Sunday, January 9, 2011

Nervous Hamas Begs Other Gaza Terrorists To Stop Attacks On Israel


You know, when Hamas barely survived, as a terror group, the Israeli's Operation Cast Lead awhile back, they learned something. Hamas learned that rockets into Israel finally led up to a response from Israeli that was ruthless and nearly complete. Well, today, as rockets from Gaza striking inside of Israel have begun again and we've seen several border checkpoint attacks by islamic terrorists, Hamas is trying to diffuse the situation because they are simply scared silly by the possible military repercussions from Israel.

From the story at Breitbart:

Hamas said on Sunday it has begun talks with other militant factions in the Gaza Strip to urge them to stop firing rockets at Israel, attacks that have raised Palestinian fears of a new Israeli offensive.

The talks are a signal that Hamas hopes to avert any large-scale Israeli military operation in the enclave similar to a three-week campaign that ended in January 2009 and in which 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.

"We began contacts with factions over the situation in the field. Hamas seeks to control the situation on the ground and urge factions to recommit to the national agreement," Hamas official Ayman Taha said.

He was referring to an understanding that Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, said it reached with militant factions two years ago to halt rocket and mortar bomb fire.

In recent weeks, Palestinian militants have stepped up attacks along the Gaza border, answered by Israeli strikes that killed 13 Palestinians, most of them gunmen, in December.

Israel has said Hamas has largely held its fire over the past two years but the surge in rocket attacks meant it was not doing enough to curb other groups, which say their strikes are in retaliation for Israeli raids in Gaza and the West Bank.


I completely agree with the Israeli government holding Hamas ultimately responsible for ANY attacks on Israel coming out of Gaza - this is a perfect policy for the Israelis to take up because in the past, Hamas would claim they are the ruling authority in Gaza when it benefited them but when something bad would happen, they would wash their hands and say "it wasn't us!"

And in that same context, this is the same policy that I want the Israelis to take with the government of Lebanon. With Lebanon's recent partnership with Hezbollah, the government of Lebanon must realize that there is no distinction between Hezbollah's actions and those of the government of Lebanon. In my view, if Hezbollah instigates a rocket attack or missile attack on Israel, then any and all targets in Lebanon are targets for Israel - even regular Lebanese military.

It's good to see that Hamas remembers the agony of Operation Cast Lead and it's good to see them scared shitless. They better hope they have the control over Gaza that they have claimed they have.



Hamas urges militant groups to stop attacking Israel


(Reuters) - Hamas said on Sunday it has begun talks with other militant factions in the Gaza Strip to urge them to stop firing rockets at Israel, attacks that have raised Palestinian fears of a new Israeli offensive.

The talks are a signal that Hamas hopes to avert any large-scale Israeli military operation in the enclave similar to a three-week campaign that ended in January 2009 and in which 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.

"We began contacts with factions over the situation in the field. Hamas seeks to control the situation on the ground and urge factions to recommit to the national agreement," Hamas official Ayman Taha said.

He was referring to an understanding that Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, said it reached with militant factions two years ago to halt rocket and mortar bomb fire.

In recent weeks, Palestinian militants have stepped up attacks along the Gaza border, answered by Israeli strikes that killed 13 Palestinians, most of them gunmen, in December.

Israel has said Hamas has largely held its fire over the past two years but the surge in rocket attacks meant it was not doing enough to curb other groups, which say their strikes are in retaliation for Israeli raids in Gaza and the West Bank.

Several Hamas leaders have said a new Gaza war would inflict heavy casualties on Israel, but they also have spoken of a willingness for a reciprocal truce to facilitate the rebuilding of homes and infrastructure destroyed in the 2009 conflict.

The Hamas Islamist group is shunned by the West over its refusal to recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept existing interim Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements.

1 comment:

in the vanguard said...

The problem is that the Israel government is hell-bent on being liberal and politically correct, otherwise they'd force their upper hand and force the release of Gilad Shalit. Netanyahu, for all his "tough" talk, remains a sissy. The proof is in his actions: The freeze is still largely enforced.