Will you attack Gaza now, Ariel? (Jane's)

[DuctapeFatwa]

Foreign Report can reveal that the Israeli government is planning an onslaught on the Gaza Strip. This is because, our informant said, its former policy of containing Palestinian violence, including the murder of the Hamas leadership, has failed.

The idea is to launch an intervention in October, once a series of Jewish holidays have finished.

Since the beginning of the intifada, one of the cornerstones of Israeli military policy has been to kill the leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah-Tanzim. The Israelis believe that these groups are behind Palestinian suicide attacks. In almost three years, more than 100 leading Palestinian militants have been killed by the Israelis.

The Israelis have a reply to the critics of their policy. They claim that the killings have prevented an even greater bloodbath. The Palestinians, on the other hand, claim that the 'assassinations' have only embittered young Palestinians and led to more suicide bombs. ..
The Israelis are well aware of the difficulties of such an operation. Gaza is the most densely populated place on earth. The Israelis assume they will face serious resistance and many casualties....

http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/fr/fr030917_1_n.shtml

[Jackie97]

1. More than one hundred militants killed in three years?

The amount of Arabs killed is closed to two thousand or past. Israel can't claim that they're mostly killing militants. They're killing by I guess about more than a thousand to kill a hundred. How disgusting.

[Resistance]

2. Gaza: The coming tidal wave

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1948.shtml

Molly, writing from Gaza City, occupied Gaza
18 September 2003

In Gaza City right now, people are getting ready. They can't go anywhere either and they know something big is coming. Most people think Israel is going to invade, actually come into Gaza -- the city itself -- with tanks and street fighting, the whole deal. People are buying enough food for a month. All sorts of preparation is going on. A few days ago i saw two big warships in the water. They were pretty far away, but people here were really unsettled.

Yesterday they were joined by four smaller boats. Also yesterday I learned that in the first Intifada, boats like these shelled Gaza City. Last night, Husam, the guy who owns the Internet cafe I always come to said, "Go home and stay there. Buy food. Be careful, The Israelis are coming tonight." I laughed, thinking he must be sort of teasing me. But he was totally serious. He said if not tonight, then the next day.

I asked what he meant by "coming", what that would look like?

"Lots of blood."

(snipped the rest)

Molly lives in Gaza City and works with the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme.

[LastDemInIdaho]

3. Meanwhile

hamas is still free to send their bombers into Israel and the murder of innocent Israelis continues. If Gaza wants peace then they should round up their criminal and prevent them from starting another war.

[Resistance]

4. uh-huh

and if Israel wants peace then they should round up their criminal and prevent them from starting another war.

Wow, we solved the crisis - me and you! Great work.

[bemildred]

5. Yeh, put Sharon in the slammer and watch things settle down.

[Resistance]

6. I would also offer the leader of Hamas

to be thrown in the slammer .... but he's been killed dozens of times now.

[Darranar]

7. Hey, don't forget Bush!

As long as we're on the subject, we might as well add Shrub to our list of violent leaders which the world would be well served if they were locked in prison...

[Resistance]

8. if only

the U.S. (and Israel) would step up to the plate and ratify the International Criminal Court - and without loopholes for themselves!

[DuctapeFatwa]

9. And Cheney and Rove and da Rumster and Kristol and rest of da mob

Let them all fight with Slobo over whose turn it is to clean the cell.