Violence against the Gaza Strip appears to be on the rise again today, as Israeli warplanes continued to pound the tiny, densely populated enclave in a series of attacks late Friday which killed at least one person and wounded three others.
The attacks follow a strike yesterday against the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), which was blamed for a terrorist attack in Eilat, Israel. Today, however, the strikes appeared to be hitting Hamas targets, with Israel’s military insisting Hamas is “solely responsible for any terrorist activity” from Gaza.
The attacks have already spawned a reaction as Hamas, which has been in a de facto truce with Israel since the end of the 2008-09 Israeli invasion, announced today that it is ending the truce. Already rocket fire seems to be on the rise, though it is unclear if the attacks are Hamas-launched.
The bellicose comments from Israel, though largely nothing new, point to a new series of attacks against the strip, always a popular move in the nation’s far-right coalition government. The attacks have so far accomplished little, except for provoking more attacks from the other side.
The bellicose comments from Israel, though largely nothing new, point to a new series of attacks against the strip, always a popular move in the nation's far-right coalition government. The attacks have so far accomplished little, except for provoking more attacks from the other side.
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I realize that Americans were brought up to believe that democracies were rich tapestries of political currents. The indoctrination seems to have worked.
So, I suggest many an American disabused themselves from the MYTH that there is a so-called left vs. far-right in Israel.
It was Ehud Barak (a "leftist") who in 2000 — during the second Intifada — crushed Palestinians as though they were cockroaches.
It was Kadima — you know, a left of center party — that launched the 2008 massacre in Gaza, murdering more than 1400 Palestinians, of whom more than 329 were children.
Tzipi Livni — another "leftist" — the "Defense" Minister at the time, was cheerleading the war from Washington DC.
In 2006, two years earlier, it was the same Kadima coalition of not-so-far-right, but so-called left, that massacred more than 1300 civilians in Lebanon and flattened several neighborhoods in the suburbs of Beirut.
In late 2008, during the 22-day assault on Gaza, research institutions in Israel published polls showing that 96% of Israelis supported the onslaught.
Once and for all, I would like to know where is this so-called Israeli left that which many an American keep using as a point of reference when they mention Israel's "far-right".
Did you think you were maintaining your credibility by describing these murderous governments as "far-right"? Or are you merely clinging onto a false dichotomy in an effort to show that you are not keen on making generalizations concerning Israeli society, lest you are accused of being an "anti-Semite". Is that it?
The Israelis are finished. They're cowards. This is all they can do. kill gazans. They're not gonna attack Iran. THIS is all they can do.