Even as the White House was trying to react to the latest flare-up of violence in Egypt on Wednesday — Mr. Gibbs pointedly criticized attacks against the media in Egypt and against "peaceful demonstrators" — officials at the Pentagon, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the White House were running various scenarios across the region in an effort to keep up with events.
Even so, it has not publicly criticized raids against small Russian advocacy groups.
Mr. Arafat today harshly criticized violence against Israeli civilians within the 1967 borders.
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Hamas has never explicitly criticized attacks against Israel, though its top officials have said that such attacks do not serve Palestinian interests right now.
On Tuesday, it said it would buy 25 Airbus jets to operate on the airline, a move that Mesa Air, which has made an unsolicited takeover bid for Atlantic Coast Airlines, criticized as against the best interests of Atlantic Coast's shareholders.
Then came a highly criticized mismatch against Rod Salka, an early knockout victim.
In March, Heitkamp criticized Mayors Against Illegal Guns for running an ad in North Dakota encouraging the senator to vote for background checks.
In December, the outlet gave her its "Woman of the Year" award, after a year that began with her rapid departure from the GOP presidential race and featured a highly criticized crusade against Muslim members of President Barack Obama's administration.
The charter expansion effort has polarized the district, pitting the teachers union and its allies, who have criticized it, against Broad and like-minded advocates who favor aggressive action to improve student achievement — including scaling back some teacher job protections and revamping performance reviews.
