Jerry Falwell a toxic legacy

"The central principle of Israel advocacy for half a century has been that support of Israel must be broad and bipartisan, and this means appealing to the Republican and Democratic mainstream and avoiding identification with controversial minorities in either party." Falwell was the epitome of a controversial minority.



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w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 23:22 17/05/2007 IDF troops, tanks enter Gaza; 7 dead, including 4 Hamas men, in IAF strikes By Aluf Benn, Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies

Israel Defense Forces infantry troops and tanks advanced several hundred meters into the Gaza Strip at two points Thursday evening, following four Israel Air Force attacks on Gaza that left at least seven Palestinians dead. (Click here for map)

The IDF took up positions in the Gaza Strip west of Sderot, as well as at the ruins of former settlements Nisanit and Elei Sinai. But the IDF said that the troops are not preparing for an extensive operation in the Strip.

How do the Palestinians continue to promote a culture of violence and then blame Israel. How do they kill each other and then with a strait face claim apartheid propagandist polemics.