Left Side of the Aisle 175

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of September 18-24, 2014

This week:

Good News: Searching for hope in the Middle East
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11/hamas-israel-direct-talks_n_5804420.html
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/12/hamas-deputy-leader-calls-for-direct-talks-with-israel-but-group-denies-plan-to-negotiate-with-zionist-enemy/
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/hamas-israel-talks.html#
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords
http://www.jta.org/2014/09/10/news-opinion/politics/senate-letter-calling-for-pa-return-to-gaza-has-aipac-backing
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/09/08/Is-the-Hamas-Fatah-honeymoon-coming-to-an-end-.html

Footnote: Israell and Hamas both under criticism
http://www.hrw.org/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Human-Rights-Watch-accuses-Israel-of-war-crimes-in-Gaza/articleshow/42287335.cms
http://www.btselem.org/
http://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20140910_response_to_investigations_launched_by_idf
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/hamas-rocket-attacks_n_5808760.html

Update: whaling
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-drives-home-whaling-win-at-global-summit-20140915-10hdwt.html
http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Japan-s-whale-hunt-under-scrutiny-at-IWC-meeting-5755991.php
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/international-court-of-justice-upholds-australias-bid-to-ban-japanese-whaling-in-antarctica-20140331-35ude.html
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6N0RG4RD20140915

Mr. Obama's War
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/Pressure+mounts+ground+troops+Iraq/10198813/story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/isis-media-iraq-war_n_5761996.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/08/brian-stelter-isis-war-panic_n_5783120.html?cps=gravity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXnJVkEX8O4
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/world/middleeast/extending-a-legacy-of-war.html?google_editors_picks=true
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11/congress-isis-war-powers_n_5807032.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-just-question.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/04/most-important-fact-about-libya-is-not.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2014/09/11/e64774b2-39e0-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama%27at_al-Tawhid_wal-Jihad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant