Posted on 02/13/2013 2:07:20 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Despite the relative quiet in northern Israel in recent years, the threat posed by Hizbullah remains, Minister Yaalon said Wednesday evening. Yaalon spoke at a memorial for the 73 soldiers killed in a helicopter crash over Kibbutz Dafna 16 years ago.
“The 73 fallen sons embody the complexity of our lives here,” Yaalon said, “and our struggle, which, sadly, is not yet over.”
“We are a people that loves peace,” he continued. “That is how we raise our sons and daughters.” Addressing bereaved families at the event, he said, “That is how you raised your children who fell while on a mission to protect the communities of the north.”
“The war against the state of Israel sheds its form and takes new forms,” Yaalon continued. “From a war between armies to a terrorist war, missiles or rockets, a war which every few years shifts the focus to a new region.”
While northern Israel is now enjoying relative quiet, “we must not be lulled into false hopes,” Yaalon warned. “Hizbullah is armed with tens of thousands of rockets and missiles and is supported by Iran,” he explained, “and in Syria the civil war and instability continues, and is likely to bring unrest to the border near to where we stand right now.”
“Now, too, the best of our sons and daughters are ready to deal with the threats from north and south, from near and far, and with our enemies’ unwillingness to recognize our right to exist in peace and security as the national homeland of the Jewish people, in any border” Yaalon declared.
Yaalon praised the families who lost children in the tragic crash. “Over the years I have met you, dear parents and families…
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Seems like a lot of precautions are being taken in the north.
As though an attack from Lebanon is expected any time now.
Of course. The war is just starting to percolate, but it’s on.
Follow the Yaalon-Barak road...
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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They've been armed and waiting for decades, though much better armed today.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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They've been armed and waiting for decades, though much better armed today.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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They've been armed and waiting for decades, though much better armed today.
Thanks Eleutheria5.
Oooh, that’s bad.
(Good job!)
Otherwise, just drop me on the ground and I'll kill the corksuckers.
Who's more dangerous than a pissed-of old man with a gun and attitude .................................................................................... FRegards
That’s ‘off’! I hate it when I do that ................................................................................ FRegards
Do you sleep shoot?
Sorry. I misread your comment and thought you said a “passed-out” old man with a gun. No disrespect was intended.
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