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| Stunned By Israel's Fierce Response, Hamas Sends Distress Signals |
| 2014-07-11 |
| [Jpost] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, apparently expected a limited response to the recent rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns; The organization is concerned the IDF's operation could be the end to Hamas's rule over the Gazoo Strip. Despite fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... statements issued by Hamas spokesmen over the past 48 hours, it was obvious Tuesday night that the Islamist movement was searching for ways to rid itself of the current escalation. Hamas feels that it has been forced into a confrontation with Israel — one that it did not want at this stage because of its increased isolation and financial crisis. The massive Israeli air strikes on the Gazoo Strip over the past 24 hours have surprised Hamas and other Paleostinian groups. Hamas apparently expected a limited response to the recent rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns. But as the IDF intensified its strikes against Hamas targets — including the homes of some of its top commanders — it became clear to the movement's leaders that Israel means business. On Tuesday night, Hamas spokesmen were sending distress signals to various parties. The organization is concerned that if the IDF operation continues for another few days, the movement will pay a very heavy price — one that could even bring about an end to Hamas's rule over the Gazoo Strip. Hamas accused Israel of "crossing all the redlines" by bombing the homes of its military commanders. This shows that Hamas did not expect Israel to take such a drastic move. Less than 24 hours after the beginning of the IDF offensive, Hamas talked about the need to return to the truce that was reached with Israel in 2012. A front man for Hamas's armed wing, Izzadin Kassam, listed this demand as part of his movement's effort to end the current confrontation. The front man called for an end to the IDF crackdown on Hamas members in the West Bank, which began after the abduction and murder of three Israeli youths last month. On Tuesday night, Hamas and other Paleostinian groups appealed to Egypt and Arab countries to intervene to stop the IDF operation. Given Hamas's bad relations with the Egyptian authorities, it's unlikely that President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi would rush to save the movement that is openly aligned with his enemy, the Moslem Brüderbund. The Paleostinian Authority, which has condemned the Israeli "aggression," is also unlikely to make a big effort to save Hamas from destruction. In fact, President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... and his Fatah faction would be happy to see Hamas severely defeated. Hamas is beginning to feel the heat and that's why its leaders, who have gone into hiding, are seeking an "honorable" way out of the confrontation, which, they say, they didn't want to begin with. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #11 Help. Help. They're bombing us. (Umm, we bombed them first, but that doesn't count) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-07-11 23:02 |
| #10 A front man for Hamas's armed wing, Izzadin Kassam, listed this demand as part of his movement's effort to end the current confrontation. Dumb f'n Paleos. You don't get to make demands whilst getting your asses kicked |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-07-11 21:31 |
| #9 Hamas seems to be a threat to Egypt, too, so it seems to me that a quiet squeeze on Egypt and Israeli borders will start squeezing Hamas. The average Joe Paleo needs to realize that Hamas is a dead end and to stop supporting them. And that will be a tough nut to crack. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-07-11 16:36 |
| #8 OP, isn't the MOAB designed to be dropped from the C-130s? Admittedly, only one at a time, but a few dozen sorties should help. Unfortunately, the Israelis actually are too civilized to use MOAB near civilians. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-07-11 15:47 |
| #7 "Let's only bomb them one more time -- with everything that will fly, dropping everything that will go BOOM!" C-130s don't make GREAT bombers, but you can load 'em to the gills and they still fly - kinda, sorta. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-07-11 13:51 |
| #6 SOS signals? I don't hear or see anything. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-07-11 12:38 |
| #5 Good point BP. Mounds of rubble. Then bounce the rubble. Then napalm it to be sure. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-07-11 11:52 |
| #4 "Israel shouldn't stop until Gaza is a ruin." Cough. Uninhabitable ruin. it's already ruined by its residents. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-07-11 11:17 |
| #3 Too bad. Israel shouldn't stop until Gaza is a ruin. These idiots brought this on themselves. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-07-11 11:12 |
| #2 it has been forced into a confrontation with Israel — one that it did not want at this stage because of its increased isolation and financial crisis. If they did not want a confrontation with Israel, all they had to do was release the kids. I have absolutely no sympathy for them. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2014-07-11 10:35 |
| #1 Hallo...dit is the German coast guard. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-07-11 09:00 |