This morning the newspaper screamed 'New Year Massacre' and under that there was a massive report about the slaughter of 200+ people in Gaza by the Israeli Air Force on the eve of the Islamic new year
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I'm usually sympathetic to the Israeli side. But I agree this strike was over the top.
What I want to know is what really motivated the Israelis to do this mere days after they opened Gaza's borders to food and medical supplies. Something doesn't make sense and isn't in the papers.
In a way, I think the Israeli government tries to portray itself as the villain... but I can't claim to understand in the least.
I know the above, and am not convinced this is the case. Even during the cease-fire, I read reports of dozens of rockets flying into Israel daily. And I even thought Hamas canceled the cease-fire before the original expiration. More, as I said, Israel recently allowed in large amounts of humanitarian aid. It's true that since the cease-fire ended, Israel has been greatly bombarded; however, this is far from the first time. In this case, I think Israel is after something more than a show of force and terror... but I don't know what. And to achieve whatever ends, lives of Palestinians do not seem to mean much.
I think this article might help: http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTI5MjY4NDkwNA== There was a level of secrecy to this operation. Needless to say, this article should be taken with a pinch of salt.. it's published in all the major pro-Palestinian media outlets, but haven't seen a variation of it even in liberal Israeli news outlets yet.
Despite how sickening this sounds, I think the strike was part of the current Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak's election campaign - he's just trying to show that if he becomes Prime Minister, there'll be more of these juicy airstrikes and Qassam rocket fire from Gaza will finally come to an end. They'd have to be really naive to believe him.
No, Danu, Barak doesn't have that much autonomy as Defense Minister. And if the operation doesn't actually stop the Qassams or end within a reasonable time, then Barak's popularity will actually deteriorate.
What I want to know is what really motivated the Israelis to do this mere days after they opened Gaza's borders to food and medical supplies. Something doesn't make sense and isn't in the papers.
In a way, I think the Israeli government tries to portray itself as the villain... but I can't claim to understand in the least.
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There was a level of secrecy to this operation.
Needless to say, this article should be taken with a pinch of salt.. it's published in all the major pro-Palestinian media outlets, but haven't seen a variation of it even in liberal Israeli news outlets yet.
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Seriously, guys ...
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