Category Archives: Gaza

More on the Gaza “hostile territory” designation

The Jerusalem Post says the designation of Gaza as a hostile entity is a prelude towards dumping responsibility for Gaza back to Egypt—who, I’m sure, doesn’t want the responsibility. I wonder how that’s going to go over. A day after … Continue reading

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Explaining the “enemy entity” framing of Gaza

Herb Keinon tells us why the Israeli Cabinet termed Gaza an enemy entity: A source who spoke on condition of anonymity explained that the term “hostile territory” was not a legal concept but rather the description of a practical fact. … Continue reading

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Israel ups the ante against Hamas

Israel has declared Gaza a “hostile entity.” One might be tempted to call that a keen grasp of the obvious. One might be right. The security cabinet voted on Wednesday to declare the Gaza Strip a hostile political entity. The … Continue reading

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Palestinian laff-riot of the month

The terrorists in Gaza say they’re going to stop firing rockets at Israel. Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip agreed on Sunday to stop firing rockets towards Israel, a Palestinian official told Ynet. The official said the agreement was … Continue reading

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Nondeterrence equals more missiles

Palestinians really have nothing to fear from launching rockets into Israel on a daily basis. Few of the missile launchers have actually been tracked down and killed. So they keep on firing missiles. Case in point: Palestinian terror groups launched … Continue reading

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And now, the calls for restraint

Once again, the world shows that Jewish blood is cheap to them. Israeli politicians and defense officials have been calling for a more aggressive Israeli response to the near-daily rocket barrages out of Gaza. Attacks last week on the frequently … Continue reading

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Monitoring the AP anti-Israel bias

Let’s keep an eye on this story. Here’s the first AP story on the kassam that landed in a military base in the Negev: Rocket Hits Sleeping Israeli Soldiers By ARON HELLER – 59 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AP) — A … Continue reading

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“Crude, homemade rocket” injures 25

The “crude, homemade rockets” that are launched into Israel on a near-daily basis found a mark: Sleeping soldiers. More than 25 Israelis soldiers were hospitalized after a Qassam rocket launched from northern Gaza landed on a military base in the … Continue reading

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NY Times notices Hamas brutality

Now that it’s journalists being beaten, the Times (and the Times-own IHT) is noticing that Hamas is beating Palestinians when they don’t like what they do. During the first Fatah protest rally at Friday prayers here late last month, a … Continue reading

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Israel’s politicians show their impotence

So it comes to this: Rockets are falling on Sderot’s schoolchildren, and it is only a matter of time before they score a hit. The IDF is prepared to respond. Some high-level politicians call for cutting electricity, fuel, or water … Continue reading

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Sderot: one more step towards ghost town

I could be somewhat obsessed about this, but here it goes again: “We have decided to make Sderot a ghost town,” said a spokesman for Hamas who gave his name as Abu Ubeideh. “We are not going to stop launching … Continue reading

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Hamas shows world it believes in freedom for, well, Hamas

Another protest, another beat-down by Hamas, and more reporters wounded and forbidden to report. Just another normal day in Hamastan. A protest by Fatah supporters against Hamas rule turned violent Friday when Hamas men began forcefully dispersing the crowd, firing … Continue reading

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Four more “civilians” killed by IDF

Three more terrorist-slash-“civilians” were killed by the IDF today, as well as a boy who got caught in the crossfire when the IDF tried to arrest a relative of his and were fired on. Four Palestinians were killed Friday by … Continue reading

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It’s terrorist season

The JPost has an anaylsis of why we’ve seen so many successful attacks on terrorists in Gaza lately. Here’s a hint: Having an actual military man directing military operations seems to be a bit help. The recent escalation stems from … Continue reading

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A positive outcome of the Hamas takeover

This one slipped through the nets, but it’s a great little piece of news. There’s a silver lining to the closure of Gaza: The terrorists are running out of supplies to manufacture their rockets and bombs. Shortages in fertilizers used … Continue reading

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