Hamas War

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Faux Peace and Deceptive Euphemisms Won't Stop a Real War

We're being suckered again! This latest ad nauseum ceasefire will not lead to true peace or a safer Israel. Aspirin is useless against cancer, too.

HAMAS SPOKESMAN Fawzi Barhoum is carried by Gazans as they celebrate what they called a victory over Israel during the cease-fire in Gaza City yesterday. Photo: REUTERS

There is absolutely nothing in this latest ceasefire and proposed deal that is good for Israel.
The following statement by Secretary of State John Kerry has NOTHING CLOSE TO THE EU call. 
Mr. Kerry talks of reconstruction but “peace and security, without terrorist attacks, without rockets, without tunnels” is relegated to “the next phase”…”future of the region”…”long term solution for Gaza”.  (IMRA's Dr. Aaron Lerner, Israel Behind the News)We strongly support today’s cease-fire agreement, and call on all parties to fully and completely comply with its terms. We hope very much that this cease-fire will prove to be durable and sustainable, that it will put an end to rocket and mortar attacks, and that it will help to bring about an enduring end to the conflict in Gaza. 
As soon as calm is restored, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza must be accelerated, and the United States and the international community are fully committed to supporting this effort. We are also prepared to work with our international partners on a major reconstruction initiative, with appropriate measures in place to ensure that this is for the benefit of the civilian population in Gaza, not Hamas and other terrorist organizations. We look forward to coordinating closely with President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority on these critical efforts... (U.S. Press statement)
There is absolutely nothing for Israel's security in this American document. The opening paragraph states the U.S.'s priorities and understanding of what has been happening all summer. The fact that this Arab Hamas anti-Israel terror campaign of rocket and mortar attacks which have killed Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers is called "the conflict in Gaza" makes it super clear that according to Obama and Kerry, we Israelis are at fault. For that alone, Israel should have ripped the papers and walked out.

I'm far from the front-lines or targeted areas here in Shiloh, but I know that with every "ceasefire" the terrorists improve their deadly weaponry and targeting accuracy and distance. One doesn't need to be a top general or security expert to understand that the Hamas Arab terrorists based in Gaza and fully supported by their Fatah allies in Ramalla are out to destroy, decimate the State of Israel and murder all of us Israeli Jews and any Arab they think has supported us. Making any sort of "deal" with them is only going to endanger Israel even more.

Yesterday, as Shiloh's Chief Rabbi Elchanan Bin-Nun finished his talk he left us with what he considers to be an important message. The misreading of the pre-Yom Kippur 1973 situation and our lack of preparedness caused many Israelis to lose faith in the government. That was forty-one years ago, and the process has continued. I think that this summer's war, which hasn't yet ended, is continuing and spread that lack of trust in government decisions and policies.

Many people have pointed out that, davka, the populations now being targeted by Hamas are those that had supported Disengagement most strongly and had jeered those of us who were protesting it. The big question is whether they are willing to admit their terrible mistake, apologize, repent and now change their politics.  G-d willing...

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Of course, believe all this stalling at the expense of Jewish lives and honor is all because they (meaning the PTB) are heading to the big one (War). The PM does as he is ordered; but it is H' who is pulling the strings (as he leads the hearts & minds of leaders) to get us to the Geulah Shleimah. The bad guys think they are pulling the wool over the eyes of everyone. In the meantime, it is maddening and frightening that the leaders of Israel are allowing this chilul and seem to be a part of it all. The people are angry but appear to be helpless - may redemption come with mercy!

Batya said...

You are leaving out Free Will.

Sammy Finkelman said...

>> This latest ad nauseum ceasefire will not lead to true peace or a safer Israel.

Maybe Kerry is talking that way, but not Netanyahu. Kerry seems to be interested in what he can getm not what is good.

For Netanyahu this is just Option 1 for Hamas, which has been on the table since mid-July. (Option 2 is lifting of the blockade and disarmament)

What's missing of course, is any reference to the removal of the Hamas government, which Netanyahu seems to have wanted to avoid because his Cabinet cannot agree on an alternative.

Sammy Finkelman said...

The reason for the ceasefire, maybe:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/world/middleeast/american-journalist-released-by-al-qaedas-syrian-branch-flies-home-to-his-family.html?_r=0

This release was brokered, or ordered, by Qatar. The safe way to release him was at a UN checkpoint at the Golan Heights and he flew back too the United States out of Tel Aviv.

So Qatar, which ordered Hamas to resume firing, now ordered Hamas to stop.

They may also be worried, or even have been warned, about consequences.

Anonymous said...

True, Batya, there is free will but our Sages tell us that with 'leaders' of nations, it is a different matter. G-D guides their directions, even though they do not know it. Of course, HE uses the ones who are aiming to do the right thing to do right and vice versa.

Batya said...

Sammy interesting, but still not good for Israel.
a, Everyone has a degree of Free Will. We aren't chess pieces.