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Just curious what you all think? Beyond the air/rocket strikes, unless you think that's all? I suspect it's going to be brutal. And indiscriminate.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/hamas-in-warning-to-gaza-informers-20100628-zf22.html I have seen some people try to deny the state of war between the government of Gaza and Israel. Execution of "collaborators" is a sure sign that Hamas believes a war is happening. Any blockade that Israel...

Since nobody have started a thread about this, I will. In the last few years, some small Al Qaeda affiliated groups have appeared in Gaza. Initially, they got along well with Hamas. Now they are fighting each other. The tensions between the groups and Hamas have risen sharply following the...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443836666&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull So why in the world are they meeting with anti-Zionist Hasidic jews? If Hamas surely sought the death of all Jews on Earth...or at least all Jews in Israel.....I don't think they would be meeting...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086829.html The new PA cabinet presented on Tuesday has conclusively dashed any hope of Palestinian reconciliation, and with it, the possibility that the Hamas regime in Gaza can be ousted in the near future. The composition of this new government basically...

The Israelis offered HAMAS a trade for hostage Gilad Shalit. The Palestinians refused to accept the deal. Now, news is coming out of the West Bank that HAMAS leaders are being rounded up by the IDF, apparently to "up the ante" for the rapid conclusion of a prisoner-swap. Among those 10...

After Fayyad resigned to make room for the future Palestinian unity government, would people in here agree that the step concerning the unity government might moderate radical elements and thus help to achieve peace and finally the creation of the Palestinian state - or the other way around...

Did Israel Shell a UN School? The Truth Exposed Followup investigation that didn't quite get the news press its deserved. Link to Patrick Martin article at Globe and Mail: Account of Israeli attack doesn't hold up to scrutiny Follow the first link to the full article. Didn't see this on...

According to Wikipedia, over 50 Palestinians have been killed by Hamas in reprisal attacks against suspected collaborators and others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2009_attacks_in_Gaza According to Fatah, 181 Palestinians have been ruthlessly murdered or maimed by Hamas...

Hamas violates Cease-Fire with Israel Incident 1: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657876,00.html forum member ddt had said in another thread that he will keep monitoring violations of cease-fire between Israel and the terrorists. Here's the first one for you.

Everyone has been clamoring for Israel to stop Operation Cast Lead and declare a cease-fire. So, that's exactly what the IDF has done, as of 2 a.m. local time. Now what?

I know this will probably turn into the usual polarised debate, but I wanted to share an article from a personal perspective I read today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/16/gaza-first-person-israel

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians_717 Another "mistake". You know, if Hamas just claimed that all of their rocket attacks against civilian areas were "mistakes", and that they were really trying to hit Israeli military installations, Israel would have...

NPR reported this morning that Abbas has been losing support in the West Bank secondary to his criticism of Hamas at the beginning of the Gaza operations and ongoing suppression of protests against Israeli actions, that have turned into protests against his government: If Abbas's popularity...

Before Israel started the operation in Gaza, Hamas lobbed rockets daily into Israel for years. None of the "human rights" folks cared. Now Israelies are in Gaza again, killing and being killed. So now, the "human rights" folks are outraged at Israel -- but for the first time, they even...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/09/zeitoun.gaza.israel/index.html First Israel orders them into the shelter..and they they attack the shelter. Sounds like something that happened in WW2. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054009.html Not only that, but the intelligence stating Hamas...

This pretty much says it all. Hamas should realize the ceasfire would be bilateral. They should also note that the U.S. abstained in the vote so hardly can be on the record of wanting it.

30 killed in blast at UN school in Gaza A case of Hamas deliberately putting civilians in harm's way.

Was Israel justified in attacking Gaza? Yes.

Not a sympathizer. Not an apologist. Not a propagandist. A terrorist. Jimmy Carter proudly becomes Hamas advisor Israel Today He has crossed the line. He is now a terrorist.

What will be accomplished from the Israeli strikes on Gaza?

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3620833,00.html If this is true, wouldn't it constitute a violation of the Logan Act by members of the Obama campaign (presumably at the direction of Obama)? It forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. Or does Obama...

Richard Cohen writes in the Washington Post that John McCain, who once "bristled with integrity," has now resorted to mudslinging. Will McCain's mudsling tactics alienate his base (the media)? Marty Peretz and Jeffery Goldberg recently talked with Barack Obama about Israel and specifically...

Things have gone from bad to worse in the gaza strip over the past 72 hrs. HAMAS exploded 2 car-bombs inside the Kerem Shalom crossing, as part of a coordinated muli-pronged attack on IDF troops at various points. The bombing at the Kerem Shalom crossing was the fifth attack at Israel-Gaza...

These guys will grasp at any straws --- the IDF is giving its forces a rest after a successful incursion, where they eliminated terrorists wholesale. The IDF Chief of Staff claimed that 90 out of 100 palestinians killed over the past weekend were involved in direct combat. Yeah, they declare...

The defense minister merely meant 'disaster', according to Melanie Philips: http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/530786/the-mother-of-all-mistranslations.thtml Here's the BBC story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7270650.stm It may have been modified since the first...

The IDF is beefing-up the troops along the Israeli-Gaza border, in anticipation of a breach organized by HAMAS, sending surges of palestinian civilians rushing through into Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/957354.html You know what, T-F may be right after all, they're not "free to...

The Palestinian Authority (P.A.) is going hat-in-hand to a Paris "donors conference", requesting $5.5-Billion in aid. Who is going to verify that the money won't go directly to the purchase of weaponry that will be used against Israel? From News Reports coming out of Gaza today --- In Khan...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905000.html A new play has opened in the Gaza Strip, and it is encouraging the people living there to question what the future of their Homeland (Watan) is destined to be.... It is an extremely positive turning-point in the way the palestinians look at...

This just in ---- IDF commando forces are now using laser-guided ground-to-ground missiles inside gaza and pursuing terrorists from close range. Six Hamas militants were just killed Monday in a unique Israel Defense Forces strike on a car travelling in the central Gaza Strip. It was a unique...