Speaking today before the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the Israeli Knesset, Israeli military chief Benny Gantz insisted that a “major offensive” against the Gaza Strip needed to be launched soon.
Israel greenlighted a military invasion of Gaza at the start of the month, but the prospect of such an attack seemed to be slowing with a lull in Israeli attacks and missile firings.
But recently things are looking to escalate again, with Israeli warplanes pounding the Strip on Sunday night, wounding the French consul and causing his wife to have a miscarriage. The French government said they are “all for Israeli security” but weren’t pleased that it meant attacking their consul.
The last full-fledged invasion of Gaza came in early 2009, an invasion which left over 1,400 Palestinians slain and over 5,000 wounded, the vast majority civilians. Whether or not a new one is actually in the offing is unclear, however, as Gantz comments were in the context of railing against budget cuts and he might just be trying to squeeze a little extra funding out of the Knesset instead of making a serious policy recommendation.
That and an attack on Iran. Busy little beavers aren’t they. B*st*rds!
The world won't stand for ANOTHER war on Palestinians!
Sure it will. The Palestinians have done little to garner sympathy.
Blowing up children never helps your cause.
I wouldn't bet on that. Nobody seems to care much. However, the reality is that the other countries have their own internal problems now and are not likely to come to their rescue. Which is alright with them as it will give them the impunity they need to blanket exterminate the population of Gaza without so much as a peep from anyone.
Why these NAZISTS do not kill all Palestinians. Anyway they bought the West to be SILENT anout their WAR CRIMES
Who is the bigger criminal–the Israelis who commit war crimes, or the Americans and Europeans who give them legitimacy and cover? Congress needs to know that Americans are disgusted by these barbarians–this is the time to voice outrage, not just write about it. Call your Congressperson every day and make a statement against Israel. If they thought their votes were on the line, they'd dump Israel in a heartbeat. Like Obama and Sarkozy, who slipped up and actually spoke the truth when they thought no one was listening, the members of Congress know what lying and blood-thirsty scum the Israeli leadership is. They're just counting on the media to block out the truth, and on the American public to be brain-dead as usual. They'd certainly be surprised to hear thousands of voices condemning the Israeli butchers and demanding a stop to giving them our tax dollars.
They couldn't keep their hatred in the bag for much longer could they? Israelis can't wait to get themselves soaked in other people's blood. Their American allies will of course suppress the details of their massacres and provide them with cover and arms to carry them out to the greatest degree of cruelty.
Gaza has one thing that Israel wants, its called Water, and for that Israel will always wage war!
Israel will manufacture any excuse to obtain it permanently!
The 'bomb bomb Iran' didn't get off the ground for Iran has made it quite clear they will retaliate. Bomb bomb Syria isn't getting the desired result for Russia and China will use their veto against any attack on Syria, even if the Arab clowns expel Syria from the AL
The Israeli appetite for the blood of the innocents is legendary and must be satiated and if they can't bomb Iran its back to bombing the hapless people of Gaza with du and wp and shooting unarmed women and children at point blank range with high powered rifles ..
There ya go. Since it doesn't look like Sugar Daddy-o-US is going to be backing them up on the attack on Iran (something they wouldn't dare do alone cause the Iranians can shoot back), then, they have to prove their might and reassure themselves that they can still rule supreme over a bunch of civilians with rocks locked up in an open-air prison. What brave guys, eh? And to think that 3+ billion of our dollars go to these genocidal scum every year makes my stomach turn.
Israel's strategy: Brutalize and deprive people until they fight back in whatever meager way they can, then use that retaliation as justification to exterminate them.
Apparently "never again" just meant "against the Jews."