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...accompanies military action in a densely populated urban setting. The longer the Israeli military operation endures, Hamas believes, the more it damages the Israelis' political goal of isolating and weakening the radical movement. A cease-fire that ends rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel won't necessarily be a setback for Hamas; the organization has, in fact, demanded such a truce all along, on the condition that Israel and Egypt open the border crossings that would allow a resumption of normal economic life in Gaza. (The crossings have long been closed, as Israel hoped that economic pressure might topple...
...extreme than his own. Still, the factors that restrained Israel from launching an attack on Gaza until now remain in place, and the likelihood of an escalation in the confrontation in the days and weeks ahead - and the negative regional backlash it may promote - will probably mark a diplomatic setback for Israel. (Read TIME's top 10 news stories of the year...
...have been playing defense that’s not awful, but every time we seem to make a small stupid mistake, the teams always seem to get by. And they are mistakes that we shouldn’t make.” Despite the initial setback, Harvard came back to tie the game at 15:38. Senior Sarah Wilson scored her eighth goal of the season, assisted by Vaillancourt. “I took the puck, stole it from one of the players, and it was a 2-on-1,” Vaillancourt said. “I carried...
...symptom of a lack of toughness on the team. And though Harvard had previously been unbeaten at home, the Crimson was handed its biggest defeat last Friday night at the Bright Hockey Center when it was crushed, 10-1, by visiting North Dakota, followed by a 4-3 setback the following night...
...There was one key setback for Russia, though: The NATO communiqué endorsed U.S. deployment of its anti-missile system on Czech and Polish soil. Moscow views such deployments as a direct strategic challenge, and has vowed to counter them by deploying new missiles of its own near Poland. Although the Russian position enjoys some sympathy in Western Europe - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy only last month complained the U.S. missile defense system would "bring nothing to security" but would "complicate things" with Russia - there was no sign of that view in the final text agreed by NATO foreign ministers...