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 | Op-ed pieces by Jamal Dajani, Senior Director of Middle East Programming and Producer of Mosaic: World News from the Middle East |
Posted January 16, 2009 | 10:08 AM (EST)
With the Israeli offensive on Gaza dragging into its third week, demonstrators around the globe have been pouring into the streets expressing their outrage against Israel's indiscriminate bombardment of residential neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip. In the Arab world, demonstrators have also turned their anger towards their leaders...
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Gaza: The War on Children
Posted January 12, 2009 | 05:03 PM (EST)
War is traumatizing for anybody, but it's especially devastating to children caught in the crossfire. They are the ones who bear absolutely no responsibility for all the violence, yet they are the ones left with some of the worst physical and psychological scars -- scars they'll carry for life...
Read the full article at the Huffington Post
Gaza: CNN "Missing in Action"
Posted January 8, 2009 | 10:21 AM (EST)
Jerusalem-- Almost two weeks have gone by since Israel launched operation "Cast Lead" on Gaza, and dozens of foreign journalists still wait at the Israeli-Gaza border, watching the military operation in Gaza from afar. Israel still refuses to let any media cross into the strip. The restriction has created a very different reporting atmosphere than that during Israel's Second War on Lebanon in summer of 2006...
Read the full article at the Huffington Post
Day 10: Gaza Burning
Posted January 5, 2009 | 04:57 AM (EST)
Israel-Gaza Border-- Day 10 and only the numbers have changed; more than 530 dead and 2,500 injured. Heavy fighting is still raging in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters after Israel launched its ground offensive on the territory. Al Shifa' Hospital has run out of beds to accommodate the injured as a result of the intense Israeli shelling...
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No Happy New Year in Palestine
Posted January 1, 2009 | 07:07 AM (EST)
East Jerusalem-- New Year's Day
I wake up with a news hangover. Israeli jets are pounding Gaza for the sixth continuous day, and the IDF continues to build up its forces along the border in preparation for a possible ground invasion. Olmert promises that more is on the way, yet Hamas remains defiant and has not lost its ability to launch rocket attacks on Israeli towns and cities...
Read the full article at the Huffington Post
Day Four: Gaza War Postings
Posted December 30, 2008 | 10:33 AM (EST)
Near Nahal Oz, Israel -- The Israeli "all-out war" on Gaza has entered its fourth day leaving more than 363 dead and 1,800 wounded. Israeli troop movements on the Gaza border point to an imminent ground battle in the upcoming few days. On Monday, the Israeli military declared the Gaza border, where tanks, artillery and troops are massing for a possible ground offensive, a closed military zone...
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Christmas Spirit Shattered in the Holy Land
Posted December 27, 2008 | 08:42 AM (EST)
Jerusalem-- News quickly spread to the Old City of Jerusalem just minutes after Israeli F-16 bombers launched a series of air strikes on the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring dozens of people. According to Ramatan News Service operating from Gaza more than 155 people were killed and scores of others were injured when Israeli missiles destroyed security compounds run by Hamas in the center of Gaza City...
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David Michaelis, Senior Editor, Current Affairs |
Posted January 16, 2009 by David Michaelis
The 'scorched earth' tactic that Israel employs is showing signs of military success. 13 Israelis killed and more than 1,000 Palestinian dead make the commanders of Israel proud, as it erases the shame of the 2006 Lebanon War. However, the real goal of all the ground attacks is to teach the Arab world a lesson: Israel is the power in the Middle East to be reckoned with.
Posted January 12, 2009 by David Michaelis
For the first time in 8 years, there is an opening for a new vision of the U.S. role in the Middle East. Obama as president coupled with the emerging new peace lobby JStreet in Washington looks like it will be a promising combination. For too long the Jewish opinion has been perceived as "One Voice". Led by AIPAC and the ADL, other dissident voices among the Jews faced heavy pressure not to publish their opinions. But now, as the debate has been raging about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, many more voices are being heard doubting Israeli motivation and direction...
Posted January 9, 2009 by David Michaelis
We yearn for peace but we do not want it now! We Israelis have been living in Israel, as a result of 2000 years of yearning to return to Zion. As history has shown, there was a gap of a few centuries between wanting and praying to return, and acting upon it. Our wishes and dreams are part of our self-made identity, but do not necessarily agree with the reality on the ground. So we live in a bipolar world that enables us to deceive ourselves into believing that we are justified in acting in a way that does not correspond with the declared final wish. Be it return to Zion or peace with our neighbors. This underlying pattern of behavior is the key to understanding why Israelis perceive themselves as a "crying and shooting" army...
On Mosaic Intelligence Report, Link TV's Middle East analyst and award-winning producer, Jamal Dajani, gives his weekly unique perspective and insight on major newsworthy stories.
 | Gaza: 14 Days of Horror - Jan. 9, 2009 Close to 800 people perish in 14 days of fighting. When will the war end? | |
 | Palestine-Israel: Waiting for Obama - Dec. 19, 2008 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas goes to Washington, working to end the siege in Gaza. Gaza officials are skeptical. | |
 | Gaza "Holocaust?" - Feb. 29, 2008 Hamas continues its rocket attacks on Israel. An Israeli official warns of a "holocaust" in Gaza. | |
 | President Bush was optimistic a peace accord could be reached, but violence erupted again between Palestinians and Israelis. Will Israel negotiate with Hamas? | |
 | Gaza battles rage between rival Palestinian factions - why did the truce between Fatah and Hamas collapse? |
Mosaic: World News from the Middle East is the Peabody Award-winning daily compilation of television news reports from the Middle East including, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Iraq and Iran.
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 16, 2009 Mosaic reports on day 21 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic Alert - U.N. Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - Jan. 16, 2009 Growing numbers of Gazans are fleeing their homes for makeshift shelters, leading the U.N. to warn of the humanitarian impact of a broader war. | |
 | Mosaic Alert - Israel Targets Media Building in Gaza - Jan. 15, 2009 Israeli forces have attacked a media building in Gaza City, wounding two people as Tel Aviv intensifies its military campaign in the region. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 15, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 20 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 14, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 19 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic Alert - Gaza Hospitals in Peril - Jan. 14, 2009 Gaza hospitals face a critical shortage of supplies due to the Israeli blockade. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 13, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 18 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic Alert - Gaza: War on Children - Jan. 12, 2009 Children are paying the price in Israel's invasion of Gaza. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 12, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 17 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 9, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 14 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 8, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 13 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 7, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 12 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 6, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 11 of the Gaza crisis. | |
 | Mosaic: World News from the Middle East - Jan. 5, 2009 Mosaic reports on Day 10 of the Gaza crisis. |
Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that helps you navigate the news of the world. Each 3-to-5 minute episode looks at the news, the world and ourselves in a new way.
 | Gaza Media War - Jan. 14, 2009 Israel and Hamas are fighting on two fronts in Gaza - a military battle, and a battle for public opinion. | |
 | Carter's Provocation - Apr. 4, 2008 Former president Jimmy Carter meets with the leadership of Hamas in Syria. The meeting brings swift and harsh condemnation from the Bush administration and Israel. |
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