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For more than a week, Israel kept its troops poised for action at the edge of Gaza. But after seven days of aerial bombardment - and much grumbling in the Israeli military about indecisiveness on the part of the political leadership - the order finally came on Saturday evening to invade the...
Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who make the ultimate command decisions for Operation Cast Lead, have been restrained until now from launching a full-scale ground attack because of the limited goals of the Israeli operation and the time available before the diplomatic pressure for a...
Israel is also acutely aware of the diplomatic clock, and the invasion will likely be over before Barack Obama moves into the White House. Israeli officials don't want Gaza to land on his desk as a major crisis - in part because they don't really want him intervening in...
The dilemma of Olmert and Barak over how to end the campaign is nothing compared with that confronting President Abbas. He is facing a wave of anger sweeping across the West Bank, even within his Fatah organization, over his response to the Gaza events. Many Fatah leaders are demanding that...
A cease-fire is the inevitable outcome. The closing days - however long they extend - of the Israeli campaign are principally about shaping its terms.