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PoliGazette: Israel’s November 08 Intel Report and the Gaza Attack
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog: Hugh Hewitt: The Civil War Inside The War In Gaza
Israel Matzav: Brotherly love, 'Palestinian' style
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: HAMAS ASSASSINATING FATAH MEMBERS IN GAZA
Israel’s November 08 Intel Report and the Gaza Attack
PoliGazette —
In my search for research about the current crisis in the Middle East, I stumbled upon this post at a clearly pro-Palestinian blog. In the post, the author refers to an article at JTA news but neglects to link to it. A quick google search showed that the author did not invent the existence nor the content of the article.
The entire article can be read here, key excerpts follow. As readers will quickly understand, the article is of crucial importance if one wants to understand the Israeli invasion of Gaza today and the air strikes carried out against Hamas targets for eight days in a row:
One of the bleaker scenarios the NSC posits for 2009 is ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Civil War Inside The War In Gaza
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
The Jerusalem Post reports on the Hamas assault on Fatah loyalists within Gaza , even as the Israeli ground assault takes a significant toll on Hamas. PLA President Abbas may be asking the U.N. to intervene, but these graphs make you wonder if he isn't hoping that the international community moves very slowly to condemn the Israeli action --if at all: Fatah officials in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas militiamen had been assaulting many Fatah activists since the beginning of the operation last Saturday. They said at least 75 activists were shot in the legs while others had their hands broken. Wisam Abu Jalhoum, a Fatah activist from the ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Civil War Inside The War In Gaza
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
The Jerusalem Post reports on the Hamas assault on Fatah loyalists within Gaza , even as the Israeli ground assault takes a significant toll on Hamas. PLA President Abbas may be asking the U.N. to intervene, but these graphs make you wonder if he isn't hoping that the international community moves very slowly to condemn the Israeli action --if at all: Fatah officials in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas militiamen had been assaulting many Fatah activists since the beginning of the operation last Saturday. They said at least 75 activists were shot in the legs while others had their hands broken. Wisam Abu Jalhoum, a Fatah activist from the ...
Brotherly love, 'Palestinian' style
Israel Matzav —
Brotherly love, 'Palestinian' style With everything else they've had to do this week, the Hamas terrorists have found the time to treat the Fatah terrorists, and those whom they accuse of 'collaborating' with Israel, with tender loving care ...
HAMAS ASSASSINATING FATAH MEMBERS IN GAZA
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
JPOST - VIA RANTBURG: Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators' The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah members under house arrest out of fear that they might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank has instructed its followers to be ready to assume power over the Gaza Strip when and if Israel's military operation results in the removal of Hamas rule. Fatah officials in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas militiamen had been assaulting many Fatah activists since the beginning of the operation last ...
Hamas Turns On Fatah Officials In Gaza... 75 Activists Shot In the Legs
Gateway Pundit —
Hamas officials have turned on their Fatah brothers in Gaza. At least 75 Fatah leaders were shot in the legs this week. Khaled Abu Toameh at The Jerusalem Post reported: The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah members under house arrest out of fear that they might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank has instructed its followers to be ready to assume power over the Gaza Strip ...
Internecine Warfare
Power Line —
... It's been widely rumored, if not exactly reported, that Fatah elements in Gaza have tipped off the IDF to locations where Hamas stores weapons and conducts operations there. Hamas evidently believes that such reports are true: ...
Get Your War On!
Rantings of a Sandmonkey —
Today is a fantastic day, ladies and gentlemen. Today is the day Israel decided to finally prove that it already forgot everything it had learned from the Lebanon War, and repeat its mistakes, with fantastic percision and exactness I might add. Today, Israel went into Ghaza with ground forces, proving yet once again that the people running the IDF are still complete and utter morons.
To spare you the news watching for the next couple of days, here is what will happen: For the first week or so, support for the War amongst the Israeli public will remain mostly high, because everyone will tell them that this time is different and ...
How to Stop "Collaborators" -- Shoot Em in the Legs . . . or elsewhwere
The Corner on National Review Online —
Sunday, January 04, 2009 [image] How to Stop "Collaborators" Shoot Em in the Legs . . . or elsewhwere [ Mona Charen ] From the Jerusalem Post : Fatah officials in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas militiamen had been assaulting many Fatah activists since the beginning of the operation last Saturday. They said at least 75 activists were shot in the legs while others had their hands broken. Wisam Abu Jalhoum, a Fatah activist from the Jabalya refugee camp, was shot in the legs by Hamas militiamen for allegedly expressing joy over the IDF air strikes on Hamas targets. "Hamas is very nervous, because they feel that their end is nearing," a ...
Faster, Please
small dead animals —
Faster, Please When Fatah shows up to protest Hamas, you're supposed to pray for an air strike , not pick a favourite; The Hamas official said that his security forces had launched a massive "preemptive" campaign aimed at thwarting Fatah's attempts to "spread anarchy and chaos." He confirmed that many Fatah operatives had been shot in the legs over the past few days by Hamas "to make sure that they don't help Israel." Posted by Kate at January 4, 2009 8:15 AM
A Broken Hands Policy
Classical Values —
A Broken Hands Policy Hamas is breaking hands and shooting feet of Fatah supporters in Gaza. The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah members under house arrest out of fear that they might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. Fatah officials in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas militiamen had been assaulting many Fatah activists since the beginning of the operation last Saturday. They said at least 75 activists were shot in the legs while others had their hands broken. Wisam Abu Jalhoum, a Fatah activist from the Jabalya ...
Gaza updates you won’t get on CNN
Roger L. Simon —
If you’re sick of the CNN reactionaries like Amanpour, the best place for information out of Israel is Ynet. Apparently things are going not too badly for the IDF. Also, the Jerusalem Post today has this report that shows no matter what the Israelis do to the Palestinians, it’s nothing compared to what they do to each other.
Roundup From The Ground Up
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « Good Jobs At Good Wages Roundup From The Ground Up The great news arrived overnight, which is that Israel is (still) ignoring the handwringers (even more). Washington Post with the first Israeli ground casualty, as the IDF moves in to bisect northern and southern Gaza and target missile launch sites. Roundup: Reuters : IDF gets a grip. AP : Swaths cut. via Malkin , two more Hamas leaders who won’t be down for pita , as well as the news that Hamas has pre-emptively executed 35 of its own constituents and kneecapped 75 others to prevent them from collaborating with the Zionist entity. (Awaiting outrage for ...
Gaza war - a random selection
Yourish.com —
Several not necessarily related items that caught my attention since yesterday. If you want a blow by blow war journal, you better look elsewhere - some people do it much better.
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Vice premier, Industry, Trade and Labor minister refrain from voting in favor of sending ground troops into Strip, after cabinet denies their motion for mission’s operational goals to include toppling Hamas regime.
Toppling Hamas regime, no more and no less. Do they also mean offing all the voters who… aw, what the heck - the Trade and Labor, being a Shas mouthpiece and thus as ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/4/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Hamas Moves on Fatah ‘Collaborators’ The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah members under house arrest out of fear that they might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank has instructed its followers to be ready to assume power over the Gaza Strip when and if Israel’s military operation results in the removal of Hamas rule. Fatah officials in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas ...
Hamas Leadership in Disarray
Weekly Standard Blog —
... The communications breakdown is so severe that Hamas's military wing, the Izzadin Kassam, is directly taking orders from Mashal in Damascus, the Jerusalem Post reported. Mashal has given the Izzadin Kassam "full freedom to take any measures it deems necessary to prevent the collapse of the Hamas regime." Over the weekend, Hamas responded by arresting and hobbling more than 100 opposing Fatah members and "collaborators." ...
Israeli forces focus on Northern Gaza
The Long War Journal —
... Several days ago, Hamas started to seek out and punish "collaborators" and political enemies in the Gaza Strip. Hamas arrested and maimed more than 100 opposing Fatah members and "collaborators." Six Palestinians accused of providing information on the location of Hamas leaders to Israeli intelligence were ...
Why Israel is Smart Keeping the Media Out of Gaza
Pajamas Media —
They have nothing to gain and everything to lose. [image] Â I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast. William Tecumseh Sherman As the fighting rages in Gaza, the world’s media is engaged in a battle ...
Israel Learns from Experience in ‘Operation Cast Lead’
Pajamas Media —
The lessons of the Second Lebanon War are on display this time around. [image] There are many similarities between Israel’s ongoing Operation Cast Lead in Gaza and its Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006. In both cases, Israel is bombarding and inserting ground troops into territory from which it had withdrawn on the understanding that withdrawal would lead to peace; in both instances, withdrawal, in fact, was seen as a sign of weakness and actually precipitated further rocket attacks upon Israeli cities, in the north in the case of Hezbollah in Lebanon, and in the southwest, especially the town of Sderot, in the case of Hamas in Gaza. There are of course significant differences. ...
