And rightfully so. The Israelis entered into the latest truce with Hamas and even though there hasn't been a rocket attack inside of Israel in three days, you can almost hear the shipments of new arms and rockets arriving in the Gaza Strip. Here's some details from DEBKA of the unrest inside of Israel regarding this latest farce of a cease-fire:
One has to ask the question again - what did Israel get out of this truce? ZIP! Many had hoped there may be a deal for Shalit or that perhaps a deal might go down with Hezbollah for the two Israeli soldiers in Lebanon but neither will happen and once again, Olmert's gang of clowns has allowed Hamas to rest up, to rearm, and to receieve new orders from Iran.
What Olmert doesn't seem to realize is that Hamas is more vulnerable than ever right now - the Iranians have their hands full with sanctions and with the increased threats of possible attacks on their own land and at the same time, the palestinian people are suffering through the worst economic crisis in history. Hamas has destroyed this strip of land financially and while the MSM won't report it, there are plenty in Gaza who know exactly who is to blame and it ain't Israel.
After reading of all of the uproar from Israeli officials about this truce, one has to wonder if Olmert even listens to anyone inside of his country before making these decisions.
Shin Bet director Yuval Diskin reported more smuggled arms from Sinai were reaching Gaza in the first 72 hours of the Israel-Hamas truce and Palestinian combat training had been stepped up. Mahmoud Abbas’ rival Fatah had taken a serious beating.
Justice minister Prof. Daniel Friedman called the Israel-Hamas truce deal “a first-class strategic blunder.” He condemned the decision to reopen the crossings, especially the Rafah border terminal on the Egyptian border, without obtaining the captured Israel soldier Gilead Shalit’s release, as “mayhem” in governance.
One has to ask the question again - what did Israel get out of this truce? ZIP! Many had hoped there may be a deal for Shalit or that perhaps a deal might go down with Hezbollah for the two Israeli soldiers in Lebanon but neither will happen and once again, Olmert's gang of clowns has allowed Hamas to rest up, to rearm, and to receieve new orders from Iran.
What Olmert doesn't seem to realize is that Hamas is more vulnerable than ever right now - the Iranians have their hands full with sanctions and with the increased threats of possible attacks on their own land and at the same time, the palestinian people are suffering through the worst economic crisis in history. Hamas has destroyed this strip of land financially and while the MSM won't report it, there are plenty in Gaza who know exactly who is to blame and it ain't Israel.
After reading of all of the uproar from Israeli officials about this truce, one has to wonder if Olmert even listens to anyone inside of his country before making these decisions.
Gaza truce faces increasing domestic fire in Israel
Shin Bet director Yuval Diskin reported more smuggled arms from Sinai were reaching Gaza in the first 72 hours of the Israel-Hamas truce and Palestinian combat training had been stepped up. Mahmoud Abbas’ rival Fatah had taken a serious beating.
Justice minister Prof. Daniel Friedman called the Israel-Hamas truce deal “a first-class strategic blunder.” He condemned the decision to reopen the crossings, especially the Rafah border terminal on the Egyptian border, without obtaining the captured Israel soldier Gilead Shalit’s release, as “mayhem” in governance.
In tones of “I told you so,” Israel’s military intelligence (AMAN) director, Brig. Amos Yadlin reported Sunday, June 22, the Gaza truce in force since Thursday
had fulfilled all Hamas goals: ending the siege, opening the door to international recognition of the terrorist group and a permit to continuing building up arms.
In his briefing to the Knesset foreign affairs and security committee, Brig. Yadlin warned that the Palestinian fundamentalists were now advancing on their next objectives, the West Bank takeover a year after their coup in Gaza, followed by the whole of Israel.
The intelligence chief assured the committee that Israel had offered no guarantee to withdraw from Golan for the sake of the indirect negotiations launched with Syria through Turkey’s good offices last month.
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