I will start today’s liveblogging post with a number of proofs. Firstly, here is proof that Israel cares for the lives of palestinian civilians, even though they have allowed themselves to be used as human shields: Legal experts in the government say it is difficult to decide whether Israel can move Palestinian civilians from areas [...]
IDF troops completed their activity in the northern Gaza Strip last night, and the armed forces that had been operating inside the Gaza territory returned to Israel. Such operations are expected to continue. In yesterday’s operations, the IDF began searching buildings in the “Qassam perimeter,” the eastern perimeter from which many Qassam cells have operated [...]
The IDF launched it’s Gaza military operation last night, with 2 IDF soldiers killed and 5 wounded until now. The fighting has been fierce, with IDF soldiers being met with heavy gunfire from palestinian gunmen (mainly from Hamas), who used rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles against the troops. IAF planes have been providing air support [...]
The Guardian today includes this “fact” in its coverage of Gaza: The Qassam rockets are notoriously inaccurate – Hamas launched 28 yesterday and only 10 landed in Israel – but there are growing fears that the militants are acquiring an arsenal with a longer range. Yesterday, according to YNet, “over 30” rockets landed in Israel, [...]
We might just have a large-scale Gaza operation, folks. As Hamas drew Ashkelon into the circle of communities coming under heavy rocket attacks, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the Foreign Ministry on Thursday began preparing both Israeli and world opinion for the possibility of a large-scale incursion into Gaza. Barak, during a series of meetings [...]
This morning, the IAF killed another 5 terrorists – 2 from the Popular Resistance Committee, one from Hamas, one from the Abu Mustafa Brigades, and one from Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. The palestinians certainly have no shortage of terrorist groups. Meanwhile, the terrorists have continued with their targeting of innocent civilians, firing a number of [...]
There is much talk about Democratic candidate Barak Obama, and here in Israel, the focus is naturally on “Will he be good for Israel?” I have certainly not dealt with this issue on this blog (mainly due to time constraints), and don’t feel the urgent need to for now, especially with some excellent analysis elsewhere [...]
Costa Rica has decided to do something to encourage peace talks between Israel and palestinians. So it went ahead and recognized a palestinian state. Because everyone knows the best way to encourage peace talks is to reward terrorism. Israel has postponed a planned meeting with Costa Rican officials over the Central American nation’s decision to [...]
Here’s a deliciously ironic headline from the Islamic Republic News Agency: Arab leaders warn Israel over belligerency Because nothing shows your disdain for belligerency than..being belligerent. But it gets better. Or should I say worse: Arab leaders said that Israel is sabotaging the Middle East peace process and warned they could withdraw their landmark offer [...]
Ha’aretz reports: Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema termed the assassination of Imad Mughniyah “terror” in an interview to be published Friday in the popular Italian weekly L’espresso. He also said that Israeli assassinations of Hamas officials “serve as an alibi for terror.” Concerning Mughniyah’s killing, “by my definition, the car bomb in the middle of [...]
