#114
Palestinian civilian toll climbs in Gaza	dipsydoodle	Nov 2012	#115