Posted on 07/10/2014 5:04:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Despite fiery statements issued by Hamas spokesmen over the past 48 hours, it was obvious Tuesday night that the Islamist movement was searching for ways to rid itself of the current escalation.
Hamas feels that it has been forced into a confrontation with Israel – one that it did not want at this stage because of its increased isolation and financial crisis.
The massive Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours have surprised Hamas and other Palestinian groups. Hamas apparently expected a limited response to the recent rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns. But as the IDF intensified its strikes against Hamas targets – including the homes of some of its top commanders – it became clear to the movement’s leaders that Israel means business.
On Tuesday night, Hamas spokesmen were sending distress signals to various parties. The organization is concerned that if the IDF operation continues for another few days, the movement will pay a very heavy price – one that could even bring about an end to Hamas’s rule over the Gaza Strip.
Hamas accused Israel of “crossing all the redlines” by bombing the homes of its military commanders. This shows that Hamas did not expect Israel to take such a drastic move. Less than 24 hours after the beginning of the IDF offensive, Hamas talked about the need to return to the truce that was reached with Israel in 2012.
A spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing, Izzadin Kassam, listed this demand as part of his movement’s effort to end the current confrontation. The spokesman called for an end to the IDF crackdown on Hamas members in the West Bank, which began after the abduction and murder of three Israeli youths last month.
On Tuesday night, Hamas and other Palestinian groups appealed to Egypt and Arab countries to intervene to stop the IDF operation. Given Hamas’s bad relations with the Egyptian authorities, it’s unlikely that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would rush to save the movement that is openly aligned with his enemy, the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Palestinian Authority, which has condemned the Israeli “aggression,” is also unlikely to make a big effort to save Hamas from destruction. In fact, President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction would be happy to see Hamas severely defeated.
Hamas is beginning to feel the heat and that’s why its leaders, who have gone into hiding, are seeking an “honorable” way out of the confrontation, which, they say, they didn’t want to begin with.
Well you could hear that redneck hollar,
as he hit that hardwood floor:
“They ain’t makin’ Jews,
like Jesus anymore.”
>>Hamas accused Israel of “crossing all the redlines” by bombing the homes of its military commanders.
Oh, I guess bombing the houses of Israeli innocents might have something to do with this.
I believe that Israel’s cease-fire days are over.
Those that rule Israel are not ignorant of Bible prophecy like most Americans are; they know “what time it is” on Yehova’s clock quite well.
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The blood-lusting savage terrorists (hamas) didn’t want the confrontation to begin with? I guess they were sending rockets full of skittles and love to the Israelis. One can only hope that the Israelis kill every one of these subhuman terrorist insects.
Why would Bibi take his call?
Or, as Jefferson put it: “Peace, that bright, shining moment when everyone is furiously reloading”.
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Just wait till he comes back before you decide on that!
You are correct Lake. What the IDF is doing, is a drop in the ocean, compared to what Jesus will do when He returns.
>> “They ain’t a makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore.” <<
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I’d say that their ruling class is just as tough as Yeshua was when he threw hundreds of sellers tables off of Mt. Moriyah, and whipped the sellers.
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Had you lamped for a slightly anemic, well dressed country...
Looks like Hamas has sent out an SOS to Barky. He wants to get involved all of a sudden.
You sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind.
>> “What the IDF is doing, is a drop in the ocean, compared to what Jesus will do when He returns.” <<
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There’s a whole bunch of stuff that has to happen before that!
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Poor babies...
Well, he did promise that he had the terrorists’ back...
From your keyboard to Netanyahu's ears.
So true. :-)
Hamas is on the ropes....no time to pull punches....
Go for the knock out....
It is simply very difficult to feel sorry for someone who makes a routine practice of random rocket attacks on anyone who happens to be downrange and then figures his victims are required to adhere to some sort of measured response. Technically, though, the Israelis are showing considerable restraint: they're doing precise targeting, a thing Hamas doesn't bother with.
Hamas must have been feeling like a wallflower lately, being the only Islamic terrorist group not involved in a bloody war of some kind in the Middle East.
But once Hamas’s rockets starting reaching Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Bibi Netanyahu had no choice but to declare No more Mr. Nice Guy, and go after Hamas with everything the IDF has.
Mr. Assad of Syria and Mr. Maliki of Iraq are painful examples of what happens when leaders fail to take strong immediate action against terrorist organizations that suddenly decide to rebel against them. Hamas must be finished off.
Bibi Netanyahu should not waste a minute talking with Barack Obama, Hamas’s supporter, about negotiating a cease fire with Hamas. Instead, he should devote every minute to getting rid of every one of Hamas’s leaders so there won’t be anyone left for Israel to negotiate with.
Get the job done this time, Israel! If you keep leaving the enemy alive, it only regroups and rearms and relaunches attacks against you again
geeeee.... as smart as Jewish people are reputed to be (just look at all those Nobel prizes!!!!!!!!~ amazing!!!!!!) — you’d think the Isr govt could learn this so very very simple lesson of basic survival?
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