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| Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu |
The good new is that the Israeli Government has announced that it will
no longer keep the unilateral one-sided ceasefire.
The Israeli military said that since the cease-fire deal was to have gone into effect, Hamas had fired 123 rockets at Israel, one killing a civilian - the first Israeli fatality in the fighting. (Reuters)
That's because the Hamas Gazan Arab terrorists haven't taken a breath in their assault on Israel, launching missiles and mortars at our civilians. And another important reason is because there is
no serious support for another useless ceasefire by the Israeli public.
The majority of the Israeli public is against a ceasefire with Hamas at this time, a poll conducted for Channel 2 News on Tuesday found.
53% of respondents said they opposed a ceasefire with Hamas, while 35% said they support it. 12% said they did not know or refused to answer.
At the same time, a majority of respondents were pessimistic about Operation Protective Edge bringing an end to the rocket fire from Gaza. 92% said they believe that the operation will not end the rocket fire, and only 6% said that they believe that Hamas would stop the rocket fire after the operation. (Arutz 7)
The cycle of attacks, retaliation, ceasefire, improved terrorist weapons and then more attacks on Israeli civilians has been going on for more than a decade. The only change has been the expanded range of the Hamas Gazan Arab terrorist missile launchers. Today's Arab weapons reach a once unthinkably large swath of Israel, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and beyond.
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| COS Benny Gantz |
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Minister of Defense
Moshe Bogie Ya'alon |
As my husband and I watched and listened carefully to the official announcements by Prime Minister Netanyahu, Minister of Defense Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz that we would respond with even more force I was hoping to hear that the name of this "military operation" from the easily mocked "Operation Protective Edge,"
better suited for condoms, to something with more punch and determination, like "
Finish Them Off."
Even Israel's strongly Left-slanted news couldn't find supporters for the ceasefire. Only the very extreme Left, like the Meretz party believes that we can negotiate a peace. That's the linchpin of their ideology. They refuse to recognize that the ultimate aim of not only Hamas but Fatah is Israel's destruction. And you can't negotiate peace with people who want you destroyed.
It's heartening to see that there are people in this world who recognize that Israel isn't at fault for the death of Gazan civilians. This cartoon says it all.
5 comments:
Very good post.
Miriam
Miriam, I appreciate your feedback
Actually, I'm not at all sure this wasn't quite a smart move on Bibi's part. He can't have been dumb enough to believe Hamas would observe the "ceasefire", and by agreeing to it, it wins us Brownie points in the eyes of the west (even if only temporarily) while having the effect of possibly driving a further wedge between Hamas and Egypt (and the Arab League), by allowing Hamas to spit in Egypt's eye (as it was almost certain they would do) by rejecting the ceasefire. Really, he had nothing to lose.
Shalom Batya. Yes, I agree with Shimona on this regard. I also see it a little different, albeit just my own opinion, though.
I do think Netanyahu is weak in the emuna department. I also think that he knows all too well that, of course Hamas would not keep a cease fire agreement.
Bibi's policy is to show that Israel is ready for peace but the Arabs aren't. He thinks that will give us world support and sympathy.
but he seriously weakens us in the eyes of the Arabs by getting all mushy when Gazan civilians are killed/injured, which puts us in further danger http://shilohmusings.blogspot.co.il/2014/07/bibis-government-is-embarrassment.html
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