When passages like the one contained in this story appear in discussing the most recent eruption of conflict between Israel and Hamas, you know that Hamas may well have stepped in it:
There were protests and demonstrations against the offensive throughout the Arab world, as well as in several European capitals. In the occupied West Bank as well as in Israel, Palestinian demonstrators clashed repeatedly with Israeli forces. One protester was killed.
However, some voices in the Arab world indicated that Hamas bore some responsibility. Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president and head of Fatah – Hamas’s rival – said: “We talked to them [Hamas] and told them `please, we ask you, do not end the truce. Let the truce continue and not stop’ so that we could have avoided what happened.”
Emphasis mine. And emphasis notable.
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kweiss01 Monday, December 29th at 12:17AM EST (link)I recently returned from the West Bank. As soon as the truce ended, the Gazans began lobbing rockets into Israel. By last Monday, international aid agencies were scrambling to evacuate their staff from Gaza. They knew the inevitable result of Hamas ending the truce and shooting rockets into Israeli territory. Is there any doubt that Hamas did not know what the result would be? And sure enough, several days later, Israel retaliated.
However, since Fatah hates Hamas, the leader of Fatah isn’t the best “go to guy” for Arab commentary on what’s happening in Gaza. The destruction of Hamas can only benefit Mahmoud Abbas.
Sickening..
Warner Todd Huston (Diary) Monday, December 29th at 12:46AM EST (link)Sickening to me was the Timesonline article that was bemoaning how all this was hurting poor, poor Barack Obama’s promises of foreign policy!
http://tinyurl.com/9xxouy
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Kenny Solomon (Diary) Monday, December 29th at 1:05AM EST (link)Headline: “Baby Girl Moderately Hurt In Arab Stoning Attack”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129063
(IsraelNN.com) Arab stoning attacks are on the increase, in light of Israel’s counter-terrorism offensive in Gaza: An eight-month old baby from the Gush Etzion area, traveling in her family car on Sunday afternoon, is listed in moderate condition in a Jerusalem hospital. She was hurt by Arab-thrown rocks north-east of Hevron.
Shortly before that, a 1-year-old baby boy was lightly wounded by glass shards in a similar stoning attack. He was taken to Kiryat Arba for treatment.
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I was going to do a full diary on this, but I’m tired and don’t feel like getting called out for a throw-away diary anymore. Besides that, with this subject, there is no way in all that is holy that I can really be respectful.
Those two incidents above were from one day. This has been happening around the Gaza area and other places on the borders of Israel. It’s like the new fad among the filthy murderous animals and their peace-loving religion.
If you’re a somewhat rational person, you’d think the media all around the globe would be screaming from the rooftops about pure evil “people” who are stoning babies. But no. that would be too easy. Having a go at those who would defile the human race by attacking Jewish babies of course is no problem for anyone.
You’d also think that Israel would put up with this exactly zero times and that the first time would cause some serious problems for those filthy murderous animals and their peace-loving religion.
Whats’ my solution? You really want to know …….. from a Jewish guy? OK you asked…….
The whole world (except for a percentage of people in the USA) despises Israel and the Jews… I guess it’s all because we own the media and it’s in our DNA that we can make diamonds look great.
Israel has nothing to lose anymore.
Israel needs to physically eliminate Gaza along with everybody in there and end this right now. The next time one of the other sections of those filthy murderous animals and their peace-loving religion does something, whack them the same way. Israel needs to stop bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Almost the entire UN is backing resolutions and other assorted insanity to hasten the demise of Israel and by the way, what’s going on at The UN and the Durban II conference will also affect the USA. They’re going for the one-world government thing with complete limits on speech, stopping the right to defend yourself in your own home and ………. Ahhhhh, never mind, nobody cares anyway…. it’s all just more isolated incidents.
But if you do care even a little, here’s a link that can maybe open your eyes to a bigger picture than you may currently realize…..
http://www.EyeOnTheUN.org
I’m going to bed and will sleep the sleep of champions, because my Dolphins whacked the Jets today. 1-15 to 11-5 and the AFC Eastern Division title. Not too shabby, eh ?
Cheers !
"...may have stepped in it"?
wolfgang Monday, December 29th at 8:12AM EST (link)Wishful thinking in all probability. The subversives over at the MSM are already beginning to line up against the Israeli counter offensive: “disproportionate force”, a little fauxtography now and then, etc, etc.
Historically, this little thoughtful gem appeared on that new medium, televison, shortly after WWII ended, while most of the people who were alive and who had actually fought the war were still around to appreciate it. We could use a little of their perspective today.
“War is the application of force. And to that application of force there is no limit, say the philosophers of war.”
“Two If By Sea/ Victory At Sea” NBC Television Network; initially broadcast March 8,1953
But that was when this nation had the resolve, the knowledge, and the intestinal fortitude to fight and win a global two and three ocean war.
I don't know.
birdmojo (Diary) Monday, December 29th at 8:20AM EST (link)I hang out in a number of places where politics gets vigorously argued by all sorts of wacky nutballs. Anarcho-socialists, Anarcho-Capitalists, Marxists, Progressives, Reactionaries… if it’s fringy, they’re represented.
From 2001 to about, oh, 2003… the Israel/Palestinian Conflict was the topic that was most likely to inspire dozens of pages with hundreds of posts. “Can you believe that Israel is stopping ambulances?” “Can you believe that the Palestinians smuggled bomb belts on ambulances?”, so on and so forth.
I’m sure you’re familiar with the debates and the point of this particular screed is the length and passion rather than the conent of them.
One thing I noticed the other day: it wasn’t really a topic folks got into that much anymore. The topic came up from time to time, sure… but the topic that would once have inspired a dozen pages would now inspire, maybe, a dozen responses. Maybe.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. –Voltaire
Israel is now alone
Jack_Savage (Diary) Monday, December 29th at 1:15PM EST (link)Israel is now alone and they know it. This must be liberating for them in a certain sense because now they know they must wage war as war must be waged. Lebanon is next, followed closely by Iran.
I can’t wait.
If Isreal truly feels alone, no longer having a whining White House leaning on them
olsmithie (Diary) Monday, December 29th at 1:53PM EST (link)to show “restraint”, then Hamas is in deep manure, way over their heads.
The only reason Hamas still exists is the pressure Israel gets to stop hurting the poor murderers.
Hamas picks a fight every time and when the munitions get low, or Israel has the upper hand, the White House starts leaning on Israel to stop.
Hamas, of course immediately starts re-arming for the next round.
I seem to recall something about a battle using the jawbone of an ass……
Regards