{"id":2838,"date":"2009-01-12T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2009-01-12T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T13:00:07","slug":"2009-1-12-links-for-january-12th-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2838","title":{"rendered":"Links for January 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for January 12th:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dailystaregypt.com\/article.aspx?ArticleID=19012\">Daily News Egypt &#8211; MP HOSPITALIZED AFTER HEATED DEBATE OVER GAS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL<\/a> &#8211; MPs throw shoes at each other as Egypt ignores second court order to stop gas exports to Israel.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jan\/08\/barack-obama-gaza-hamas\">Barack Obama administration &#8216;prepared to talk to Hamas&#8217; | World news | guardian.co.uk<\/a> &#8211; I am skeptical about this.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalinterest.org\/Article.aspx?id=20576\">The National Interest | Gaza, Viewed From Cairo<\/a> &#8211; Michele Dunne on Mubarak&#39;s calculations.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jan\/07\/gaza-israel-palestine\">Avi Shlaim: How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe | World news | The Guardian<\/a> &#8211; Abi Schlaim: &quot;On 2 June 1948, Sir John Troutbeck wrote to the foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, that the Americans were responsible for the creation of a gangster state headed by &quot;an utterly unscrupulous set of leaders&quot;. I used to think that this judgment was too harsh but Israel&#39;s vicious assault on the people of Gaza, and the Bush administration&#39;s complicity in this assault, have reopened the question.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arabicsource.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/10\/heikal-on-gaza\/\">Heikal on Gaza &laquo;<\/a> &#8211; Mr. Egypt on Heikal&#39;s statements on Gaza.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/international\/2009\/01\/10\/01003-20090110ARTFIG00206-dans-le-secret-des-tunnels-de-gaza-.php\">Le Figaro &#8211; International : Dans le secret des tunnels de Gaza<\/a> &#8211; Georges Malbrunot on the tunnels<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/time\/20090111\/wl_time\/08599187092900\">In Fake Arab Town, Israeli Lawyers and Actors Prep For Real War &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a> &#8211; Where Israelis practice urban warfare in case of a mass invasion of Gaza.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20090111\/wl_mideast_afp\/mideastconflictgazaegyptborder_newsmlmmd\">Egypt police, children wounded in Israeli air strikes &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a> &#8211; I wonder what will be the reaction to this&#8230;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article10163.shtml\">ei: Will Hizballah intervene in the Gaza conflict?<\/a> &#8211; Hizbullah&#39;s behavior during the attack on Egypt, its motivations and likelihood of an intervention to support Hamas, and analysis of its unprecedented attack on Egypt. (Although al-Manar and some Hizbullah figures have toned down the anti-Egypt stance since Nasrallah&#39;s speech).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2009\/0109\/p04s01-wome.html\">Rafah: A border town caught between Egypt and Hamas | csmonitor.com<\/a> &#8211; Lina Attalah writes about Rafah, Egyptian concerns about Gaza, and ends with this great quote from a Palestinian: &quot;The tunnels are a normal response to the [border] closure. If the borders were consistently open, there would be no tunnels. We are not rats.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for January 12th:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dailystaregypt.com\/article.aspx?ArticleID=19012\">Daily News Egypt &#8211; MP HOSPITALIZED AFTER HEATED DEBATE OVER GAS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL<\/a> &#8211; MPs throw shoes at each other as Egypt ignores second court order to stop gas exports to Israel.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jan\/08\/barack-obama-gaza-hamas\">Barack Obama administration &#8216;prepared to talk to Hamas&#8217; | World news | guardian.co.uk<\/a> &#8211; I am skeptical about this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalinterest.org\/Article.aspx?id=20576\">The National Interest | Gaza, Viewed From Cairo<\/a> &#8211; Michele Dunne on Mubarak&#39;s calculations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jan\/07\/gaza-israel-palestine\">Avi Shlaim: How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe | World news | The Guardian<\/a> &#8211; Abi Schlaim: &quot;On 2 June 1948, Sir John Troutbeck wrote to the foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, that the Americans were responsible for the creation of a gangster state headed by &quot;an utterly unscrupulous set of leaders&quot;. I used to think that this judgment was too harsh but Israel&#39;s vicious assault on the people of Gaza, and the Bush administration&#39;s complicity in this assault, have reopened the question.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arabicsource.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/10\/heikal-on-gaza\/\">Heikal on Gaza &laquo;<\/a> &#8211; Mr. Egypt on Heikal&#39;s statements on Gaza.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/international\/2009\/01\/10\/01003-20090110ARTFIG00206-dans-le-secret-des-tunnels-de-gaza-.php\">Le Figaro &#8211; International : Dans le secret des tunnels de Gaza<\/a> &#8211; Georges Malbrunot on the tunnels<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/time\/20090111\/wl_time\/08599187092900\">In Fake Arab Town, Israeli Lawyers and Actors Prep For Real War &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a> &#8211; Where Israelis practice urban warfare in case of a mass invasion of Gaza.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20090111\/wl_mideast_afp\/mideastconflictgazaegyptborder_newsmlmmd\">Egypt police, children wounded in Israeli air strikes &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a> &#8211; I wonder what will be the reaction to this&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article10163.shtml\">ei: Will Hizballah intervene in the Gaza conflict?<\/a> &#8211; Hizbullah&#39;s behavior during the attack on Egypt, its motivations and likelihood of an intervention to support Hamas, and analysis of its unprecedented attack on Egypt. (Although al-Manar and some Hizbullah figures have toned down the anti-Egypt stance since Nasrallah&#39;s speech).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2009\/0109\/p04s01-wome.html\">Rafah: A border town caught between Egypt and Hamas | csmonitor.com<\/a> &#8211; Lina Attalah writes about Rafah, Egyptian concerns about Gaza, and ends with this great quote from a Palestinian: &quot;The tunnels are a normal response to the [border] closure. If the borders were consistently open, there would be no tunnels. We are not rats.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}