Posted on 08/26/2014 12:17:56 PM PDT by Bobalu
Ministers from Jewish Home, Yisrael Beytenu and even Likud opposed truce - but PM circumvented cabinet vote on a legal technicality. Roughly half the cabinet was opposed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to agree to an open-ended ceasefire with Hamas - but the decision was passed unilaterally by the PM anyway.
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Israel needs Moshe Feiglin or Bennett as PM because BiBi has let Israel down.
The ceasefire gives Netanyahu and Israel some time to plan something particularly punitive in the event (when!) it is broken.
If nothing else, a time to heal and regroup , re-arm and get ready for the next round..
Now, folks get a taste of the old days way back when..
The Holy Land Saga continues, after a brief intermission.
I loathe the media in this country making Israel, the only damned country in the middle east where women are treated with respect look like the bad guuys in this whole conflict....
Israel who was attacked by mutliple countries at the SAME time and fought them back valiantly and even GAVE LAND BACK after pushing back those who attacked them...
I tell you what if I was running Israel after the 1967 war I would have held on to ALL of the land captured from the jerks that decided to gang up on me, but that is just me.
I hate to say it but I don’t see our current administration doing anything except to try to destroy israel...
Pray for Israel and her safety.
While ham-ass clearly needs to re-load, have some time with cease-fire bennies, before they start firing rockets again to break this “permanent” cease fire, Israel too might need to restock Iron Dome, give the reserves a break, give the public a short time (week? two?) outside the shelters.
Perhaps Bibi thinks if he is enough of an appeaser, then Obama and Hamas will like him, or the U N will like him. For that reason, we need Moshe Feiglen, Avigdor Lieberman, or Naftalie Bennet for Prime Minister.
Sounds like Obama would absolutely love the Israeli Constitution.
This so reminde me of “Rove, you incredible bastard” turning into “Rove, you bastard.”
I’m sorry, but when it comes to how Israel should respond to its neighbors, I think I’ll stick with the decisions of Netanyahu over the opining of anonymous internet forum commentators.
IMHO...that's nonsense.
Netanyahu's going to be too preoccupied with keeping his government together.
Bibi's a lot of wonderful rhetoric. But methinks he's traded the fire in his belly for a starring role on the world's stage.
Israel may need a change at the top.
But you want a no confidence vote for ONE decision you disagree with? Who could do a better job as PM? Israel is blessed to have him.
I don’t believe the Palestinians reaped as much favor by this “skirmish” as they have in former skirmishes. It was fairly clear who the aggressor was.
Europe seems to quickly forget the lessons though. They’ll be right back to hating Israel in 5, 4,...
The ceasefire provides one thing for Israel. It promotes the idea that Israel is willing to live in peace, where the Palestinians aren’t. When the missiles get untollerable again, Israel will go back at it again.
Hopefully outside entities will still view the Palestinians as the aggressors they are. Don’t count on it.
Europe and even the U. S. have their heads firmly implanted these days.
“Come on Israel, show some restraint. Proportionality, proportionality...”
B.S. End the threat. That’s the only choice.
I bet the ‘ceasefire’ doesn’t last very long.......................
That is certainly true.
There is more.
This ceasefire is essentially the Egyptian Plan, which gives Hamas nothing for all the misery they have caused Gaza and humiliates Hamas in the eyes of the Gaza residents.
It also gives the the residents of Gaza a break from the war which lets them become accustomed to the lack of fighting. At the same time, they get to take stock of the destruction of Gaza to date which Hamas has caused them.
The combination is killing support and driving resentment and anger for Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The goal is to eliminate Hamas’s control of Gaza and this cease fire furthers that goal.
Bingo.
I think Netanyahu sees other clouds on the horizon that will need some attention real soon, and he does not want to waste precious resources on a gadfly like Gaza. I believe Israel’s war planning room is more occupied with Iran right now than the Palestinians. Most of the tunnels have been destroyed, and a major portion of the rocket-launching ability is gone. No time to waste on what is more a nuisance now than a real danger.
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