marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 12/29/2008
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Violence in the Gaza Strip has helped to send oil and gold prices higher on Monday. Commodity prices were higher on Monday as Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip intensified for the third day.
Palestinian rockets misfire, kill 2 schoolgirls, wound three other children
jihadwatch.org 12/26/2008 —
Armies of Allah
Collateral damage of the jihad. "Palestinian rocket misfires, kills 2 girls in Gaza," by Ibrahim Barzak for the Associated Press , December 26, thanks to JCB: Gaza Strip A crude rocket fired by Palestinian militants fell short of its target in Israel on Friday, striking ...
LRB
lrb.co.uk 1/1/2009 — Sara Roy Israel's siege of Gaza began on 5 November, the day after an Israeli attack inside the strip, no doubt designed finally to undermine the truce between Israel and Hamas established last June. Although both sides had violated the agreement ...
ongoing and consistent —
Blood & Treasure
A little more evidence that Israel might intend to create a cordon sanitaire against missile attack from Northern Gaza by driving out the population:
Defense Minister Ehud Barak is seeking legal approval to evacuate thousands of residents of Gaza City to locations in the south of the Strip to ...
Israeli Forces Bisect Gaza Strip —
Breaking News: CBS News
Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, bisecting the coastal territory and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase of a devastating offensive against Hamas gained momentum.
Ground War in Gaza —
Atlantic Review
The Washington Post's Grif White reports that Israeli troops have moved into the Gaza strip. Some notes: Two weeks after the start of Israeli operations in Gaza in 2006, Hezbollah launched a strike into Israel that killed three soldiers, and two were taken hostage, purportedly to swap for ...
a small column —
Blood & Treasure
Here we go:
A small column of Israeli military vehicles, backed by combat helicopters, rolled into the northern Gaza Strip this evening.
A Palestinian witness, a resident of the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, said the column crossed the boundary fence under darkness. The witness could ...
A bloody new year in Gaza —
The Japan Times: All Stories
So much for the idea that a new year marks a new beginning. Days into 2009, the world has witnessed another bloody attack by Israel on the Gaza Strip, an assault triggered by senseless provocations by Hamas. The death toll is in the hundreds and has only worsened the desperation felt by most ...
6 Reasons Fighting On Gaza Strip May Boost Israeli ETFs —
Daily Markets
Israel continued its bombing of the Gaza strip and it looks like it may not be as threatening to its economy as previous hostile situations and may actually benefit their economy and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the market.
How?
For starters, an increase in government ...
6 Reasons Fighting on Gaza Strip May Boost Israeli ETFs —
ETF Trends
Israel continued its bombing of the Gaza strip and it looks like it may not be as threatening to its economy as previous hostile situations and may actually benefit their economy and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the market.
How?
For starters, an increase in government spending ...
Premarket 12/29/08 —
The Clueless Q Trader
Futures are down tonight, most likely as a result of the escalating war in the Gaza strip, DOW about 30, or about .35% across the boards. Can we have less volume tomorrow, than we had friday??? Aaaaaahhhh, NO! Volume won't be great this week, but better than the last couple of days. I think the ...
Chart of the Week: Gold —
VIX and More
In a week in which most securities drifted lower on uninspired volume, gold was a notable exception, jumping 4.1% as tensions in the Gaza Strip bubbled over. Earlier today, Israeli forces responded to a series of Palestinian rocket attacks by launching sweeping retaliatory strikes utilizing ...
Bombing Gaza —
Moon of Alabama
For month Israel blocked the Gaza Strip from nearly any supply. No paper for schoolbooks, too little fuel, only little medical stuff. On November 5 it broke the truth Hamas had held for nearly five month.
That truth officially ended a few days ago and Hamas as well as other groups started to ...
The Sword of Gideon: Israel Attacks Hamas —
EclectEcon
From the Wall Street Journal, Israeli defense officials confirmed their aircraft attacked Hamas
security compounds across the Gaza Strip Saturday, making good on
threats of a significant military response to recent rocket attacks
launched into Israel by the Islamic militant group that controls ...
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