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Gaza's bloggers describe welcoming in 2009 with the sound of F16s and “special fireworks”, and a foreign activist explains why she has no intention of leaving.

Adham Khalil from Jabaliya Camp, who blogs at Free Free Palestine, posts a text message he received with special greetings:

The Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombing of the campus of the Islamic University in Gaza.

Our coverage of Syrian bloggers reacting on the ongoing Israeli war in Palestine continues. Israel is still proceeding the attacks in Palestine for the forth day causing 385 civilian deaths and leaving 1700 injured.

Yaman Salahi, a Syrian blogger based in the US, has posted a note on his Facebook commenting on few myths “that appear to be circulating in American media about Israel's attacks on Gaza ” as he put it.

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A who’s who guide to the people poised to shape Obama’s foreign policy.

[Landis Comment]  Syria is expecting change with Obama’s election. The Syrian people were overwhelmingly in favor of Obama. The Syrian leadership are Obama fans as well because he promises to draw down the US involvement in Iraq within the next two years, re-open regular US communication with Syria, and follow the recommendations of the Baker-Hamilton report, which stressed on the importance of resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Dear Senator Obama:

In your nearly two-year presidential campaign, the words “hope and change,” “change and hope” have been your trademark declarations. Yet there is an asymmetry between those objectives and your political character that succumbs to contrary centers of power that want not “hope and change” but the continuation of the power-entrenched status quo.

There is a lot of discussion about a Khalidi tape in the political blogosphere as of lately.

Here is a YouTube video of Sean Hannity discussing the background behind Rashid Khalidi and his association with Barack Obama.

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