Palestinian Holocaust Continues….

[KAding]

not quite.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/392216/obama_fiddles_while_gaza_burns?rel=sidebox

Yesterday Obama got an official US intelligence briefing on the crisis in Gaza, which may or may not have numbed his brain with data he didn't need. Obama didn't need an intelligence briefing to tell him anything he really needs to know: that, once again, the twin poles of Israeli and Palestinian extremism have flared up in a way that will only undermine, perhaps fatally, the chances of a negotiated accord during Obama's first term in office.

The only useful intelligence Obama might have gained from the briefing is that the Mossad knew, before Israel's massive attack on Gaza, that Hamas was only trying to make a show of force. That is, Hamas' not-too-bright leaders thought that they could get away with a few hundred rocket attacks into Israel and then renegotiate a better ceasefire deal. Like the less-than-brilliant strategists in Georgia, who thought that they could attack Russia with impunity and who instead got their heads handed to them last August, Hamas' own armchair fanatics thought they could get away with it. Oops. The Wall Street Journal reports today:

In recent weeks, Israeli intelligence officials have said they believed Hamas doesn't want a full-scale confrontation, but rather wants to make a show of force before seeking a renewed cease-fire on more favorable terms.

If that's true, and there's little reason to think it isn't, it was certainly within Israel's power to exercise restraint -- or perhaps to engage in a little tit-for-tat counterattacks -- while waiting for things to settle down. But, no. Hamas, for its part, should have known that it was firing its rockets directly into Israel's pre-election political mess, in which hardline extremists like Bibi Netanyahu are gaining the upper hand. And the power of those extremists, playing on Israeli public opinion and its fears, pushed the pathetic Olmert-Livni government over the brink. (It's particularly disgusting that Olmert, who in his various exit interviews and speeches has pretty much acknowledged that Israel needs a deal involving the removal of Jewish settlements and the partition of Jerusalem, would go along with the overkill in Gaza.)

Interesting analysis. Sounds spot-on to me. Israel has used this event to make a point to the Palestinian people that supporting Hamas will not be in their immediate interests. At the same time they no doubt hope to weaken Hamas and make clear that any future 'show of force' is a bad idea.

Israel simply doesn't follow the logic of 'tit-for-tat', their philosophy is "if you mess with us you can expect us to respond with overwhelming force". The exact same happened in the 2006 Summer War. Hizbullah largely scaled down its military operations against Israel following its withdrawal from South Lebanon in 2002, yet even a relatively small military incursion in 2006 was met with a massive response from Israel.

 

[wth1257]

Interesting analysis. Sounds spot-on to me. Israel has used this event to make a point to the Palestinian people that supporting Hamas will not be in their immediate interests. At the same time they no doubt hope to weaken Hamas and make clear that any future 'show of force' is a bad idea.

Israel simply doesn't follow the logic of 'tit-for-tat', their philosophy is "if you mess with us you can expect us to respond with overwhelming force". The exact same happened in the 2006 Summer War. Hizbullah largely scaled down its military operations against Israel following its withdrawal from South Lebanon in 2002, yet even a relatively small military incursion in 2006 was met with a massive response from Israel.

thanks, The Nation is a great news source

That may be their policy, however it is in violation of international law.

 

[KAding]

thanks, The Nation is a great news source

That may be their policy, however it is in violation of international law.

Because it isn't a 'proportional' you mean? True.

The Israeli response would no doubt be that Hamas has never respected international law or agreements either. Alas, two wrongs don't make a right.

 

[islamirama]

GAZA: Who calls the shots


I want to tell you something very clear: don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America and the Americans know that,” - Ariel Sharon to Shimon Peres, the current Iranophobic president of Zionist entity.

“I was a tank commander in Israeli military. I spent one month in jail because I refused to deploy to Gaza in 2002. I felt it was my duty to refuse clearly illegal orders and I think Israeli occupation practices are clearly illegal,” - Michael Weksler, an Israeli Military Refusenik.

Zionist entity with full blessings from Washington, London, Paris, Arab puppets, and Fatah leaders - chose Jewish religious holiday period of Hanukkah (December 27) to lainched its current Zionazi assualt on 1.5 million Gaza people - killing 400 (most civilians) dead and over 2,000 wounded. According to an Israeli official the indiscriminate Israeli attacks are to force Gaza people to dump Hamas (duely elected government) in favour of Fatah (pro-USrael traitors).

Gaza people are also facing a severe humanitarian crisis due to tight Israeli blockde on the coastal area. The latest victim of Israel’s internation water piracy is SS Dignity (top picture) - just like Israeli attack on USS Liberty in the past which resulted in death of 34 Americans and wounded another 174 Americans.

Bush Zionist administration has vetoed United Nations Security Council’s two draft resolutions (Sunday and Wednesday), which condemnd Israel and called for an immediate cease-fire between Israeli Army and Hamas fighters. (that's what that war criminal's gov't is good for!)

Fatemeh Alia, head of the Human Rights Commission in Iranian Majlis (Parliament) has written to Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to initiate a trail for Israeli planners of Gaza massacre at Internation Criminal Court (ICC).

http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2009/01...res-the-shots/

 

[islamirama]

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said the health services in Gaza are on the "brink of collapse."[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We are short of rooms and supplies, we are up to our necks," said a surgeon at Gaza's main Al-Shifa Hospital. Added the doctor, "The buildings are falling on the heads of the patients."[/FONT]

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islamic Relief's aid worker on the ground, Hatem Shurrab, who is writing about the situation for BBC News, has said, "I've met families who are resorting to boiling weeds that they've dug out from the ground in order to feed their families." [/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"What makes the food situation even worse is that Gazans were already facing difficulties with food over the last year - now they are on the brink," said Shurrab.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islamic Relief responded immediately after the crisis, delivering vital medicines and medical supplies to hospitals in Gaza just 6 hours after the crisis began.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islamic Relief’s Shurrab: "When we go out and assess what is needed you can see that the people are beyond despair. Food provided by Islamic Relief, the UN and other agencies is beginning to run out in people's homes. The heads of households are despairing at the thought of how to feed their children. "[/FONT]

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[Cabdullahi]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfTbACjm4wo[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXHwm7RuGU[/media]

 

[Cabdullahi]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBpcCumKh1w[/media]

 

[Cabdullahi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081231/pl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_usa_obama

KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) – A small group of placard-waving pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's vacation retreat in Hawaii on Tuesday to protest against the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

Obama has made no public comment on the strikes, which Israel launched on Saturday. Aides have repeatedly said he is monitoring the situation and continues to receive intelligence briefings but that there is only one U.S. president at a time.

Some critics, however, say Obama did choose to speak out after the attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai in November in which gunmen killed nearly 180 people, condemning them as acts of terrorism.

Obama, who takes office on January 20 from outgoing Republican President George W. Bush, has also spoken out on economic issues facing the United States.

"He is talking about how many jobs he is going to create but he is refusing to speak about this," said one of the protesters, Carolyn Hadfield, 66.

Hadfield was one of eight protesters standing with placards reading "No U.S. support for Israel" and "Gazans need food and medicine, not war" near Obama's rented vacation home in Kailua, an upmarket suburb on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where Obama is in the second week of a vacation with his family.

Obama had not left the compound on Tuesday morning and did not see the protest.

Obama has in the past called Israel one of the United States' greatest allies and has vowed to ensure the security of the Jewish state.

He has also said he would make a sustained push to achieve the goal of two states -- a Jewish state in Israel and a Palestinian state.

Israel on Tuesday pressed on with air strikes in Gaza that it says are in response to rocket fire by Hamas militants deep inside the Jewish state. Medical officials put Palestinian casualties at 383 dead and more than 800 wounded.

The Bush administration has so far backed Israel's actions in Gaza and demanded the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas stop firing rockets into Israel and agree to a lasting ceasefire.

"We are very upset with what is going in Palestine. There is a very great need for change in U.S. foreign policy toward Israel and Palestine. We need to stop giving Israel a blank check," said another protester, Margaret Brown, 66.

The protesters were rebuffed when they tried to hand a letter signed by dozens of U.S. activist groups to a Secret Service agent guarding the access road to Obama's beachfront

 

[Cabdullahi]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648346,00.html

British telecom firm severs ties with Israeli counterparts

UK's FreedomCall informs Israeli company of decision via email, blames Gaza operation

Meir Orbach Published: 12.31.08, 20:04 / Israel Money





British telecommunications firm FreedomCall has terminated its cooperation with Israel's MobileMax due to the IDF operation in Gaza.

"We received an email from the British company informing us that it is severing all ties with us and any other Israeli company following Israel's strike in Gaza," said CEO Raanan Cohen.

"We weren't expecting this from them and there was no prior warning. I don't intend to appeal to them or answer the letter."

The email from FreedomCall said, "As a result of the Israeli government action in the last few days we will no longer be in a position to consider doing business with yourself or any other Israeli company."

MobileMax, established in 2004, produces a program providing cellular phones with inexpensive international service

 

[Cabdullahi]

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[islamirama]

BOYCOTT ISRAEL

EVERYONE SHOULD BOYCOTT ISRAHELL PRODUCTS AND ANY COMPANY THAT SUPPORTS THEM TO SHOW WE DON’T SUPPORT TERRORISTS AND THEIR TERRORISM OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS NOR COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AND MASSACRE OF THE MASSES

PRODUCTS STARTING WITH "729" ARE ISRAELI MADE....


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[Amadeus85]

That post only shows that jews kick asses. I had no idea that all those things were invented by them.
Second, thing, You are also going to boycott Sudan for murdering 300 000 black muslims in Darfur and displacing over half a millon?

 

[Ansariyah]

Where has he been hiding for the past 60 years?^o)

u are really beginning to show ur true colours.

Islam already revealed that times like these would come. InshaAllah Victory will come back for us Muslims...It's just a matter of when.

 

[The_Prince]

That post only shows that jews kick asses. I had no idea that all those things were invented by them.
Second, thing, You are also going to boycott Sudan for murdering 300 000 black muslims in Darfur and displacing over half a millon?

the companies are not Jewish invented, they are helpers of Israel through funding, two different things.

 

[Whatsthepoint]

The only Israel product that my family is in possession of is a massage shower and perhaps certain fruits and sweets from time to time.

 

[Trumble]

the companies are not Jewish invented, they are helpers of Israel through funding, two different things.

Three different things. Most just have money invested in Israeli business interests, just as most have interests in a great many other countries; they are not "helpers of Israel".

The only people a boycott is likely to hurt are employees of those corporations in other countries who have no say where they invest their money, and no idea whether any is invested in Israeli or not. Israel won't even notice.

 

[Whatsthepoint]

If I'm not wrong, the boycott of Denmark caused several middle eastern businesses to shut down.

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

for starters everyone thinks big sophisticated army means automatic victory, which is not the case. secondly, and most importantly, God is on our side, and he will crush Israel with whatever weapon they have, so indeed, victory will be ours. the small Muslim armies managed to defeat the mighty byzantines and persians, something many would say was impossible considering numbers and strength, but when God is on your side, it doesnt matter, God wll help the Muslims.

As long as people keep thinking like this, the conflict will never end. No rational argument could ever convince you to change your mind.

Peace

 

[Thinker]

BOYCOTT ISRAEL

EVERYONE SHOULD BOYCOTT ISRAHELL PRODUCTS AND ANY COMPANY THAT SUPPORTS THEM TO SHOW WE DON’T SUPPORT TERRORISTS AND THEIR TERRORISM OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS NOR COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AND MASSACRE OF THE MASSES

OK so we all boycott Israeli products - then what? What do you hope this will achieve? What is your suggestion for the next step(s) in solving the problems?

 

[Hamayun]

Dear Brothers and Sisters. Lets not stoop down to their level and start cursing each other. It is easy for them to treat humans as numbers whilst sitting in their comfy chair. Had they lost all their family in one blow they would realise what it feels like.

I am shocked that the Arab countries are sitting with their arms folded and watching their brothers and sisters die like this. Shame on them!

Peace is the only solution. Peace can not be acheived by bombs. Peace can only be achieved by extending your hand for peace. May Allah make it easy on all our brothers and Sisters and give them the courage to be strong in a time like this.