Word: jerusalem
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...more limited role of traditional media in covering this war hasn't protected it from criticism by Israelis. The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday published an article alleging world media bias against the Israeli operation in Gaza and accusing TIME magazine of leading the charge with its cover story this week...
...usual, our reporting has been enhanced by two other veteran members of TIME's Jerusalem bureau: Aaron J. Klein and Jamil Hamad. During the current round of fighting, Klein and driver Uri Narkis narrowly avoided being hit by Hamas rockets fired into southern Israel. "It was frustrating not being able to go in with the Israeli troops, observing the clouds of smoke rising over Gaza only from a distance," Klein says. Meanwhile, Hamad worked his contacts on the Palestinian side for insight into how the Palestinian leadership views the crisis. "Impartiality is a dream," Hamad says, "but honesty...
Despite the frenetic efforts of the posse of diplomats charging between Cairo and Jerusalem, an immediate end to the carnage in Gaza remains unlikely. Instead, Hamas and Israel are bracing for another deadly round. No matter how many Palestinian families are destroyed in the crossfire, neither combatant is ready to accept the other's truce terms. Hamas leaders in Syria on Thursday announced their rejection of a Franco-Egyptian plan for a cease-fire...
...Jerusalem, the Israeli Cabinet is readying for a massive ground assault on Gaza City's densely populated maze of alleys, where thousands of Hamas fighters await with booby traps and other nasty surprises - and hundreds of thousands of civilians cower. Israeli planes dropped leaflets on Wednesday calling for the evacuation of more than 20,000 Gazans from their homes near the Egyptian border crossing of Rafah, so that the Israelis can begin bombing to destroy a network of smugglers' tunnels along the border...
...With reporting by Andrew Lee Butters and Aaron J. Klein / Jerusalem and Jamil Hamad / Bethlehem...