Israel has Waited long Enough,
Everything Seems to be in Place,
All Seems To Be Politically Correct,
The Majority of Population Liking It,
More Than Enough Provocation for It,
Its Hit & Stop, In & Out, Make It Count,
Seems the time to pull the Hamas Snout,
Not intending to run them Completely Out,
Just reminding Hamas what War’s All About!
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
December 27, 2008
Begin series of Excerpts from Jerusalem Center for Public Information/Daily Alert
Excerpt 1 – Al-Arabiya
Israel: Hamas Rocket Fire Must Be Stopped
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
(Al-Arabiya/Prime Minister’s Office)
Prime Minister Olmert told Al-Arabiya television Thursday:
Israel withdrew from Gaza approximately three years ago not in order to return to it. Is it the spirit of Islam to kill innocent children? To shoot rockets at kindergartens and at civilians? I do not think that th is
is the spirit of Islam. Hamas, which does this against the spirit of Islam, is the main reason for your suffering – for all of ours.
I say to you in a last-minute call, you the c itizens of Gaza, you can stop
it. I know how much you want to get up in the morning to quiet, to take your children to kindergarten or school, the way we do, the way they want to in Sderot and Netivot.
Hamas is the enemy of the residents – not only in Israel but in Gaza. We want to live as good neighbors with Gaza. We do not want to harm you.
We will not allow a humanitarian crisis and that you should suffer from a lack of food or medicines. We do not want to fight the Palestinian people, but we will
not allow Hamas to strike our children. Do not let the murderers of Hamas, which is acting against the values of Islam, put you in danger.
Hamas is firing at us and at the power station that is supposed to supply electricity to Gaza. Tell them to stop shooting at innocents.
I did not come here to declare war.
I intend to reach peace with, not fight, the Palestinians. But Hamas must be stopped – and so it will be. I will not hesitate to use Israel’s strength to strike at Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Begin Excerpt 2 – Israel Television/IMRA
Poll: Israelis Support Military Operation in Gaza
(Israel Television/IMRA)
A poll commissioned by Israel Television Channel One and conducted on Wednesday found that 60% of Israelis support a military operation in Gaza, while 23% are opposed.
Excerpt 3 – Haaretz
Hamas “Military Industry” Working Overtime to Manufacture Rockets
Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
(Ha’aretz)
For two years Hamas, with Iranian assistance, has been working hard on developing its military power.
In recent years dozens of Gazans have traveled to training camps in Iran and Lebanon run by terror organizations and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Hamas has learned to create ammonium perchlorate compound, an advanced rocket propellant that extends Kassam rocket range beyond 20 kilometers and significantly increases a rocket’s shelf life.
That means that, for the first time, Hamas can maintain a supply of rockets
for months at a time.
Analysts believe Hamas currently has over 1,000 rockets, while Islamic Jihad maintains its own production and storage facilities.
Sources in Gaza say Hamas’ “military industry” is working overtime to manufacture rockets.
Excerpt 4 – Ynet News
An End to Israeli Restraint in Gaza
Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
Israel is about to retaliate fiercely for Hamas’ attacks. The situation will not necessarily develop into an all-out war, but the coming days will, so it seems, mark the end to restraint. Close to 200 Katyushas, Kassam rockets and 120-mm., Iranian-produced mortar shells have been fired at Israel since Hamas said it would not renew the lull th
at had expired on Dec. 19. Israeli intelligence assessments say that Hamas is interested in returning to a period of calm, but wishes to do so from a position of power, once it has imposed its conditions on Israel. (Ha’aretz)
Excerpt 5 – Ynet News
“Make Hamas Decide to Stop the Fire”
Shmulik Hadad
Israeli military officials said the IDF did not intend to recapture Gaza, but an IDF official said Wednesday that “our goal is to make Hamas come to a decision that the fire must stop, and this goal can be accomplished by a military operation, which is unpreventable in the current situation.” (Ynet News)
Excerpt 6 – Ynet News
IDF Chief: We’ll Operate Against Terror Infrastructure
Hanan Greenberg
Israel “will need to use all its force in order to damage the terror infrastructure and create a different and safe reality in the Gaza vicinity,” IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday.
(Ynet News)
Excerpt 7 – Ynet News
Palestinian Mortar Barrage on Israel
Ilana Curiel
Dozens of mortar shells were fired at Israel by Palestinians in Gaza in a number of barrages Thursday night.
(Ynet News)
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