Category Archives: Gaza

Gaza’s Christians: Living in fear

The AP has noticed that the Muslims in the Gaza Strip have been terrorizing Gaza’s Christians. The International Herald Tribune carries the story with this headline: Gaza’s Christians keep low profile during Christmas after slaying of activist “Activist”? What did … Continue reading

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Terrorism works: Sderot residents want out

Proof that Hamas will not stop the rocket fire on Sderot: It’s working. About 64% of Sderot’s residents said they would leave the Qassam-stricken city if given the chance, according to a new poll conducted for Yedioth Ahronoth by the … Continue reading

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Israel to Hamas: Stop the rockets, then we talk

Israel is finally refusing to fall for the usual terrorist line of a cease-fire once the terrorists are on the run. First, Ehud Olmert denied that he was considering a truce with Hamas. Now Shimon Peres told Hamas that there … Continue reading

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The IDF: Fighting the next war

According to one officer, what we’ve seen the last few days—over 20 Palestinian terrorists killed at the cost of a few wounded Israeli soldiers—was combat, not, as the media like to say, “raids.” “What we’re seeing in Gaza is not … Continue reading

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The Gaza-Britain gas deal is off

This is interesting. The British natural gas company BG Group Plc pulled out of negotiations on the controversial plans to drill for natural gas in the Gaza Marine field, a British Gas spokesman told The Jerusalem Post Thursday. According to … Continue reading

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The anti-checkpoint juggernaut revs up

The post-Annapolis crush toward forcing Israel to lift checkpoints is

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The lost art of self-defense

Israel seems to have forgotten how to defend herself. The security cabinet announced Wednesday it would recommend the government refrain from launching a wide-scale operation in Gaza, opting instead to continue with targeted IDF operations. The cabinet thinks the small … Continue reading

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Ehud Barak says…

According to an article from JP: A large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip has dropped to the back burner in recent days after an assessment within the defense establishment found that the daily border raids the IDF has been conducting … Continue reading

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Palestinians really do cut off their noses to spite their faces

Let’s do a little reading between the lines here. The AP has a three-hanky story on how the mean ol’ Israelis are shutting off the Gaza fuel supply, just because Hamas is allowing terrorists to fire over 2000 rockets into … Continue reading

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Gaza operation a matter of time, says Barak

It’s been all over the AP since yesterday. Ehud Barak says he’s ready to go into Gaza in force and clean out the nests of terrorists. But make no mistake, this is going to be a difficult operation. Hamas terrorists … Continue reading

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The peaceful people of Gaza: 2000 rockets in 2007

The peaceful people of Gaza, who got what they wanted two years ago—all “settlers” out of Gaza, Palestinian self-rule, and Israeli soldiers out of the Gaza Strip—have fired over 2,000 rockets into Israel in 2007. We can make it a … Continue reading

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Muslim persecution will drive Christians out of Bethlehem

This is the story that the mainstream media never covers: Muslim persecution of Christians is the major cause of the dwindling population of Christians in towns like Bethlehem. Now, we are being told that Christians in the Palestinian territories will … Continue reading

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Time to clean out the border

It’s past time that Ehud Barak made good on his promise to clean up Gaza. Four soldiers were lightly injured Sunday evening from a mortar hit on an infirmary in an IDF base adjoining Kibbutz Nahal Oz, next to the … Continue reading

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Surprise! Hamas rules Gaza by terror and weapons

This is the gift that keeps on giving: The op-ed from the New York Times by Ismail Haniye’s “political adviser” that declared “Palestinians want, on their terms, the same thing Western societies want: self-determination, modernity, access to markets and their … Continue reading

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Ressurection of Muhammad Al Durrah?

(An addendum to that excellent compilation by Soccer Dad.) The case of Muhammad Al Durrah, the Gazan boy allegedly killed by IDF during a stone-throwing episode and made into a symbol of Intifada, is slowly unraveling, it seems. The raw … Continue reading

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