Israeli forces advance deep into Gaza urban areas

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  • Posted By: skeetchamp @ 12/29/2008 4:58:44 PM

    A half-dozen nuts fire shoulder-launched rockets into Israel*. Repugnant.
    Israel fires WW2 style bombs and missiles from fighter jets and tanks into a tiny landlocked town that has no army, killing babies and women -- calling it "Retaliation".
    You hit some guy with a rock. He murders your entire family. Retaliation?
    I supposed you COULD call it that. Just don't demand that I agree.

    • Posted By: tired and old @ 12/31/2008 4:19:19 PM

      HEY ! ISRAEL.

      IF YOUR GOING TO DO IT RIGHT YOU MUST DO IT EFFECTIVELY.

      KICK TERRORIST BUTT AND DO IT WITH THE MEANS AVAILABLE.

      SCREW THE TERRORISTS.

      • Posted By: newtral @ 01/01/2009 2:23:59 AM

        You are really tired and old: What terrorist you are referring about? The babies and the school girls slaughtered by the bombs from a fighter planes and weaponry supplied by the US with the american taxpayers money? Its time to wake up good people of America.

        • Posted By: Zig Zag @ 01/01/2009 2:39:36 PM

          No, we are talking about Hamas militants who fire rockets and mortars at innocent civilains in Israel. We are talking about Hamas militants who set up their rockets and mortars next to apartments and schools with the intended purpose of creating civilian casualties when Israel strikes backs at legitimate military targets. We are talking about Hamas militants who would gladly sacrifice the lives of half the Palestinian people if it would mean the destruction of Israel.

          Does that clarify things for you?

          • Posted By: newtral @ 01/07/2009 4:27:05 AM

            Zig Zag: I wonder how you can sleep supporting the clear lies of the israeli government. Did you even try to think why the israelis not allow journalist to get inside Gaza? Because they dont want to expose the truth of intentionally murdering civilians and children just like what happen to Jenin. They always say hamas are hiding in the crowds of civilians just the same as what you say. Is there any place designated by israel as safe haven for civilians ? No. Israel is targetting any place in gaza be it declared by UN as civilians and children area. As usual, israel will claim hamas is hiding in that area. Only norrow minded people will those shallow reason.

  • Posted By: n83nbu @ 01/05/2009 7:29:32 AM

    As the Israeli invasion kills women and children, may God protect the poorly equipped Palestinians as they fight for the land that is rightfully theirs - against one of the strongest, most technically advanced, and most brutal armies of the world. May David slay Goliath once again - and may the world express righteous outrage at an invasion, that in many respects, resembles Hitler???s invasion of the countries bordering Germany during WWII.

    • Posted By: newtral @ 01/07/2009 4:06:20 AM

      Yes we can only hope that David will once again slay the Goliath of the modern time.

    • Posted By: js1220 @ 01/06/2009 9:41:40 AM

      anyone with the audacity to even suggest the current Israeli- Palestinian struggle even resembles Hitler's Holacaust, is obviously not a person with fully functioning brain capacities and does not deserve to have their opinion heard.

  • Posted By: factsearcher @ 01/05/2009 11:57:07 AM

    If you keep one thing in mind, it should be this: if there were no rockets shot into Israel, no arms buildup of military equipment, smuggled under several hundred tunnels that have been carefully constructed , then there would be nothing, absolutely nothing, not a gun, not a tank, not an airplane, not a paper airplane, from Israel going into Gaza.
    It is a simple choice. It is the most understandable and basic request: stop sending rockets, stop spending all of your energies making war or preparing for war. Stop training men, women and children to use the rockets and embrace dying by being suicide bombers in schools, temples, streets, malls.Leave us alone. That''s all. Just leave us alone. That is what any country -- even besieged and thrown-to-the-Muslim-wolves Israel -- has a right, and a duty, to demand.
    It sounds simple, right?
    There is a catch. The world is jumping at condemning Israel for the same old reason: israelis are jewish. And the condemnation comes from antisemism...no matter how the UN...how the world would like to pretend they are political, fair, juste...
    THe choice is simple. Instead of just focusing on gaza's death toll only. Go back, a few months, years!!! go and look at death tolls in Israel by rocket firing , suicide bombers, assasinations. And then judge.

    • Posted By: newtral @ 01/07/2009 4:04:12 AM

      factsearcher: Yes not a gun, not even a paper airplane but the palestinians still live in a big prison called gaza. You want your life to be like that? If you don't then the palestinians are right.

  • Posted By: saggia @ 01/06/2009 6:30:16 PM

    Israel is lying. The UN said it carefully vetted every civilian who came to the school seeking safety, and there were no Hamas members in the school. The UN also notified the Israel authorities that civilians were sheltering in the school. I am sick and tired of hearing Israel's pathetic claims that every civilian structure it bombs--police stations, universities, mosques, schools, homes--are Hamas hideouts. Israel is killing civilians in numbers totally disproportionate to the ridiculous rockets that are supposedly terrorizing a few people in Israel. You don't exterminate an entire population for that. This is a war crime. Period.

  • Posted By: josemarti @ 12/29/2008 7:30:50 PM

    ...and by the third day of the crisis the Golden Calf had not yet spoken. And the media cried out..."Speak Oh Golden Calf. We made you in our own image so that you could reassure the people" But the Golden Calf remained silent and continued his vacation. And from the Heavens destruction continued to rain down.

    • Posted By: Zig Zag @ 01/01/2009 2:25:37 PM

      Please listen to Horrible Bastard and take your meds. The rest of us are getting bored with your silliness.

      • Posted By: Horrible Bastard @ 01/06/2009 2:04:37 PM

        I have a paralyzing suspicion that Josemarti thinks he's clever.

  • Posted By: reinadelaz @ 12/31/2008 1:02:43 PM

    Those who bless Israel will be blessed. Those who curse Israel will be cursed. People, get ready. Prophecy is coming to pass before our very eyes. All these things must come to pass. The Lord may not tarry much longer.

    • Posted By: Zig Zag @ 01/01/2009 2:14:20 PM

      With all due respect, this has nothing to do with God. I am sure God wants peace for all of his children.

      But until Hamas stops its violence against Israel, there will be no peace.

      • Posted By: newtral @ 01/06/2009 2:18:12 AM

        Zig Zag: No you are wrong. Until israel stop the greed for more land & occupation as well as the harsh treatment of the palestinian people, the violence will continue. Occupation is the problem. You may murder most of those people inside gaza but the will of the remaining will not and instead multiplies.

    • Posted By: tired and old @ 12/31/2008 4:13:41 PM

      THY WILL BE DONE --------------------- ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

      ISRAEL MUST KICK TERRORIST BUTT.

      EVEN WITCH HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON WANTS TO NUKE ISRAEL ENEMIES.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 01/05/2009 5:24:36 PM

    But no militant casualties were seen Monday by an Associated Press reporter at Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip's largest. Instead, the hospital was overwhelmed with civilians. Bodies were two to a morgue drawer, and the wounded were being treated in hallways because beds were full.
    Quantcast

    U.N. and Gaza health officials reported more than 550 Palestinian dead and about 2,500 wounded since Israel began the campaign 10 days ago, including 200 civilians.

    At least [20 Palestinian Children were Killed] during the day, said Dr. Moaiya Hassanain, a health official. Most Confirmed Deaths have been [Civilians].

  • Posted By: moto89 @ 01/03/2009 3:15:36 PM

    To all the ignorant people, a simple formula will outline the current problem in the Middle East:

    1) Zionists (extremist Jews) wanted a homeland for the Jewish people, there???s no problem with that BUT: to have a homeland for the Jewish people on land STOLEN from the Palestinians is the sole reason that makes Zionists and Israel illegitimate and aggressors.

    3) after the Arabs conceded to the defeat by Israel, Israel was not contempt with what they got ----> so they kicked Palestinians out of their homes in Gaza and west bank, demolished them and built nice new gates communities with beautiful villas, and replaced the people with extreme Zionist settlers.

    3) The Palestinians didn???t no what to do, they were obviously very angry, having their homes raided and stolen by extremists. They couldn???t negotiate with thugs and robbers; --> what cud they negotiate on, it were their homes, why should they compromise. Would you?

    4) The Palestinians can???t go to the authorities because the Israeli authorities sanctioned the act of raiding and robbing Palestinians of their homes and land.

    5) The PLO or Yasser Arafat???s organisation (currently under the leadership of Mahmud abbas) negotiated and compromised the Palestinians land. These negotiations didn???t work as the terrorist entity controlled by Zionists never gave back any land and instead expanded illegal settlements in west bank.
    6) The US preached democracy and it was heard, and after Hamas (the Resistance movement) won, the world did not recognise it.

    7) Now instead of the world trying to solve the core problem of occupation and illegal settlements in west bank. They are now trying to eliminate the group that truly seeks to liberate Palestinian from Israeli aggression.

    NOW I ASK YOU PEOPLE WHAT ARE YOU COMPLAINING FOR?

    DIDNT YOU WANT DEMOCRACY, SO ACCEPT HAMAS'S LEGITMACY.

    DONT YOU AND THE REST OF WORLD CALL ON HAMAS TO RECOGNISE ISRAELS RIGHT TO EXIST (on stolen Palestinians land), --> WHY DONT YOU ASK ISRAEL TO ACCEPT THE RIGHT OF PALETSINE TO EXIST WIHTOUT THE ILLEGAL ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS CONTAINING 400,000+ EXTREMISTS ZIONIST JEWS.

    WHY ARE U ASKING HAMAS TO STOP FIRING ROCKETS, WHEN THE CORE PROBLEM IS OCCUPATION, SO ASK ISREAL TO STOP AND WITHDRAW FROM SETTLEMNETS

    FEW ACTIONS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE:
    1) ISRAEL STOPS AGGRESSION, HAMAS STOP ROCKET FIRE AND AGREE TO LONG TERM TRUCE WHEREBY ISRAEL LIFTS THE BLOCKADE AND ACCEPT THE STATE OF PALESTINE TO EXIST
    2) HAMAS AND FATAH UNITE AS ONE VOICE
    3) ISRAEL WITHDRAW ALL ILLEGAL SETTLERS FROM THE ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS FROM WESTBANK TO THE PRE-1967 BORDER
    4) WORLD SUPPORTS THE NEW STATE OF PALESTINE AND ACCEPT HAMAS AS A LEGITAMATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

    • Posted By: factsearcher @ 01/05/2009 12:12:53 PM

      Moto:
      On you solutions numbered above you just admitted the reality of the situation for the past 60 years....
      Israel has offered (camp david) a two state ME with a very generous land offering of 98%.
      Israel has agreed to peace treaties in the past, resolutions, cease-fire...with no avail.

      No matter who you want to fault, you stated yourself that palestinians are not united and they dont want peace or land.. so they haven't stopped the crimes, the violence, the tunnel digging, the weapon acquisition, the training of children, the hiding in between civilians.
      What does that tell you?
      Violence is the only thing that can make them retract.

  • Posted By: vanabavi @ 01/05/2009 9:04:16 AM

    I believe that the only solution is change in policies of US. The whole world is suffering economic and other consequences of US policies. We should change our basic policy of supporting wars all over the world. We can reestablish our strategy and become the good superpower of the world again with support of nations all over this world.
    Please read the interesting discussion of Time with Avrum Burg, the scion of one of Israel's founding families (His father was the deputy speaker of the first Knesset, and Burg himself later became speaker of the legislature, and a member of Israel's cabinet) :
    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1869325,00.html

  • Posted By: vanabavi @ 01/05/2009 9:03:38 AM

    I believe that the only solution is change in policies of US. The whole world is suffering economic and other consequences of US policies. We should change our basic policy of supporting wars all over the world. We can reestablish our strategy and become the good superpower of the world again with support of nations all over this world.
    Please read the interesting discussion of Time with Avrum Burg, the scion of one of Israel's founding families (His father was the deputy speaker of the first Knesset, and Burg himself later became speaker of the legislature, and a member of Israel's cabinet) :
    http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1869325,00.html

  • Posted By: Getitout @ 01/04/2009 9:26:37 PM

    @LIKEITIS
    REMEMBER, THE ONE THAT FINISHED IT IS AS BAD AS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT. We have to be the judge of who started it. You can't believe either one of them. And, opinions varied. You have hate in yourself, so you choose Hamas. I blame it on both of them. And both of them going to lose it. So at the end you going to have hundreds of good Palestinians dead, and maybe few good Isareli dead. For who. For a terrorist group, and a corrupt Israeli government that are sacrificing men, women, and children for a political gain.

  • Posted By: Getitout @ 01/04/2009 8:59:32 PM

    What happened to the good old days. Remember when Goliath met David on the field. They both fought, David won and Goliath lost. Everyone else went home happily ever after. Why the Isarealis and the Palestinians didn't do the same thing? that would have save lots of casualities from both side. One Israeli against one Palestinian.

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 01/04/2009 10:28:05 AM

    Source: Thomson Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of chanting, banner-waving demonstrators marched in cities across Europe on Saturday to demand a halt to Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip.

    Protests were held in Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey as the Israeli offensive entered its second week, and before Israel confirmed ground forces had entered Gaza.

    Israeli Arabs held a protest march, Kuwaitis also took to the streets, a day after bigger Middle East rallies, and peaceful pro- and anti-Israel protests were held in New York.

    In Paris, police said more than 21,000 demonstrators, many wearing Palestinian keffiyeh headscarves, marched through the city center chanting slogans such as "Israel murderer!" and waving banners demanding an end to the air attacks.

    Groups of protesters clashed with police. At least three cars were set alight and about 20 overturned by demonstrators as the march ended near some of the biggest department stores in the French capital.

    In London, police said more than 10,000 people staged a march and rally to urge an end to the Israeli offensive against Hamas militants that has killed at least 446 Palestinians.

    Similar protests were planned in some 30 other towns.

    In many cities people waved shoes -- recalling the action of an Iraqi journalist who hurled footwear at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad last month in a symbolic insult.

    British demonstrators threw dozens of shoes into the street as they passed the gated entrance to Downing Street, where Prime Minister Gordon Brown lives, and shouted angrily at a line of 40 police officers on guard there.

    "Come to get your shoes Gordon," one woman shouted as other marchers directed chants of "Shame on you" at Brown.

    A spokesman said Brown had spoken again to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Saturday and was pressing hard for an immediate ceasefire.

    Leading the march were singer Annie Lennox, politicians Tony Benn and George Galloway and comic Alexei Sayle.

    Demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and placards with slogans such as "End the siege on Gaza" and "Stop the massacre."

    Israel says rocket attacks from Gaza by Hamas Islamists must stop before it halts operations, but the attacks continued on Saturday. Four Israelis have been killed by Hamas rockets since the offensive began.

    ANGER AT WESTERN REACTION Continued...

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 01/04/2009 10:24:50 AM

    The World does Not Agree with the Israeli Math & Reasoning of Killing Over 400 People and Wounding Over 1,700 People, the Math is Dead Wrong...

    Based on on only 4 People Killed on the Israeli side ...

    Only 4 People with all these Thousands upon Thousands, Rocket Attacks !!

    Give Me and the Free Thinking World a Damn Break.

    This is a Prime Case of a Bully [Israel Government] picking on a Group they Know has no Ability to Truly Fight or Win a Fight against the Imposing Opposition.

    This is also a case of the [Israeli Government] knowing this Present Government will do Nothing to interfere with their Violent Actions.

    All over Western & Eastern Europe, those Nations are showing their Opposition to the [Israeli Government] and Vehemently Oppose the [Israeli Government] what it is doing and Rightly so.

    This Planet called Earth was Chosen for All Humans, for All Nations and God's [Chosen People] are All Mankind...


    Not one Mankind and Earth's People are finally putting that Favored Single Nation MYTH to REST..

    All People are God's [Chosen People], All Earth's Land are God's and those Inhabiting those Lands are Chosen for that Land.

    God does Not and has Never favored one Nation over Others, Man and Man alone does that...

    Man has Deemed himself God and that's where Man Errors and Fails...

    Thinking he is favored Over Others.

    This Blood Bath, This Human Carnage is Testament that a MYTH can make a Group Really Believe a Long Standing LIE...

    IT'S A MYTH

    Every Human Being who Walks, Talks and Breathes Air is [God's Chosen]

    I SAID ....EVERY HUMAN BEING

  • Posted By: mjkoch @ 01/04/2009 7:43:44 AM

    Palestinians send their children into Israeli schools, busses, restaurants, and supermarkets with bombs strapped to their bodies to kill as many innocent men, women, and children as they possibly can. After the suicide bomber completes their mission of wanton murder of dozens of people the Palestinians dance in the streets and pass out candy celebrating.

    Palestinians fire hundreds of rockets into Israeli villages and towns trying to murder as many innocent people as possible and when Israel responds Israel is called the aggressor. The aggressors are the people who have murdered thousands of innocents here on 911, in India, Iraq, Israel, England, Spain, Fiji, The Philippines and six different Moslem countries all in the name of Islam against Jews and Christians. The aggressor is not the nation of Israel, a country the size of New Jersey. It is the Palestinians and Moslems who teach their children, from the time they are born, to hate Jews and Christians.

    Have people forgotten that Israel withdrew every settler and every soldier from Gaza three years ago? What did they get in return? Six thousand rockets fired at their civilians the past three years. Let a terrorist group take over Canada or Mexico and begin firing rockets at American cities and let's see how our government responds. People speak about proportionality as though a country has no right to do whatever it can to stop attacks against its own people. Hamas is sworn to the destruction against the State of Israel and Israel has the right to protect its people by any means possible. Period.

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 01/04/2009 5:19:46 AM

    shame on hosni mubarak

    he is a going to be remembered as the american poodle in history

  • Posted By: gangzhouesq @ 01/04/2009 12:15:08 AM

    Hamas people are acting as if they are intent on inviting destruction of itself and the entire Gaza civilian population by never stopping launching their homemade rockets against Irael. I wish Hamas people to be still around when Israeli ground troops have completed their mission.

  • Posted By: YOU CANT FOOL ME @ 01/03/2009 10:49:26 PM

    Hamas MUST give up their agenda to wipe Isreal off the face of the earth as a 1st step to peace. Anything less and Hamas will get what it deserves.

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 01/03/2009 10:15:07 PM

    where the hell is mobarak
    and shame on egyptians
    i really am sure there is no salvation for them if they do not act immediately
    allah is merciful but he cannot tolerate inaction for long
    wakeup egypt

  • Posted By: Eric33 @ 01/03/2009 3:45:55 PM

    America is a poodle for Israel because the Israel lobby has controll of our goverment and the MSM. It's time to end the billions in welfare to Israel now.

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