IDF now claiming that it came under fire from the school it demolished.
Israeli ground forces edged closer to two major Gaza towns, and a total of 58 Palestinians were killed Tuesday — with just two confirmed as militants, health officials in Gaza said. A top U.N. official called for an investigation into the mounting civilian [...]

Noah Shachtman from Danger Room on the latest propaganda efforts from the military:
Bloggers: If you suddenly find Air Force officers leaving barbed comments after one of your posts, don’t be surprised. They’re just following the service’s new “counter-blogging” flow chart. In a twelve-point plan, put together by the emerging technology division of the Air Force’s [...]

Crooks and Liars: Aid Agencies Say Gaza Needs Food, Medicine and Body Bags
-Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor in Gaza, tells Sky News that the number of civilians injured and killed in Gaza proves that Israel is deliberately attacking the population.
-About 530 Palestinians have been killed, at least a quarter of them civilians, since Israel launched [...]

editorandpublisher.com
By Greg Mitchell
Published: January 04, 2009 12:20 AM ET
NEW YORK (Commentary)
Israel launched its much-anticipated invasion of Gaza on Saturday. For over a week, U.S. media had provided largely one-sided coverage of the conflict, with little editorializing or commentary arguing against broader Israeli actions.

BBC NEWS.
By Paul Reynolds
Israel has tried to take the initiative in the propaganda war over Gaza but, in one important instance, its version has been seriously challenged.
The incident raises the question of how to interpret video taken from the air.
Israel released video of an air attack on 28 December, which appeared to show rockets being [...]

Firedoglake
By: Ian Welsh Friday January 2, 2009 12:30 pm
Let’s run through one article and provide what the press refuses to:
Israel is methodically targeting the Hamas domain, bombing government offices, security compounds, commanders, and even Hamas-linked clinics, mosques and money changers.
Translation: Israel is methodically killing doctors and nurses, destroying medical facilities, religious houses of worship, and [...]

Dennis Perrin
Maybe it’s me, but the more I read about Israel’s assault on Gaza, the more I’m convinced that the Zionist enterprise is in serious trouble. With each fresh round of bombing, Israel’s reputation gets worse, allowing growing numbers of people who might never have said a critical word about that country to finally speak [...]

via: SOTT
Rachel Shabi
The Daily Telegraph
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:10 UTC
Israel believes its has won broad international support in the media for its actions in Gaza thanks to its PR strategy, which through a new body has for months been concerned with formulating plans and role-playing to ensure that government officials deliver a clear, unified message [...]

By Mark Ames, The Nation
Posted on January 1, 2009, Printed on January 1, 2009
http://www.alternet.org…
Over the past few years, the Washington Post’s editorial page has pushed an increasingly hostile line toward Russia, painting complex developments there in Manichaean terms and accusing the Kremlin–and usually Vladimir Putin–of responsibility for just about anything that goes wrong, [...]

http://www.antiwar.com…
December 31, 2008
It’s a survival mechanism
by Justin Raimondo
As the Israelis continue to pound Gaza, killing Hamas cadre, traffic cops, and civilians alike, Americans shake their heads and wonder: why can’t they all just get along? Why must we be involved? The answer to both questions lies in understanding the [...]