it wasn't a real effort to seek the truth,". Israel launched its offensive against Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in an attempt to halt years of rocket fire at Israeli towns.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

He dismissed as "biased and unjust" a U.N.Human Rights Council report that accused Israel of war crimes during its December Gaza offensive, saying his country was acting in self-defense against militant rocket fire.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

An offensive, named Rod of Fire, started on April 25th immediately after the Tigers had ended a unilateral truce.

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McCarney, an offensive lineman who'd never played or coached defense in his life, was thrown into the fire.

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Heeding Livni's unwise, defeatist counsel, Olmert postponed the essential ground offensive in south Lebanon until it was too late to make a difference and instead opted for a negotiated cease-fire.

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