Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
On The Defensive
Classical Values —
On The Defensive Israeli ground troops have entered Gaza in an attempt to put an end to the Philistine's shelling of Israel. JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza on Saturday night as the military launched the second phase of its assault on the Hamas-ruled territory after a week of airstrikes. "Obviously, ground forces have capability that air forces don't have," Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told CNN. "We want to create a situation where the civilian population in southern Israel is no longer on the receiving end of those deadly Hamas rockets. When quiet can be achieved, this operation can be finished." And here is a big surprise. The EU says the ...
Operation Cast Lead
Classical Values —
Operation Cast Lead I have been wondering for a while what the meaning of the Israeli's Operation Cast Lead was. I think I have an answer. Head of IDF Military Intelligence General Amos Yadlin also addressed the meeting and gave an assessment of the Gaza operation's progress. "The organization [Hamas] took a serious blow, we killed hundreds of terrorists and damaged their ability to build weaponry," Yadlin said. Casting lead is an old term for making bullets. In other words weapons. So Operation Cast Lead means that the central focus is the destruction of the Philistine's weapon's factories and stockpiles. And there is further confirmation of that in the linked article. Diskin also ...
Hamas Leadership Hides in Hospital
Hyscience —
Confronted by an Israeli ground assault, Hamas leadership is using medical professionals and their patients as human shields:
The defense officials said it was likely that a number of senior Hamas operatives and terror chiefs were hiding and conducting their operations from within Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
"Hamas operatives are in the hospital and have disguised themselves as nurses and doctors," one official said.
OC Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin told the cabinet that Hamas was using mosques, public institutions and private homes as ammunition stores.Here's why Israel hit several ...
Israel Gets the Word Out
Tammy Bruce —
A post by Maynard
Isn't it weird that genocidal Palestinians tend to get better press than Israelis who want nothing more than a neighbor who doesn't shoot at them?
To a large extent this isn't going to change. Too many people believe whatever they want to believe, and facts merely annoy them. Driven by Jew-hatred on one hand, and fear of murderers who can pull the oil plug on the other, the world is ready to wink at evil and rationalize doing the wrong thing.
How do you get your message across in a world where the media shuns judgmental words like "terrorist"? The Israel Defense Force has joined the 21st century and opened this YouTube channel. ...
