Israel takes out top Hamas commander after missiles launched from Gaza

[MoneypuckOverlord]

I am extremely worried. The problem is escalating. Israel has recalled 75000 reserves. Not sure what they are planning to do. A nation will usually recall it's reserves when it's in National emergency. I hope this doesn't get out of control. A lot of proficies did say, that ww3 was going to start in Middle east. It's extremely scary, as Iran will definelty support any country that is in a conflict with Israel. Israel also has a lot of back up too, like Canada, USA Britian and France. I hope nothing happens.

[DarthNinja]

In this conflict, there is one side that is brutally oppressed and the other side are the brutal oppressors. There is one side under brutal occupation for decades and another side that has been brutally occupying the other.

Merely repeating the nonsense that is regularly spouted by the zionist propaganda ministers (both Israeli and non) does not change anything except to lead people further down the well of delusion. This has nothing to do with zionists defending themselves and everything to do with zionists pullinh the wool over the eyes of the TV-watchers and claiming the right to create and cause more suffering, oppression and brutality against a people.

Israel’s Goebbels at work over Gaza provocation

By Alan Hart

I imagine I am not the only one who feels the need to vomit (dictionary definition: “to throw up the contents of the stomach through the mouth”) when Israel’s Goebbels justifies the Zionist state’s ferocious and monstrously disproportionate attacks by air and sea on the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, the prison camp which is home to 1.5 million besieged and mainly impoverished Palestinians.

The Israeli to whom I am referring is, of course, Australian-born Mark Regev, the prime minister’s spokesman, for which read spin doctor. The more I see and hear him in action, the more it seems to me that he makes Nazi Germany’s propaganda chief look like an amateur.

In a piece for the Observer on 6 June 2010, Ruth Sutherland wrote the following.

If the men from Mars ever wanted to manufacture a PR man, they would model their robot on Regev. No matter how formidable the interviewer, or how aggressive the questioning, he never buckles under pressure. His disarming Aussie accent and unfailing politeness – he calls interviewers “Sir” and uses phrases like “I beg to disagree” – almost lulls listeners into overlooking his aggression. He is always regretful about death and horror – he regrets that the non-Israeli victims brought their fate on themselves. Viewers are reduced to a trance of slack-jawed amazement at what he is prepared to say with a straight face. He is unlikely to win sceptics to Israel’s cause, but as a PR performer he is horribly compelling.

Compelling he certainly is but, as Sutherland indicated (I will be more explicit), only to Westerners and Americans in particular who have been conditioned for decades by Zionist propaganda and, as a consequence, know nothing or little worth knowing about the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel.

In the immediate aftermath of Israel’s targeted assassination of Hamas’s military commander, Ahmed Jabari, Regev was at his best. His main message to the Western nations, conveyed via the BBC and many other networks, was that Israel is just like them – democratic and civilized. “I would ask them all,” he said, “how would you act?” (respond to rocket fire from “terrorists”). By obvious implication, he was saying something very like, “You would take all necessary action against the terrorists to defend and protect your people, and that’s why I am sure you will understand and support what we are doing.”

…Israel is not like the Western nations. It is a brutal occupying power, and the cause of the incoming rockets is its occupation and on-going colonization and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and its blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The flaw in that presentation is that Israel is not like the Western nations. It is a brutal occupying power, and the cause of the incoming rockets is its occupation and on-going colonization and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and its blockade of the Gaza Strip. That plus the fact that Israel’s leaders have no interest in peace on terms the Palestinians could accept.

Regev also appealed for Western understanding and support on the grounds that “they” (Hamas) say my country should be wiped off the map”.

That’s one of the many big, fat Zionist propaganda lies. The truth is that Hamas is firmly on the record with the statement that while it will never recognize Israel’s right to exist, it is prepared to live in peace with an Israel inside its 1967 borders.

Regev’s master, Binyamin Netanyahu, was also up to his old tricks – diverting attention. He played the Iranian nuclear threat card to get Palestine off the international community’s agenda. With Israel’s next election less than 70 days away, one of his reasons for authorizing Operation Pillar of Defence was, as a report in The Times of Israel put it, “to divert public discourse from social justice to security issues and silence the government’s critics”.

The Mossad’s motto is “By way of deception, thou shall do war.”

Netanyahu obviously believes that by way of deception he can not only retain power but emerge from Israel’s next election with more power than ever. (Enough to tell Obama to go to hell if that ever becomes necessary).

The support (by default if not design) of Western governments for Israel’s latest ferocious and monstrously disproportionate attacks also makes me want to vomit.

http://www.redresson...za-provocation/

[Special Ed]

http://www.redressonline.com/2012/11/in-defence-of-un-palestine-rapporteur-richard-falk/

[DarthNinja]

Took a quick look at that site... Lol

Lets compare a few article titles from that web site....

Israeli hypocrisy at Mavi Marmara trial

Israel's catalogue of savagery

Israel's formula for a starvation diet

Israel's professional liars

Ect

VRS

Still weeping for Gaza

Palestinian history on a billboard vs Israeli fanaticism on the ground

Rebuilding the Palestinian national movement

In defence of UN Palestine rapporteur Richard Falk

Ect.

Hilarious website bias and comedy gold. With links such as 'Zionism' 'stooges' 'America' I had a good chuckle.

[Special Ed]

Good to see that reality amuses you.

[DarthNinja]

Yeah the reality of completely biased web sites that can rant on and on about one side, yet conveniently leave out simple things like the 'hundreds of indiscriminate missiles being fired' really amuses me. It's one big hilarious joke.

[Special Ed]

Did your TV tell you that?

[Buddhas Hand]

If I saw 2 children fighting in the street, then stopped them. Then I told one child he deserved to be hit and scolded him for hitting the other chile, then I said nothing about the other child's behaviour, you don't think that sends a message?

[Buddhas Hand]

Post links and dig through as much history as you want. Fact: Palestinian militias constantly bombard Israel with missiles. So at the VERY LEAST both parties are to blame and anyone solely blaming Israel at this time is completely misguided. As well as anyone trying to justify the bombardment of Israel by historical documents. By that thinking the entire world should be at war and the native Americans should be 'justified' in launching rockets and suiciding on North American civilians.

If the military capabilities were reversed I believe the Jews would be completely annihilated. Every Islamic nation has wanted to eliminate the Jews throughout history and still do. Not just 'peacefully take their land back' it's 'from the river to the sea' the complete destruction of an entire people. At this moment Israel has shown tremendous restraint and only answering to attacks recently. I have noticed this conflict ONLY reaches the news when Israel fights back and that to me is propaganda that you're falling for.

[Buddhas Hand]

Yet it's perfectly alright for others to conveniently neglect to balance their anti-Israel education and material to acknowledge the atrocities perpetrated by others against Israel. Alrighty then.........the proof is there for all to see yet folks keep falling back on tired old anti-Israel propaganda..........

Baruch dayan emet....Shalom alecha ......

[Buddhas Hand]

Ok first off, Ratio hasn't explicitly taken a side, so the frustration directed to him is unwarranted. If you want to go after an Arab leaning liberal, go after me. Provide all the proverbs and anecdotes you want, fact of the matter is Israel was the initiator, and that is never justifiable.

In the mean time, I hope we can discuss the events that are occurring as impartial as possible. The entire thing is ugly from both sides, let's report, not argue.

[Special Ed]

You really do not know much about history do you

The Siege of Jerusalem was part of a military conflict which took place in the year 637 between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate. It began when the Rashidun army, under the command of Abu Ubaidah, besieged Jerusalem in November 636. After six months, the Patriarch Sophronius agreed to surrender, on condition that he submit only to the Rashidun caliph. In April 637, Caliph Umar traveled to Jerusalem in person to receive the submission of the city.

The Muslim conquest of the city solidified Saracen control over Palestine, control which would not again be threatened until the First Crusade in the late 11th century. Thus, it came to be regarded as a holy site by Islam, as well as by Christianity and Judaism. This stabilized control of Palestina Prima. In 613, the Jewish revolt against the Byzantine Heraclius culminated with the conquest of Jerusalem in 614 by Persian and Jewish forces and establishment of Jewish autonomy. The revolt ended with the departure of the Persians and an eventual massacre of the Jews in 629 by the Byzantines ending 15 years of Jewish autonomy.

Following the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem, Jews were once again allowed to live and practice their religion with more freedom in Jerusalem, 8 years after their massacre by the Byzantines and nearly 500 years after their expulsion from Judea by the Roman Empire.^[2] It also resulted in the Covenant of Umar in 637, that outlines the rights and the restrictions of Christians and Jews under Muslim rule, conferring on them the status of dhimmis.

As you can see when the muslims first conquered jerusalem , they let the jews keep their religion , their commerce , they even let them keep their temple ,{which is a sacred place to islam }, and built their temple close by .

Back then islam was an enlightened religion .

[taxi]

You really do not know much about history do you

The Siege of Jerusalem was part of a military conflict which took place in the year 637 between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate. It began when the Rashidun army, under the command of Abu Ubaidah, besieged Jerusalem in November 636. After six months, the Patriarch Sophronius agreed to surrender, on condition that he submit only to the Rashidun caliph. In April 637, Caliph Umar traveled to Jerusalem in person to receive the submission of the city.

The Muslim conquest of the city solidified Saracen control over Palestine, control which would not again be threatened until the First Crusade in the late 11th century. Thus, it came to be regarded as a holy site by Islam, as well as by Christianity and Judaism. This stabilized control of Palestina Prima. In 613, the Jewish revolt against the Byzantine Heraclius culminated with the conquest of Jerusalem in 614 by Persian and Jewish forces and establishment of Jewish autonomy. The revolt ended with the departure of the Persians and an eventual massacre of the Jews in 629 by the Byzantines ending 15 years of Jewish autonomy.

Following the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem, Jews were once again allowed to live and practice their religion with more freedom in Jerusalem, 8 years after their massacre by the Byzantines and nearly 500 years after their expulsion from Judea by the Roman Empire.^[2] It also resulted in the Covenant of Umar in 637, that outlines the rights and the restrictions of Christians and Jews under Muslim rule, conferring on them the status of dhimmis.

As you can see when the muslims first conquered jerusalem , they let the jews keep their religion , their commerce , they even let them keep their temple ,{which is a sacred place to islam }, and built their temple close by .

Back then islam was an enlightened religion .

[Dazzle]

World Peace ain't happening.

I don't like the fact that the United Nations just stands idly pat because some of its members are closely aligned with Israel. The United Nations are meant to represent all countries. This is why the United Nations is a failed organization.

[Buddhas Hand]

The year I had in mind was 1967 or 1948. But I suppose if you want to dig far enough you may find some small detail somewhere... Such as the year 637. During the Jurassic period I also do believe that no Jews were under threat

[Buddhas Hand]

Well golly gee...Maybe the Israelis should totally ignore the massacres, depositions of property, anti-Jewish riots, pogroms, special tax rates, etc etc they have experienced at the hands of muslims for the last 1300 years or so and just submit to muslim rule. Your own article says the jews were made Dhimmi. Take a look at what that means.There are currently what...25 muslim/arab countries in the middle east. How many of them have functioning democracies with rights for minorities? How many of them have perpetrated massive massacres agaisnt minority populations? Do you honestly think it's the Jews who've started this entirely? If it wasn't for them everyone in the middle east would just be living in state of equality?

[Buddhas Hand]

AS IT HAPPENS: Israel, Hamas trade blows in bloody Gaza conflict

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THE Middle East is once again at flashpoint, as Israel and Hamas trade bloody body blows in Gaza and Tel Aviv.

6:40am: Four Palestinians were killed in new Israeli air strikes on central Gaza, raising the death toll from 72 hours of raids to 44, the emergency services said.

A statement first announced two deaths in a strike on Deir al-Balah, then added an additional two deaths in a strike on the Masdar area, also in central Gaza. There were no immediate details on whether the four were civilians or militants.

At least four people were injured in the strike in Deir al-Balah, which followed multiple strikes during the day that killed 10 Palestinians, eight of them militants.

The statement added that at least two Palestinians were in critical condition after an air strike on their car in the Zeitun neighbourhood of Gaza City, adding that another two were also in serious condition after a strike on a motorbike in Khan Yunis, in central Gaza.

Nine Israelis including four soldiers were hurt by rocket fire, medics said.

The bloodshed raised to 44 the total number of Palestinians killed in just over 72 hours of Israeli air strikes, while another 393 were injured, Gaza's emergency services said.

Over the same period, three Israelis have been killed by rockets and another 18 injured, 10 of them soldiers, police and the army said.

6:20am: Hundred of protesters have demonstrated near the Israeli embassy in London, waving placards and chanting slogans like "From London to Ramallah organise the intifada".

Speakers on a podium condemned the British government after Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Hamas regime running the Gaza Strip bore "principal responsibility" for the escalation of violence.

The rally was called by the left-wing Stop the War Coalition, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

"We are insisting that the British government uphold international law and human rights and tells Israel to end its war now," PSC director Sarah Colborne said. "It's very clear what is happening here: Gaza is under siege, Israel started this by assassinating the person who was trying to negotiate a long-term truce with Israel," she said.

5:50am: The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald's writes here about why the US can't pretend it is not involved in the dispute.

A central premise of US media coverage of the Israeli attack on Gaza - beyond the claim that Israel is justifiably "defending itself" - is that this is some endless conflict between two foreign entitles, and Americans can simply sit by helplessly and lament the tragedy of it all.

The reality is precisely the opposite: Israeli aggression is possible only because of direct, affirmative, unstinting US diplomatic, financial and military support for Israel and everything it does.

This self-flattering depiction of the US as uninvolved, neutral party is the worst media fiction since TV news personalities covered the Arab Spring by pretending that the US is and long has been on the side of the heroic democratic protesters, rather than the key force that spent decades propping up the tyrannies they were fighting.

[Mr. Ambien]

http://www.ustream.t...pillar-of-cloud

Harry Fear's livestream, he's been updating news from Gaza City (edit: at posting this he's updating on recent deaths), I've heard a few explosions in the background, and I also saw him doing a live webcast interview on a second computer with CBC a few hours ago which aired minutes ago on CBC.

[Buddhas Hand]

Anonymous Hackers Hit Israeli Sites In Retaliation For Gaza Attacks

A screenshot from an Israeli site defaced by Anonymous hackers.

As the Israeli army rains shells on the Gaza strip Thursday, it’s also gone on the offensive online, posting videos of its attacks on Hamas targets and live-tweeting its campaign. Now the hacker group Anonymous has responded with a digital bombardment of its own.

In a series of attacks it’s calling “OpIsrael,” Anonymous went on a spree of website defacement and takedown attacks Thursday, calling on members to flood forty sites with junk web traffic designed to knock them offline and defacing websites including the privacy firm Israeli Security Academy and a blog the group described as belonging to the Israeli Defense Forces. “We Anonymous will not sit back and watch a cowardly Zionist State demolish innocent people’s lives.” reads one message posted to a defaced site, along with an image of smoke rising over what appears to be a Palestinian city.

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Perhaps a bit hyperbolically, the message added, “We have taken down your top security and surveillance website.”

Another message on a hacked site attributes the attack to Pakistani Anonymous hackers: “The people of Pakistan are always supporting the brave people of Gaza, we love you!”

Anonymous Twitter accounts provided links to what they described as an Anonymous Gaza Care Package with tools for staying online if Israel cuts Internet service the Gaza Strip during its military action. Another hacker group, Telecomix, provided its own detailed instructions in English and Arabic for using dial-up connections, a technique it first suggested during the Egyptian Internet outage surrounding the Arab Spring protests there last year.

“To the people of Gaza and the “Occupied Territories”, know that Anonymous stands with you in this fight,” reads a press statement from the hacker group. “We will do everything in our power to hinder the evil forces of the IDF arrayed against you. We will use all our resources to make certain you stay connected to the Internet and remain able to transmit your experiences to the world.”

Gazan and Israeli forces have traded volleys of fire over the last day, inflicting damage on both military and civilian targets. By CNN’s latest count, three Israelis and 13 Palestinians had died as a result of the conflict.

Anonymous’ attacks, as usual, achieve more as propaganda than in actual damage. Most of its target sites seem to have remained online, and several downed and defaced sites seemed like random low-hanging fruit: A manufacturing an export company and a real estate law firm, for instance.

But the online attacks draw attention to the Gazan side of an information war in which Israel has been unusually aggressive: In the days leading up to its attack, the official Israeli Defense Force twitter feed has provided a constant stream of messages about its offensive in the region as well as Israeli civilian and military casualties caused by Hamas rockets fired from Gaza. Its tweets have linked to aerial videos posted to YouTube, showing the assassination of a Hamas leader and the bombing of what the IDF described as a “rocket warehouse.” By the IDF feed’s latest count, it had attacked 250 terrorist sites in retaliation for 274 rockets launched from Gaza, in addition to 105 intercepted by its “Iron Dome” missile defense system.

In one message, a popular Anonymous account offered its gratitude to the IDF for riling so many hackers with its public tweets about the conflict. “We may need to thank [the IDF twitter account],” the message read. “You bonded a lot of Anons together again. Gaining Momentum.”

[Special Ed]

^ greenwald pointing out the obvious. And yet fails to mention the similar support that Hamas gets to continue their aggression. I think the US support is quite obvious and the article is just grasping straws. israel needs to complete a ground offensive and extend the range from which missiles can be fired at them. That's what I think happens next.

Israel is rightfully defending itself. Hamas should be completely pushed from the region and any steps taken to prevent further missile attacks on Israel. Civilian casualties are all because of Hamas as far as I'm concerned.