It would be Interesting If………..!
A three year truce could be Brokered
Between the Gaza Terrorists and Israelis,
Thereby giving Israel a false sense of Safety
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I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
[4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Isaiah 26:17-21 – Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord. [18] We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. [19] Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise.
Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the
dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. [20] Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
[21] For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
April 10, 2011
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Arab League plans to ask UN to impose no-fly zone over Gaza
By JPOST.COM STAFF
04/10/2011 17:27
Amid escalation in violence along border Moussa says proposal to be presented to UNSC; Gaza ceasefire brokered by UN official Robert Serry who acts as intermediary between Hamas and J’lem, Ma’an reports.
The Arab League on Sunday announced during a special meeting in Cairo that it plans to press the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Gaza amid an escalation in violence in the area, AFP reported.
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said he plans to present the proposal to the UN Security Council, the report said.
The announcement came as Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported on Sunday that UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Roberty Serry successfully brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip including Hamas.
The deal,
reportedly reached Saturday night stipulated that the IDF stop its air and artillery strikes against Palestinian terrorist groups, who also reportedly have agreed to halt their rocket and mortar fire.
Neither Jerusalem nor Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have announced a ceasefire, but senior officials made statements Sunday hinting to their openness towards such a deal.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said early Sunday that Jerusalem was willing to accept a mutual ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza after several days of projectile fire and IDF strikes, adding that “If necessary, we will act, but,” he said, “restraint is also a form of strength.”
“If they stop firing on our communities, we will stop firing. If they stop firing in general, it will be quiet, it will be good,” Barak told Israel Radio.
On the Gazan the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, Al-Quds, said that it was committed to a ceasefire with Israel, saying it was in the “interests of our people not to give Israel an excuse to launch a major military operation in Gaza.”
The announcement came only hours after the group claimed responsibility for firing three mortars and a rocket into Israeli territory Sunday morning.
Abu Ahmed, Islamic Jihad’s spokesperson, said that his group would cease violence “so long as Israel fulfills it’s responsibility and stops attacks against the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
Hamas also softened its language on Sunday.
The group’s spokesman in the Gaza Strip, Sami Abu Zuhri, on said that “The Palestinian factions are not interested in escalation.” He added, “if the Israeli aggression stopped, it would be natural for calm to be restored.”
Reuters contributed to this report
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Barak: 750,000 citizens in bomb shelters is unacceptable
By JPOST.COM STAFF
04/10/2011 15:55
Netanyahu warns that Iron Dome isn’t a complete solution for Gaza attacks; US to transfer additional $205m. for more Iron Dome batteries.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday said that “Hamas, from our point of view, is responsible for everything that happens in the [Gaza] Strip and for all of the [terrorist] organizations that operate there.”
Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, he added, “we will not accept actions that harm our citizens, actions like the firing on the bus, or attempts to put three-quarter of a million citizens in bomb shelters.” The defense minister was referring to an incident on Thursday when an anti-tank missile was fired at a school bus, leaving a 16-year-old in critical condition and the firing of over 120 rockets and mortar shells over the weekend.
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Hamas sustained a heavy blow, he said, adding that “fortunately, nobody was injured” by their fire. The IDF’s strikes, he said, have been “very effective and precise, and they sustained a heavy blow.”
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday lauded the Iron Dome anti-rocket system’s successes, while cautioning that it is not a complete solution to the problem of Hamas’s offensive against Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, the prime minister said that “IDF had two major achievements in the past few days, one on the area of defense, the other in offensive operations.
In the area of defense, Israel scored a significant and impressive success when the Iron Dome system intercepted missiles.”
He said that despite the achievement’s significance, “it is clear that it is only a partial response. It is clear that an offensive response is also needed.”
Despite calls coming from both Hamas and Defense Minister Ehud Barak for a ceasefire, Netanyahu reiterated that the IDF would not tolerate attacks on Israeli citizens, and would respond fully. “If Israeli citizens continue to come under attack, the response will be much harsher,” Netanyahu said.
The prime minister’s praise for the Iron Dome rocket defense system came as the United States was expected to transfer $205 million to Israel for the purchase and deployment of additional Iron Dome batteries, Army Radio cited the security establishment as saying Sunday.
Though the $205 million in funds will aid Israel to continue to deploy Iron Dome batteries, with the hopes of providing increased defense to Israel’s more heavily populated civilian areas, greater funding is still required to adequately expand the defense system, which has cost an estimated $210 million thus far.
Since its inception, many top security and military officials have said that Iron Dome only distracts from necessary offensive military actions against Hamas.
The system’s effectiveness , however, has led to increased demand for its utilization, and many top security officials believe that Iron Dome batteries should be deployed across the country. Currently, two batteries are deployed: one battery outside Beersheba, and the other near Ashkelon.
Iron Dome’s successes can be seen in several different cases already. On Sunday, a Grad rocket fired towards Ashkelon was intercepted just outside the city. Last Friday when a Grad rocket fired from Gaza toward Beersheba was intercepted, as were four rockets that were launched towards Ashkelon. It intercepted a total of eight Grad rockets over the weekend.
Yaakov Katz contributed to this report.
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