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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 AM

The Israel rules

America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating consequences for both countries.
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 02:06 PM

    No good guys

    The Israeli blockade of Gaza is an act of war, so is the firing rockets into Israel. The Israeli air attacks and ground invasion are acts of war, so is the Hamas retaliation. Israel's targeting of civilians is an act of war and a war crime, so is the indiscriminate firing of Hamas rockets at Israeli towns. Hamas is a terror organization, Israel is a terrorist state. It's a wash-there are no good guys in this conflict. Israel is not morally superior to Hamas in any way, nor is Hamas morally superior to israel, they are both very very bad actors in a terrible tragedy.

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