Dawn is a couple of hours away in Israel. I’m going to let the Israeli bloggers take it away.
Spanish FM sides with Palestinians: Shocked, shocked I am. Go click on this link to see how shocked I really am. Three years ago, the world told Israel to suck up the rocket fire. Three effing years ago.
Israeli film critical of Israel wins critics award: There’s a shocker.
Ban Ki-Moon finds a spine: Of course, it’s only where Israel is concerned. Still waiting to hear him tell Hamas to stop firing rockets before Israel responds to the rocket fire.
According to Ban’s spokesman, the UN chief “reiterated his call for an immediate cessation of all violence, and urged regional and international partners to exert all possible influence to bring about an immediate end to the bloodshed and suffering.”
What’s diplo-speak for “Eff no”?
Keen Grasp of the Obvious Winner of the Day: C’mon, JPost headline writers. Don’t make me come over there.
Palestinians were throwing explosive devices at IDF soldiers operating in the Jebaliya refugee camp late Saturday night, Israel Radio reported.
Clashes ensued between troops and Hamas terrorists after the military embarked on a ground operation in the evening.
Anyone out there that thought they wouldn’t do this? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Oooh! Donny and Marie, live on Larry King! Really folks, don’t miss it! (Must switch to other station during commercials.)
Alan Dershowitz looks like a puppet. Really. Right out of Team America. (James Zogby looks like a dick. Whoops, did I type that out loud?)
Hamas slaughtering Fatah in Gaza: It’s a repeat of 2007.
JPost says Hezbullah will step in: Iran has supposedly told its proxy that if Israel goes in on the ground, Hezbullah comes in in the air. Tomorrow will tell. Omri is convinced that Hezbullah believes the IDF when Israel said it would flatten Beirut if Hezbullah launched more missiles. Not Hezbullah-controlled Beirut. ALL of it.
James Zogby, effing liar: Just told Wolf Blitzer Gaza is the most densely populated place on earth. Lie. But then, the Palestinian side lies, lies, lies, and then lies again.
I think that’s enough for the night. Over to you, Israelis and Californians.
At this point, I’d only be surprised if Spain, France, the UN, and the rest DIDN’T side with the Palestinians. Siiiigh.
About Zogby, given that you referred to “Team America”, being a dick ain’t all bad.
Israel should hope Hezbollah jumps in.
It would clarify the situation, id est, the muslims are ganging up on the Jews, be the Jews in Israel, in Europe or wherever.
Not to mention, Israel would then have the grand opportunity of doing what they should have done in ’06, which is pound and pound some more Hezbollah, lure Syria’s military into the open, and then make short work of them.
This entire thing should be designed to lure Iran’s chief stooge in the region out into the open, and make Syria pay dearly for their decades worth of terror sponsorship.
Israel needs to stop touch dancing with the proxies, and start going after the terror sponsors, Iran, Syria and S. Arabia.
And if the house of saud starts threatening the United States with economic warfare via oil, the Israelis should quietly, behind the scenes, but quite clearly threaten the lives of the many wastrels, I mean princes, in the house of saud.
If the house of saud makes its weight felt, by threatening to use the oil weapon, then Israel needs to start treating them as an open belligerent.
Israel is being subjected to an isolation that is tantamount to war, and has strategic consequences even in excess of those challenging Israel on her Northern and Southern border.
Start killing people.
Start wasting saud princes.
Start threatening to go rogue.
Israel’s responsible behavior over the years has only advantaged her enemies, who Europeans cower before, because they know they’ll go nuts whereas they know the Israelis won’t do spit.
Time to go rogue.
Time to start killing people, who may pretend to be on the sidelines, but aren’t.
I agree with Omri. That little rat Nasrallah is terrified to come out from his hidey hole for more than a few brief moments at a time for fear that a rocket with his name on it will find him.
Was Dershowitz on TV somewhere about Gaza?
No, Gaza isn’t as crowded as major, productive cities. But that’s not the point. Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, New York, and Miama are sites of tremendous commerce and productivity; the fact that they can’t grow enough food to feed the population in any of those is irrelevant, given that.
What does Gaza produce? It once was famous for its oranges and other agricultural products, but the production hasn’t exactly expanded to keep pace with the population, which is uneducated and uncivilized — and with governments that have ranged from the corrupt (Fatah) to the corrupt and utterly lunatic (Hamas). If the population was, say, 30,000, it could probably get by; with a million and a half, it won’t.