Worldfocus » Richard Weitz http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Israeli strikes continue as Hamas refuses to surrender http://worldfocus.org/blog/2008/12/30/israeli-strikes-continue-as-hamas-refuses-to-surrender/3421/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2008/12/30/israeli-strikes-continue-as-hamas-refuses-to-surrender/3421/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:01:34 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=3421 For the fourth consecutive day, Israel continued to carry out air strikes in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called the campaign “the first of several stages.” In response to the ongoing attacks, Hamas fighters launched at least 10 rockets into Israel today.

For more on the violence in Gaza, listen to Worldfocus interviews with experts on the ground in Gaza and surrounding regions.

Aaron David Miller, a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, speaks with Martin Savidge about the potential role of the U.S. in the Gaza conflict, and the difficult choices that President-elect Obama will soon have to make.

Richard Weitz, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, speaks with Martin Savidge about the possibility of an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.

Michael Wahid Hanna, of the Century Foundation, speaks with Martin Savidge about Egypt’s role in the Hamas-Israel conflict.

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