Israel hitting back now
Twitter: Avi Mayer ‏@avimayer 16m
It is 2 a.m. in #Israel. Parents are huddled in bomb shelters with their kids, who they grabbed out of bed moments ago. This is not normal.
Twitter: Ben Hartman ‏@Benhartman 24m
Report of rocket landing in open field in Eshkol region, no injuries, damage reported #Israel #Jpost
Twitter: J.Pimentel ‏@nishmah 2m
“@JohnGrisham11: Israel Launches Airstrikes On Jihadist Targets In Gaza In Response To Rocket Fire
April 28, 2013
Israel [...]
Washington, D. C. – Over 40 United States Congressmen have signed a letter calling upon the secretary of the Army to rescind a briefing by an instructor who classified evangelical Christianity and other faiths as “religious extremism” next to Al Qaeda and Hamas.
As previously reported, the training session occurred a year ago in Pennsylvania, and involved an Army Reserve unit that was receiving training on worldwide religious extremism. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) [...]
by Michael
Are evangelical Christians rapidly becoming one of the most hated minorities in America? Once upon a time such a notion would have been unthinkable, but these days things are changing dramatically. All over the United States, evangelical Christians are being called “extremists” and evangelical Christian organizations are being labeled as “hate groups”. In fact, as I will detail later on in this article, a U.S. Army Reserve training presentation recently [...]
Gaza was just a walk in the park – its about to get real
The Sunday Times’ claims Hamas instructed its sleeper cells in West Bank to prepare for armed struggle to overtake the territory.
According to the report, citing the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the Aman military intelligence service, Hamas, at the behest of Iran, was preparing to seize power in the West Bank as it did in Gaza [...]
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/tweeters-could-be-military-targets-20121213-2bcjq.html
“Social media users whose use tweets and online posts to comment on a military operation could be regarded as legitimate military targets.
Australian army Land Warfare Studies Centre analyst Chloe Diggins on Thursday said a recent social media war between Israel and Hamas raised complex ethical questions about who was a combatant and therefore a legitimate military target.”
Read more: [http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/tweeters-could-be-military-targets-20121213-2bcjq.html
For the memories
Scary, but actually makes sense.
Be careful peeps, is the Gaza [...]
From Liberty Blitzkrieg:
I have been reading about this kid Josh Begley for the past several days, but hadn’t looked more into it until now…
NYU student Josh Begley is tweeting every reported U.S. drone strike since 2002, and the feed highlights a disturbing tactic employed by the U.S. that is widely considered a war crime.
Known as the “double tap,” the tactic involves bombing a target multiple times in relatively quick succession, [...]
Hamas promises to retaliate for 17 year old Mohammad Salaymeh’s murder in #Hebron
https://twitter.com/Palestinianism
BREAKING ” #Israel ” violates the sovereignty of the #Palestine state By announcing #Hebron city in #WestBank as ‘A closed military zone’
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=547450
Israeli media: 2 #IOF soldiers have been injured during clashes in #Hebron.
Israelis soldiers kill 17 year old Mohammed Salayma on his birthday
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/breaking-israelis-soldiers-kill-17-year-old-mohammed-salayma-on-his-birthday/
PHOTO: Muhammad Abed Alsulayma murdered by female israeli soldier on his way to buy a cake [...]
Report: Israel threatens to cancel Hamas truce if Islamic Jihad leaders enter Gaza
Two members of the Iranian-backed group had planned to visit Friday, along with the leader-in-exile of Hamas Khaled Meshal.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-israel-threatens-to-cancel-hamas-truce-if-islamic-jihad-leaders-enter-gaza-1.483156
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday vowed to pursue efforts to end the split between the West Bank and Gaza and thanked Hamas and all Palestinian groups for supporting his statehood bid at the UN.
Abbas, who was speaking to thousands of supporters in Ramallah during a rally organized by the PA to celebrate the UN General Assembly’s vote in favor of upgrading the status of the Palestinians to non-member observer state, [...]
Shocking images emerge of children on streets of Gaza and West Bank
It comes as Israeli soldiers shoot dead Palestinian man
Thousands take to streets armed with array of guns to toast ‘victory’
It came after peace between Israel and Hamas was announced in Cairo
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded up to 20 others along Gaza’s border fence with Israel today as shocking images emerged of children celebrating the ceasefire with guns.
A [...]
‘Sunday Times’ cites Israeli official claiming Tehran shipping Fajr-5 rockets through Sudan to the Gaza Strip.
Israeli intelligence satellites have spied the loading of rockets and other materiel believed to be destined for the Gaza Strip,The Sunday Times reported citing Israeli officials.
According to the report, Iran began preparing the weapons shipment around the same time Israel and Hamas negotiated cease-fire understandings late last week.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=293324
In 2006, Hawaii-based Pacific Command official Ronald N. Montaperto, a former DIA China analyst, pleaded guilty to the illegal possession of classified documents and admitted in a plea agreement that he passed “top secret” information to Chinese intelligence officials.
Israel-Hamas cyberwar
One new element of the kinetic war raging between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza is the back and forth electronic and Internet warfare taking place.
Since the conflict began seven days ago with Israel killing a top Hamas military commander, some [...]
by WashingtonsBlog
Massive Social Media War
Media watchdog organization Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting notes:
“The conventional corporate media timelines usually stress, whatever the facts, that Israel is responding to violent attacks by Palestinians.”
For example, the New York Times and other mainstream media claim Israel only responds after “persistent Palestinian rocket fire”, which is false. FAIR documented this occurring numerous times over the past decade.
(Of course, the media is always pro-war, always serves the powerful and real reporting [...]
Egypt announces Hamas-Israel ceasefire, Netanyahu office confirms
http://rt.com/news/hamas-israel-agree-ceasefire-271/
Egypt’s foreign minister announced Wednesday that a ceasefire would begin in Gaza at 19:00 GMT. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that a deal had been reached.
The truce announcement was made by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“These efforts and contacts have yielded an understanding about a truce and restoration of calm, and [...]
Hillary Clinton’s appearance in Jerusalem may be little more than a show of solidarity.
Starting with the fact that she cannot even talk to both sides. The U.S. Government has labeled Hamas a terrorist organization, and as the saying goes, heads of state do not negotiate with terrorists.
That leaves Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah party and elected Palestinian President; though the title doesn’t earn him much clout in Gaza.
PBS newshour recently hosted Khaled [...]
Iran has sent military aid to the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza that has been locked in a week-long war with Israel, parliament speaker Ali Larijani said today.
“We are proud to defend the people of Palestine and Hamas … and that our assistance to them has been both financial and military,” he said without elaborating, in remarks reported by parliament’s website, ICANA.ir.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iran-sent-military-aid-to-hamas-parliament-speaker-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=35137&NewsCatID=352
Israel on Wednesday also said it has information [...]
Remember Amir Peretz? He’s the abundantly moustached former trade union chief who led the Labor Party into the 2006 elections and found himself, by the peculiar machinations of Israel’s ridiculous electoral system, installed as defense minister despite a conspicuous absence of high-level defense expertise. He’s the man who misguidedly trusted then-chief of General Staff Dan Halutz’s assurances that Hezbollah could be destroyed from the air in the mismanaged 2006 Second [...]
Nov. 20, 13: 49 GMT: The IDF dropped flyers on Gaza telling residents of some Gaza city neighborhoods to evacuate ‘immediately’ to the city center, TV station Ch. 2 Israel reported. – RT
http://rt.com/news/gaza-israel-hamas-attack-687/
From Azizonomics:
“There’s no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. So we are fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself.” – Barack H. Obama
Well, he’s got one thing right. No country would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. And that goes for Gaza just as much as it does for Israel.
Having lived in what David [...]
“JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli man wielding an ax and a knife attacked and lightly wounded an Israeli security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday before he was apprehended at the scene, police said.
The man, in his early 40s, attacked the guard outside the embassy gates, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He said the man’s motive was unknown, but political motives were not suspected and the [...]
RT to Israeli apologist: “You are in effect targeting an entire population, aren’t you?“
from Russia Today:
Israel continues to shower Gaza with rockets from both air and sea, with the number killed in the strikes almost doubling within the past day. The Palestinian death toll reportedly exceeds 100 – around half of them civilians, including women and children.
As the civilian death toll mounts, so does criticism of Israel – for what many see as [...]
JERUSALEM (AP) — With little notice, Israel has launched a blistering air offensive against the Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas militant group. Here’s a look at why the violence erupted, the goals of the warring sides and how it may end:
LIGHTNING STRIKE
Israel opened its offensive with a surprise airstrike on Nov. 14 that killed the shadowy leader of Hamas’ military wing. Since then, it has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in [...]
by WashingtonsBlog
Hamas Firing Rockets Is Unforgivable … But Israel Has Done MUCH Worse
We condemn Hamas for firing rockets into Israel. We believe that targeting civilians is unconscionable, and is a war crime.
But by any objectives measure, Israel has broken the law much more than Hamas. Haaretz noted in 2002:
Israel holds the record for ignoring United Nations Security Council resolutions, according to a study by San Francisco University political science professor Steven Zunes.
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[Zunes] systematically went through [...]
Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshal holds a press conference in Cairo after meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials.
“Whoever started the war must end it,” Khaled Meshal tells a news conference in Cairo.
Meshal says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had requested a ceasefire, Israel denies the statement.
“This is a difficult, but magnificent moment in the history of the Palestinian problem, in our brave journey of resistance and combat, nobility, so deeply rooted in [...]
This is getting even more serious by the minute!
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4308609,00.html
Israel blames Iran for Gaza terror
Israel points finger at Islamic Republic for arming, subsidizing Gaza terror organizations
Itamar Eichner
Published: 11.19.12, 18:27 / Israel News
For the first time since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel has placed the blame on Iran for all aspects of weapons’ smuggling to the Gaza Strip.
The Prime Minister’s Office’s public relations unit said that, “Gaza is Iran’s [...]
from NYT:
The top leader of Hamas dared Israel on Monday to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and dismissed diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the six-day-old conflict, as the Israeli military conducted a new wave of deadly airstrikes on the besieged Palestinianenclave, including a second hit on a 15-story building that houses media outlets. A volley of rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel included one that hit a vacant school.
Speaking at a news conference [...]
From Azizonomics:
While the missiles, planes, and rockets fly over Gaza and Israel, both Hamas and the Israeli government have been engaged in a battle of social media.
It is a battle to shape the perceptions of the rest of the world.
The IDF appears so far to have the upper hand in terms of social media, having notched up 143,000 followers on Twitter, although Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades are in swift pursuit having [...]
from Gold Money:
Precious metals have had a decent start to the week, following last Friday’s selloff. Gold has managed to put some distance between itself and $1,700, while silver is managing consistent time above $32.50, which marks a change from the pattern we’ve seen for much of the last year, whereby that price has tended to be an upper-limit for the metal. Platinum and palladium as well as industrial commodities have [...]
Sara Sidner, Arwa Damon and Chelsea J. Carter
cnn.com
November 19, 2012
Warplanes, drones and rockets criss-crossed the sky over Gaza for the sixth day Monday as Israel pressed its air offensive against Gaza militants. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal vowed continued resistance against what he called a “criminal enemy.”
“We do not want escalation nor do we call for a ground war,” he told reporters at a news conference. “But we are not afraid [...]
Diplomatic message to Egypt: Hamas terrorism must cease by Tuesday evening or we step up attack.
Israel has delivered an ultimatum to Hamas through Egypt, according to which the IDF will widen its offensive in Gaza in 36 hours unless Hamas ceases firing rockets and smuggling arms into Gaza, IDF Radio reported Monday morning.
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told the station that the time left before Israel steps up its attack can [...]
Israel Defense Forces discovered Hamas put one of its missile launch sites in the Gaza Strip next to a mosque and children’s playground, and they surgically managed to take out the launch site with an air strike.
These types of violation of internaional law greatly increase the risk to non-combatants.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/11/16/Aerial-Photos-Hamas-Put-Rocket-Launch-Sites-Next-To-Mosques-Children-s-Playground
“The terrorist group Islamic Jihad, which answers to Iran, has launched a massive cyber attack on the Israeli army in the wake of fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
According to Mashregh, an Iranian media outlet run by the Revolutionary Guards, Islamic Jihad’s Beitol Moghadas (Jerusalem) unit obtained detailed information on 5,000 high-ranking Israeli military personnel. The information includes names, telephone numbers, addresses, emails and rankings, even within [...]
It’s going down
Israel has delivered an ultimatum to Hamas through Egypt, according towhich the IDF will widen its offensive in Gaza in 36 hours unless Hamas ceases firing rockets and smuggling arms into Gaza, IDF Radio reported Monday morning.
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told the station that the time left before Israel steps up its attack can be measured in “hours, not days.”
“We are at a junction,” he said. “Either we go toward a calm [...]
In a precision strike Sunday afternoon, IDF aircraft eliminated another top Hamas terrorist – Yihya Abiya, responsible for managing and organizing Hamas’ rocket terror campaign against Israel.
Earlier Sunday, the IDF, using Israeli technology, took over broadcasts of Hamas radio and used the frequency to broadcast its own message, warning Gaza Arabs to stay away from Hamas rocket launching sites. “The IDF is moving on to the next stage” of the [...]
Israel and the U.S. CREATED Hamas, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda
The Wall Street Journal noted in 2009:
“Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” says [Israeli official Avner Cohen], a Tunisian-born Jew who worked in Gaza for more than two decades. Responsible for religious affairs in the region until 1994, Mr. Cohen watched the Islamist movement take shape, muscle aside secular Palestinian rivals and then morph into what is today Hamas, a militant [...]
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