Posted on 07/25/2014 10:41:44 AM PDT by Dave346
20:37 IST
Israeli ministers have rejected ceasefire terms presented by Secretary of State John Kerry, Channel 2 reports.
The ministerial vote was unanimous, it says.
Earlier, it was reported that ministers were adamant that they would not accept a ceasefire that left the threat posed by Hamas’s terror tunnels unresolved.
Israel’s response should be for Kerry to try some high dose Botox.
Apparently the cabinet wasn’t aware that Kerry was in Viet Nam.
Good ol’ “bolt neck”. (H/T Chris Plante)
Was he? Never heard that. ;)
During the course of this Gaza operation Israel has found significant Hamas files in the tunnels and interrogated more than 100 Hamas terrorists.
Israel uncovered the most massive terror plot against it in its history. Hamas has used its US-funded tunnels to dig all the way to several kibbutzim and other communities in southern Israel. On Rosh Hashana, one of the holiest days on the Jewish calendar and less than 3 months away, Hamas was going to stage multiple terror attacks on thise communities, massacring as many people as they could.
Israel is united against Hamas. Netanyahu as about 85% approval in Israel for removing Hamas as a threat to Israel. There is growing consensus in Israel for occupying Gaza and obliterating Hamas entirely.
While governments of Israel, including those led by Netanyahu, have acceded to unreasonable US demands, those are seen as tactical retreats. Thank G-d this government unanimously is willing to face the pressure of an enraged Obama/Kerry administration rather than jeopardize its own survival as a country.
I hope that Israel’s friends here and elsewhere give Israel’s government their full-throated support as the IDF continues to press on and “do the work that Americans won’t do”.
Can someone post a photo of Bert from Bert and Ernie?
The ministerial vote was unanimous ....
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Bit of a smackdown ..... which is what happens when you send a ketchup bottle in a suit to negotiate anything, especially when one side is a bunch of terrorists.
Israel chooses survival, and says so to Kerry? The nerve!
John F Kerry was in Viet Nam you know.
but Kerry will still get his Nobel Peace Prize ,although he may have to share it with Obama
Didn’t he serve in Viet Nam?
I’m sorry, but it IS the plastic surgery.
Was that a pin point rejection?
Well hardy har har.
Kerry was supposed to speak at 2pm EST. Now running 20 minutes late.
Bet he doesn’t even know what to say yet!
lol
Joining Kerry in Cairo press conference will be UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Both Kerry and Ban supported the Hamas terms for a ceasefire. Ban has been flying on a Qatari plane even though Qatar is one of the main financiers of Hamas.
Kerry / Ban in Cairo now 30 minutes late.
Will be live on FOX news.
What happened to Egypt? How did Kerry manage to elbow them out of the way to bull his way into the spot light? With what threats was Egypt beat about the head and shoulders?
Kerry needs to go meet the entry level performance bar for releasing our Marine from the cartel justice of Mexico before taking on anything in the Middle East. How hard would that be? One dang Marine? How hard?
Israel is safer with Kerry no where near them!
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