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A year after Israeli forces devastated the Gaza Strip, relief workers and others say the overcrowded Palestinian territory, throttled by economic blockade, is being steadily infiltrated by militants inspired by al-Qaida who are getting ready to challenge Hamas for control. The operational capabilities of these groups, which follow the puritanical Salafist strain of Sunni Islam, remain rather murky. But the last thing Israel wants is jihadist groups active on its southern border. Hamas is faced with eroding popular support following Israel's 22-day invasion in which some 1,200 Gazans, mostly civilians, perished. These groups are reported to have a combined strength...

I was watching yestertday the O'reilly factor, interviewing the great Michelle Malkin about the Qana tragedy where the Arab Muslims are "angry" (as if they need excuses at all for anti Israel fascism) at Israel. Michelle insisted all along that it is Hizbollah that (most probably) DID it, after all, the building collapsed way after, what ever happened in the ela´sed time between IDF response to Hizbollah's missiles on Israeli civilians and the "collapse" of the building. O'reilly said that it really doesn't matter, because the Arab Muslim world won't believe it, well, there you go, it is Arab Muslim...

TEHRAN 14 Dec. (IPS) One of Iran’s most influential ruling cleric called Friday on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only". "If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave any thing in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world", Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani told the crowd at the...