Today’s Attack on Israel
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Early this morning, Israel was once again attacked.
No, I don’t mean with words. I mean really attacked.
Two Katusha rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon, hitting the western Galilee town of Shlomi on Israel’s northern border. Luckily, there were no injuries, although one house was lightly damaged, as well as an electricity pole.
Israeli’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak detailed Israel’s response to this attack on our sovereignty.
“This is a serious and rare occurrence, but it will not lead us to alter the status quo,” said Barak.
The defense minister also noted that Israel “would study the circumstances surrounding this event, think things over and make decisions. We will do what we have to do.”
In other words, nothing.
And who was behind the attacks?
It was not yet clear which group fired the rockets, but the defense establishment was examining the possibility that they were fired as an attempt by Hizbullah or other terror groups in Lebanon to disrupt Wednesday’s visit of US President George W. Bush.
My money is on Hizbullah. Although, for all we know, it was Norman Finkelstein who launched the rocket, perhaps deriving inspiration from fellow Israel hater, the late Edward Said.
Update: My mistake. Israel has sprung into action - by filing a complaint with the UN. Yep, that should do it.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
January 8th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Suppose this was a prompter to lob those rockets or was it just a practice test to prove to the UNnecessary their lack of weapons? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/07/wmeast107.xml
January 9th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Weren’t sure who did it? coulda been those pesky Boy Scouts, or perhaps some wayward Tibetan Monks. And then, OMG!! Israel filed a complaint! Wow! Sure gonna have someone filling their shorts with that. Who did Israel complain against? Not the Hizzies, pray tell. Why would they do something like that? And to the Untied Notions, no less. What a serious response to something as small as a few rockets aimed at the homes of innocent civilians.
nuf sed
January 9th, 2008 at 4:25 am
To all of you who think making a formal complaint to an organization of such stature as the UN is nothing, let me tell you…..after making such a serious complaint and seeing what has happened, the nations of the world will decide to band together and send an armed force to maintain a peaceful border……..lets see how that works out first before jumping to conclusions….give peace a chance…..
Signed,
Late to the Party
January 9th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Late to the Party seems to have missed the boat a long time ago.
Why don’t you address the Katyusha launchers to “give peace a chance”?
I thought not.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Big Country,
Please tell me you were being sarcastic.
January 11th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
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