Monday, November 19, 2012

Rockets Over Israel and Gaza

In Focus has some amazing photos of Rockets Over Israel and Gaza "Over the past few weeks, a slowly growing series of rocket attacks by Hamas on Israel, and retaliatory strikes by Israeli forces, has sharply escalated into a crisis. The skies over the Gaza Strip and southern Israel have filled with hundreds of rockets, missiles, and warplanes since Wednesday, bringing varying levels of destruction to the populations below. Tensions are growing as Israel's military has called up thousands of reservists and deployed troops along the border. At the same time, Egypt's new Prime Minister Hisham Kandil made an official visit to Gaza today. Meanwhile rocket attacks continued, setting off air raid sirens as far north as Tel Aviv. [39 photos]"

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DataBlog has Gaza-Israel crisis 2012: every verified incident mapped. "What has happened in Gaza and Israel since the assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed al-Jabari last week? This map shows all the verified incidents reported by news sources and wires across the region since then. Click on a dot to see an event - or download data for yourself. Search an address or share view to get the precise url."

Up with Chris Hayes on Sunday had one of the better conversations I've seen on causes of the outbreak. Hayes was also a guest on the following Melissa Harris-Perry show which also covered it well (though I haven't made it through all of it).

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