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| Right wing demands military action |
| 2007-09-12 |
| The Zikim attack widened the gap between right- and left-wing Knesset members, who have become increasingly polarized over how Israel should handle the new Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. While MKs from the right-wing parties - Israel Beiteinu, Likud, Shas and the National Union-National Religious Party - demanded harsh military action in the Gaza Strip, Labor and Meretz called for patience and said the government should not abandon the diplomatic process. Kadima's leadership also shied away from a military response, with Vice Premier Haim Ramon calling for Israel to cut off electricity and other supplies to Gaza. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said, during a meeting with her French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner: "We need to use other means, not only military ones, in the Gaza Strip. But we need to say the truth, that other means will not stop the Kassams." Meanwhile, during his meeting with Kouchner, opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu called for a decisive military operation in the Strip. "If the government ultimately decides to order such an action, even though it is late in the game, it will receive our full backing." Earlier in the day, Shas chairman Eli Yishai said Israel had no choice but to respond with force. "The Kassam rockets are a result of the disengagement and there is no choice but to act. The red line has been crossed," Yishai said. NU-NRP MKs were also quick to draw a link between Israel's unilateral pullout from Gaza in 2005 and the subsequent Hamas takeover there. If we don't carry out a second Operation Defensive Shield today, the threat will be much greater tomorrow," said Uri Ariel. His colleague, Arye Eldad, added that Israel must resettle the Gaza Strip to prevent Hamas getting even stronger. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Word, Excal. This farce must end. Name one time when diplomacy ever worked with these people. History will prove this statement applicable to all Islam. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-12 20:27 |
| #5 Labor and Meretz called for patience and said the government should not abandon the diplomatic process Name one time when diplomacy ever worked with these people. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-09-12 16:49 |
| #4 Crush your enemies completely and with finality. Expel all of them and any sympathizers in Israel proper. Declare all "refugee camps" within one hundred miles of the new border to be free fire zones. Target enemy media (all the usual candidates to the head of the line). Cordially tell the State Department to stick it where the sun don't shine. Make it dangerous and expensive for foreign communist/anarchist organizations to distribute propaganda at universities worldwide. Target enemy broadcasters including and especially al Jazeera. Wait six months. The outrage would not outlast the next Britney Spears implosion. But with the boil lanced the whole thing could at long last start to heal. Almost forgot, expel the Orcs from the Temple Mount. Deport anyone who complains. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-12 09:44 |
| #3 1. Targeted assassinations to continue 2. Limited ground force incursions. 3. Continue splitting Fatah and Hamas. 4. Intelligence gather and paint targets in S. Lebanon and Syria. 5. Use Media to pound the Zikim attacks into the World's attention. 6. Use Sderot as a focal point of Israeli suffering. 7. Wait for Causi Belli aka major terror attack and hit Syria, Hezbollah and Gaza with all you've got. 8. Complete this mission and turn to Iran. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2007-09-12 09:01 |
| #2 If people think it's chaos in Gaza right now, wait until the lights go out. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-12 03:18 |
| #1 Pull the plug on utilities an problem resolves itself relatively shortly. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-09-12 03:15 |