Israeli Cabinet Calls Up 75,000 Reservists as Gaza Invasion Looms
Last Ditch Effort to De-Escalate Conflict as Israel Spurns Ceasefire
The Israeli Inner Cabinet has agreed to call up 75,000 additional reservists tonight as the military continues to build up forces along the southern border with the Gaza Strip, talking up the prospect of a full-scale ground incursion.
This comes as Egyptian officials push a last-ditch effort to de-escalate the situation on the ground, and while rocket strikes have slowed against Israel, the Israeli leadership doesn’t seem interested in stopping the fighting.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman insisted Israel isn’t interested in a ceasefire right now because he believes it would only last for a couple of weeks anyhow, while Defense Minister Ehud Barak has repeatedly said the fighting is only just beginning.
How soon an invasion could begin is unclear, though Israel has been rushing tanks and armored vehicles to the Gaza border since yesterday. Depending on the size of the invasion it could happen in a matter of days.
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patriothere
November 16th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
They can't get away with this. Israel is trying to exterminate the gazans. If they continue this could lead to a wider war because no one is going to sit back and watch an ethnic people be physically exterminated! Somebody needs to stop the Israelis in their tracks. A nation needs to repel them. Iran, syria egypt, somebody!
Nahal
November 16th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Obama, a war criminal, justifiescrime against humanity in Israel as "Israel has a right to defend' since he believes only thezionist and their stooges have a right to kill. That's why no one pays any attention to the occupiers of the black house when they open their mouth to demonize Iranian leaders. Shame on gullible people who have voted AGAIN for war criminals. Obama is looking for more wars to topple governments and partition countries in order to serve ' jewish entity' constructed by the zionist bankers, the rothschild family, who created 'israel' in Palestine. Erdugan is an imposter who is about to invade Syria on balf of NATO and US, Russia and China are waiting for a right price to let Syria goes. They have not formed a front against the evil of our time yet and never will since they have benefited the most from status quo. Obama is weak and conservative with a kill list. His victims are mainly civilians. The occupier of the WH have killed 1.5 millions in Iraq, 50000 in Libya, 30000 in Syria, many in Iran, thousands in Pakistan, Afg already hanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Mali, and more all based on LIES.
mojo
November 16th, 2012 at 10:22 pm
This is Israel, without a war the apartheid regime becomes sick, without war this regime becomes a zamby, this regimes needs to kill and destruct people's life and don't give a daemon about its own people or any other for that matter, this regime has a backing of those who call themselves democrats or democracy yet their democracy helping apartheids and tyrants, the feudal and religious fundamentals for the sake of saving the vulture capitalism. All that political, inhuman regimes are the creation of vulture capitalism and for vulture capitalism.
mojo
November 16th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Mr. Bill Clinton.., this is a nation cleansing and its done by your friends in Israel.
paulBass
November 16th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
on the positive side this will fail, if they go further than in cast lead they test the ability of Egypt to remain out of it.(and all the consequences that would bring)
and if they don't go further they will only further entrench hamas, and the fact that hamas has been fairly defiant means that like Hezbollah they have most likely been preparing for a ground invasion since cast lead.
maybe they will just build anouther wall inside the border and shrink the prison.
on a side note the picture on the main page for the fund raising, while i wholly agree with it's abstract meaning my immediate reaction is that it is very distasteful.
camus10
November 16th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
retd general ehud barak : fighting is only just beginning
sorry, but who are they fighting. IDF one of the best equipped militaries on earth is "fighting" home made rockets. The question, besides generals & rabbis, what proportion of israeli citizens and their supporters live in a cowards bubble, while their leaders bribe EU and US leaders
Yonatan
November 17th, 2012 at 2:32 am
"the Israeli leadership doesn’t seem interested in stopping the fighting." That is the understatement of the year. Israel assassinated the Hamas individual who managed to keep the various factions firing rockets into Israel under some degree of control. Israel needs the rocket attacks to feed its pathological sense of victimhood – and to justify land grabs.
tom dee
November 17th, 2012 at 7:20 am
you are correct the IDF is well equipped but that really is meaningless in the age of IED. The IDF will slaughter as usual but how will Israel deal with massive IED wounded and killed. Iraq taught the world of remote bombs. They make even tanks death traps. Israel will be tied down in a very long military action which will kill Israels economy. How many do you think are changing travel plans from the holy land to someplace rocket free?
Budd Weiser
November 17th, 2012 at 9:42 am
What better way to win an election than by slaughtering a few thousand defenseless women and children? It's the perfect strategy that when played in Isreal, Amerika or Nazi Germany, has never failed.
Budd Weiser
November 17th, 2012 at 9:43 am
And to win elections so they can continue doing more of the same.
Jack O'Lantern
November 17th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Egypt. LOL! Sure, like the American masters are going to allow Egypt to attack their favorite bastard child.
Jack O'Lantern
November 17th, 2012 at 9:45 am
No one? Who exactly is not going to sit back and watch? How many countries have you seen so far come to the defense of the Palestinians? Please do share, you seem to have inside information.
Edward
November 17th, 2012 at 10:19 am
Israeli will die by the sword. They have tricked themselves into believing that they are invincible. Hell is coming to Tel Aviv, and terrorist government of Israel. Sadly ordinary Israel's will pay the price for the actions of a few sick sociopaths.
Budd Weiser
November 17th, 2012 at 11:57 am
Gaza is not Iraq. This is a million of mostly women and children trapped in a few squares miles being bombed from air, sea and land. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Iraqis could mount a resistance and hide, the civilians of Gaza are powerless.
camus10
November 17th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
dont mean to be flippant
but is there any faction in israel which sees Likud actions as national suicide. Is it even conceivable there are internal elements who want to ethnically cleanse judaism's bowels by eliminating its genocidal leaders. Because you cant run from history and there are no places to hide after incinerating palestinians with phosphorus & depleted uranium munitions
Kolya_Krassotkin
November 18th, 2012 at 6:48 am
Looks as if Netty Boo Boo is trying to insure his re-election.