Heavy rocket barrage hits southern Israel
"According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth's website, a total of 13 Qassam rockets were fired at Israeli communities close to the Gaza border. No injuries were reported in the attack.
Barak was quoted by Israeli media as saying that a large-scale Israeli military operation against Palestinian rocket squads in Gaza was drawing near."
No injuries, huh?
The siege of Gaza is going to lead to a violent escalation
"But far from discouraging rocket attacks, they have risen sharply - though the ratio of Palestinian to Israeli deaths has been running at more than 30 to one.... Hamas has mostly held back from armed action against Israel in the past couple of years.
Israel continues to control all access to the Gaza Strip and remains the occupying power both legally and practically. Not that the situation is much better in the occupied West Bank.
There are now 563 checkpoints in the West Bank, squeezing this already constricted piece of land into apartheid-style cantons, and making free movement or normal economic activity entirely impossible. All this is in contravention of international law; much of it directly violates UN security council resolutions, such as resolution 446 against Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. But, whereas the occupied people face sanctions and international isolation, the occupiers pay no penalty at all. On the contrary, they are aided and armed to the hilt by the US and its allies."
And not a peep from the "international community!"
McCain: Iraq Pullout Bad For Israel
"In a message to the majority of American Jews who oppose continued U.S. presence in Iraq, Arizona Sen. John McCain on Tuesday told the community’s largest umbrella group that a “surrender” now would harm Israel’s security.
“If you believe that the State of Israel is going to be more secure if the U.S. fails in Iraq, we have an honest difference of opinion,” McCain told leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Now we know who McCain takes his orders from!
'IDF can destroy Iran's nuclear program'
"Israel can destroy Iran's growing nuclear program, a senior IDF officer was quoted as saying by 'The Canadian Jewish News' Web site on Wednesday.
"We don't see anyone trying to stop Iran," he added."
Well, GOOD! Then the USA doesn't need to bother. I think it would be a very good thing for Israel to bomb Iran, then have Iran come back in and counter-attack Israel ... while our kids stay safely to one side.
There is an old saying that the fastest way to stop a dog from chasing cars is to let him catch one, and I think Israel is overdue for a mouth full of chrome. -- Mike Rivero, What Really Happened
I agree. Let Israel fight it's own fucking wars!
