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Israel launches air strike on Gaza (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Dec 2017
OP
I know I believe all the bullshit that the Israel ministry of propaganda spreads.
FreeStateDemocrat
Dec 2017
#9
Hamas isn't exactly shy about advertising its launch of Katyusha rockets at Israel
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#11
Bottle rockets versus modern jets and missiles bombardment of a walled city. Seems fair to me!
Fred Sanders
Dec 2017
#17
Trump was looking for a war.........he found one when North Korea turned him down
Angry Dragon
Dec 2017
#5
Blood all over his tiny evil hands!!! The monster-in-chief getting his rocks off now!
FreeStateDemocrat
Dec 2017
#7
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Netanyahu will now expect the U.S. to back him
And of course we will, so we get to be party to military air strikes on civilians. I seem to recall some over-officious rule against doing that, but I'm sure it's no big deal.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)13. Of course Trump will send the MOABS over.
Anything for Bibi, his old pal.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)2. Hurray!
Those impoverished, marginalized, unemployed people living on a tiny shithole scrap of land are all terrorists!
In case you really couldn't tell.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)3. Trump fans will be thrilled.
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)4. Follow-up on this is it appears Gaza struck Israel first
FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)9. I know I believe all the bullshit that the Israel ministry of propaganda spreads.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)11. Hamas isn't exactly shy about advertising its launch of Katyusha rockets at Israel
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7818022.stm
Why does Hamas fire missiles into Israel?
Hamas is an acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement. It regards the whole of historic Palestine as Islamic land and therefore views the state of Israel as an occupier, though it has offered a 10-year "truce" if Israel withdraws to the lines held before the war of 1967.
It therefore generally justifies any actions against Israel, which has included suicide bombings and rocket attacks, as legitimate resistance.
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"Which do you think is more effective, martyrdom operations or rockets against Sderot? Rockets against Sderot will cause mass migration, greatly disrupt daily lives and government administration and can make a much huger impact on the government. We are using the methods that convince the Israelis that their occupation is costing them too much. We are succeeding with the rockets. We have no losses and the impact on the Israeli side is so much."
- Hamas coFounder Mahmoud Zahar
see his comments on rocket attacks at any of the articles here: https://www.google.com/search?q=Mahmoud+Zahar+and+rockets&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS768US768&oq=Mahmoud+Zahar+and+rockets&aqs=chrome..69i57.1956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Why does Hamas fire missiles into Israel?
Hamas is an acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement. It regards the whole of historic Palestine as Islamic land and therefore views the state of Israel as an occupier, though it has offered a 10-year "truce" if Israel withdraws to the lines held before the war of 1967.
It therefore generally justifies any actions against Israel, which has included suicide bombings and rocket attacks, as legitimate resistance.
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"Which do you think is more effective, martyrdom operations or rockets against Sderot? Rockets against Sderot will cause mass migration, greatly disrupt daily lives and government administration and can make a much huger impact on the government. We are using the methods that convince the Israelis that their occupation is costing them too much. We are succeeding with the rockets. We have no losses and the impact on the Israeli side is so much."
- Hamas coFounder Mahmoud Zahar
see his comments on rocket attacks at any of the articles here: https://www.google.com/search?q=Mahmoud+Zahar+and+rockets&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS768US768&oq=Mahmoud+Zahar+and+rockets&aqs=chrome..69i57.1956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
flotsam
(3,268 posts)18. Except they don't have any.
What they do have are homegrown Qassam rockets which are smaller and even less accurate (if that is possible).
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)17. Bottle rockets versus modern jets and missiles bombardment of a walled city. Seems fair to me!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)5. Trump was looking for a war.........he found one when North Korea turned him down
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)6. Indeed.
FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)7. Blood all over his tiny evil hands!!! The monster-in-chief getting his rocks off now!
Who the fuck could have foreseen his idiot move causing unnecessary human suffering.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)8. Thanks Obama
but you know that is where this will head next.
rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)10. Nobody saw that coming.
Suicide bombers next.
malaise
(269,157 posts)12. Amid what?
You mean amid the US backed theft of more Palestinian land?
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)14. Trump had better send Jared and his flak jacket over there
to protect Israel.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)16. Israel has every right to defend herself.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)19. The religious right think that attacking Gaza is gods plan