There is a bizarre split within Israel between security analysts and the elected government, with the analysts conceding Hamas is striving to stop rocket fire and keep tensions from worsening, while the Netanyahu government blames them for that fire and salivates at the prospect of attacking the Gaza Strip on that pretext.
That split is becoming all the more obvious today, as Hamas deploys troops along the border in an attempt to stop its rivals from firing rockets at Israel. The high-profile efforts have not stopped Netanyahu’s vows to “teach Hamas a lesson.”
Hamas has repeatedly made public its desire to “preserve the calm” with Israel and is forever scrambling to fight against the groups firing rockets at Israel.
The sad reality is that Israel’s policy of weakening Hamas and targeting them in “retaliation” for the rockets has left the group virtually incapable of coping with all the rocket fire, and the vicious cycle of escalation seems destined to continue.
netenyahoo didn't get to do a giant massive slaughter of the Palestinians last Christmas, he must be having a serious case of blue balls.
Let's see, weaken Hamas so it can't prevent rocket fire. More rocket fire. Blame Hamas so Gaza can be attacked. Attack Gaza, win votes and bump military spending to benefit the arms industries in Israel and its US lackey. Yes, all going according to plan.
He will get a repeat of what his army got in Lebabon
"Why should the Arabs make peace? If I was an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country…. We have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?" – David Ben Gurion, first prime minister of Israel
"We must expel the Arabs and take their places, and if we have to use force to guarantee our own right to settle in those places, then we have force at our disposal." – David Ben Gurion, first prime minister of Israel
Netanyahu's 1996 government agreed that Palestinians can call whatever fragments of Palestine are left to them "a state" if they like — or they can call them "fried chicken", per David Bar- Illan, director of Communications and Policy Planning in the office of the Prime Minister
So, if Hamas is not firing the rockets as Israel claims, then who is? Hmmm, perhaps an IDF squad posing as Palestinians firing rockets into a field somewhere – where no one gets hurt but allows the Israelis to claim Hamas is the culprit. Have to keep the arc that Israel is justified from going away.
So, if Hamas is not firing the rockets as Israel claims, then who is? Hmmm, perhaps an IDF squad posing as Palestinians firing rockets into a field somewhere – where no one gets hurt but allows the Israelis to claim Hamas is the culprit. Have to keep the arc that Israel is justified from going away.
“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon and the American struggle in Iraq. These events swung American public opinion in our favor- Benjamin Netanyahu.