Leslie Susser
By Leslie Susser
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Fast Forward A Month Later, Israeli Officials Cite Successes in Gaza Operation
A month after the Gaza war, with Kassam rockets continuing to fall in southern Israel, many skeptical Israelis are questioning whether the war achieved anything. Since the cease-fire on Jan. 18, militiamen have fired nearly 50 rockets and mortars at civilian targets in the Gaza periphery. Israel has retaliated with targetedassassinations and airstrikes against smuggling…
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Fast Forward Kadima Edges Out Likud, But Winner Remains Uncertain
Jerusalem — Although nearly all the votes have been counted, it’s still not clear who has really won the Israeli election. Tzipi Livni’s Kadima emerged as the largest single party, but the right wing parliamentary bloc, led by Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu, captured the majority of the Knesset’s seats. Kadima appears to have won 28 seats…
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Fast Forward Who Won the War?
Now that there is a cease-fire in place, Israelis are asking whether the 22-day war against Hamas in Gaza achieved its aims. The government argues that overwhelming victory in the field will advance what was Operation Cast Lead’s primary goal: bringing a long period of quiet to civilians in southern Israel, freeing them from the…
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News In Gaza Campaign, Israel Seeks To Change the Rules of the Game
Jerusalem — Israel’s retaliation against persistent Hamas mortar and rocket attacks on civilians in southern Israel was far more ferocious than anyone, including Hamas, expected. The first three days of intensive Israel Air Force bombing in Gaza reduced hundreds of Hamas government buildings, military compounds, laboratories, metal workshops and supply tunnels to rubble and left…
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Fast Forward Following Narrow Victory in Kadima Primary, Livni Has a Full Plate
Jerusalem — With her narrow victory in the Kadima Party primary, Tzipi Livni’s next major task will be assembling a coalition government so she can become prime minister. Then all she’ll have on her plate is figuring out how to arrest the threat to Israel from Iran, resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a historic peace…
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Fast Forward Will Annapolis Spur Progress on Syrian, Saudi Peace Tracks?
Jerusalem — While the Annapolis conference was meant to focus on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, the attendance of Syria and Saudi Arabia has raised questions about the prospects for peace between Israel and the wider Arab world. Syria came up because, contrary to expectations, Damascus sent a delegate to Annapolis to talk about trading peace for the…
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