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- In Response To Unending Palestinian Terrorist Attacks, Israel Orders Killing Of Hamas Politicians
(The Sunday Times) In a desperate attempt to stop the barrage of rockets fired by Hamas at Israeli villages, Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister, has ordered his security chiefs to target the Islamic movement’s political leadership. According to...
- Israeli Warplanes In "incident" With German Ship Off Lebanon?
I can't wait to hear what really happened here. For now, we have to go with what the MSM is telling us: Two Israeli warplanes were involved in an armed incident with a German ship patrolling Lebanon's waters as part of the UN force in the Arab...
- Just What Is It With The French That They Cannot Even Identify Their Real Allies?
French UNIFIL say will fire at Israeli Air Force overflights Commanders of the French contingent of the United Nations force in Lebanon have warned that they might have to open fire if Israel Air Force warplanes continue their overflights in Lebanon,...
- Olmert Once Again Undermines The Military
If you're going to just suddenly grind to a halt, you will not be able to properly cleanse the enemy. But in a way, that's exactly what Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz are doing by not expanding the offensive against the Hezbollah, even if they're...
- Peretz: Friday's Gaza Beach Shelling 'not Our Doing'
In a press conference in the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Defense Minister Amir Peretz told reporters that, following an intensive three-day investigation, the IDF "has enough findings to demonstrate that [the Friday death of seven Palestinian...
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Washington losing confidence in Israel as inexperienced leadership paralyzed by crisis
From Gertz, sub req, excepted:
Israel's new defense minister, Amir Peretz, has no experience in either the military or in government. But he has been thrown into a crisis that could lead to war in the Middle East.
Peretz, a longtime peace activist, has been struggling to contain a growing Palestinian threat that includes daily missile salvos against the Jewish state from the Gaza Strip and the abduction of Israeli civilians and soldiers. A career union activist, Peretz is caught in a vise of military commanders, warning that the nation's deterrence is being eroded, and the United States and the international community, seeking Israeli restraint."We have no intention to recapture the Gaza Strip or control the Palestinian population," Peretz said. "We do not want our soldiers running through the alleys of refugee camps between Gaza City and Rafah."
A key question is whether Peretz will agree to a massive ground assault on the Gaza Strip to destroy missile production facilities, insurgency strongholds and the Hamas government. Or, will the military wait for international efforts to free an Israeli soldier abducted by Hamas.
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- In Response To Unending Palestinian Terrorist Attacks, Israel Orders Killing Of Hamas Politicians
(The Sunday Times) In a desperate attempt to stop the barrage of rockets fired by Hamas at Israeli villages, Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister, has ordered his security chiefs to target the Islamic movement’s political leadership. According to...
- Israeli Warplanes In "incident" With German Ship Off Lebanon?
I can't wait to hear what really happened here. For now, we have to go with what the MSM is telling us: Two Israeli warplanes were involved in an armed incident with a German ship patrolling Lebanon's waters as part of the UN force in the Arab...
- Just What Is It With The French That They Cannot Even Identify Their Real Allies?
French UNIFIL say will fire at Israeli Air Force overflights Commanders of the French contingent of the United Nations force in Lebanon have warned that they might have to open fire if Israel Air Force warplanes continue their overflights in Lebanon,...
- Olmert Once Again Undermines The Military
If you're going to just suddenly grind to a halt, you will not be able to properly cleanse the enemy. But in a way, that's exactly what Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz are doing by not expanding the offensive against the Hezbollah, even if they're...
- Peretz: Friday's Gaza Beach Shelling 'not Our Doing'
In a press conference in the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Defense Minister Amir Peretz told reporters that, following an intensive three-day investigation, the IDF "has enough findings to demonstrate that [the Friday death of seven Palestinian...