Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip and its drive to decapitate HAMAS came
as no surprise to the incoming Obama administration. After extensive
preparation the offensive launched during George Bush’s final days is
calculated to give Israel a one month window to decapitate HAMAS and
destroy enough of its military infrastructure to change the political
facts on the ground. What [...]
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Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers have taken their battle to the Internet. Israel posted video of its attacks on rocket launchers over the past five days on a new YouTube channel to try to show the world the threat against it. But YouTube temporarily yanked the clips on Tuesday after viewers, apparently supporters of Hamas, flagged it [...] An interesting thing happened on the way to the forum. I was doing some late night reading and came across this article from the Times of London stating, in ominous words, that Iran was moving missiles into launch position and targeting Israel’s Dimona power plant. I bookmarked the link in del.icio.us and went on my way. Soon, [...] While we are busy starting wars, sworn enemies are seeking peace. It is no surprise that Hamas and Israel have been able to reach this tentative deal without interference from our government and way-over-her-head Secretary of State. Israel and the radical Islamic group Hamas have agreed on a truce to begin Thursday, Egypt’s state-owned news [...] |
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