I have very little heart to delve down into the Palestinean situation since I travelled to Israel in 1982 when I arrived in Israel neutral but left hating the place - a reversal of what normally happens on travels.
Today
on TruNews political commentator Kim Iversen joins the Godcast to
discuss her change of heart on Zionism and the plight of the
Palestinian people after taking a trip to the occupied West Bank. We
also address the intentional division created by the fake Left-Right
paradigm, and how propaganda, not facts, drive the elections of the
United States of America. Edward Szall, Kim Iversen,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues his long track record of attempting to out-hawk all political opponents, announcing on Tuesday his intention of annexing parts of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, if re-elected.
“I will not do anything without getting a clear mandate from the public, and so the citizens of Israel, I ask you for a clear mandate to do this,” Netanyahu said while campaigning ahead of the September 17 election. "This is a historic opportunity to apply sovereignty to communities in Judea and Samaria."
During the unveiling of his provocative plan, which he said would be accomplished in coordination with the US, he pointed to a map of the Jordan Valley, claiming also Israel could bring its sovereignty over the land but without annexing "a single Palestinian".
PM Netanyahu promised Tuesday to make the Jordan Valley a sovereign part of Israel if he's re-elected. Image via JTA.org
“There is a unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something with broad consensus and bring safe permanent borders to the State of Israel. This will ensure that Judea and Samaria do not become Gaza, and that Kfar Saba, Netanya and Tel Aviv will not become like communities along the border of Gaza,” he said.
Annexing the Jordan Valley is reportedly consistent with the Trump administration's grand plan for Mideast peace. “There is no change in the United States policy at this time,” the White House said in a statement. “We will release our vision for peace after the Israeli election and work to determine the best path forward to bring long-sought security, opportunity and stability to the region.”
However, it's likely that the result of such a plan as Israeli annexation of West Bank settlements would end in anything but "peace" and "stability".
Netanyahu in his speech noted that he would wait to initiate such an ambitious plan until after Trump’s “Deal of the Century” is revealed. But the Israeli prime minister - who is seeking election to a record fifth term this month - spoke as if the White House was on board with his vision. "I request a mandate to apply Jewish sovereignty to all communities, and I intend to do so in coordination with the United States," he said.
Meanwhile, The Jerusalem Post quoted a Palestinian official who said any Israeli attempt at realizing Netanyahu's plan would without question be a "declaration of war".
Earlier,
Israel Defence Forces said that air-raid sirens were heard in the
city of Beer Sheva, the largest city in southern Israel's Negev
desert.
Israeli
military said they detected over 250 rockets fired from the Gaza
Strip. The IDF claims that it responded by hitting over 120 targets
in Gaza. The IDF also reported that they had destroyed a building
which they claimed Hamas used to "order terror attacks".
Later,
IDF reported that air-raid sirens are still sounding in the area.
The
resumed escalation of tensions comes a day after a Palestinian sniper
injured two Israeli soldiers. Tel Aviv responded by attacking
militant positions in Gaza.
Tensions
in the area have been soaring high for years as Israel repeatedly
insists that it is detecting rockets from the Gaza Strip that are
allegedly fired by Hamas militants
The
Gaza Strip has seen massive waves of protests known as the Great
March of the Return. Almost a year later Palestinian protesters
continue regular clashes with the Israeli troops on the border, while
the Israeli side accuses Gaza of ongoing shelling.
Rocket
attacks on Israel continue into the night, even after the Israel
Defense Forces launched airstrikes and tank bombardments against
Hamas and Islamic Jihad Targets in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli
planes continue their raids into the Gaza Strip overnight, targeting
various buildings, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Around
1:00 am on Sunday morning code red alarms were triggered in the
regional councils of the Eshkol and Ashkelon, which are bounded to
their west by the Gaza Strip and the cities of Kiryat Gat (45 km from
Gaza) and Kiryat Malachi (40
km from Gaza). The city of Ofakim was also disturbed by rocket
sirens.
At about 3:00 AM eastern US time Saturday, sudden and unanticipated salvos of Mortar and Rocket Fire began raining down upon Israel from inside the Gaza Strip. Salvos are coming every minute. The "Red Alert" civilian warning siren system cannot keep up there are so many inbound projectiles . . . As of the beginning publication of this article at 6:40 AM EDT, the attacks continue. Live updates below:
Explosion in Gaza vicinity as Iron Dome attempting to shot down Hamas rockets
Air-raid sirens sounding across Southern Israel
Heavy barrage towards Gaza vicinity and Ashkelon. Residents report explosions in the area.
The Israeli army Spokesperson's Office: Aircraft attacked two rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip.
Massive mortar barrages from Gaza towards southern Israel communities. Several interceptions reported
Heavy rocket/mortar fire from Gaza this morning, multiple interceptions and alarm sounding
There is relentless rocket bombardment from Gaza.
The red dots on the map above represent the places in southern Israel that are hit.
Attacks are going every minute. Impossible to keep up ...
Reports of a direct impact on a home in the community of Kissufim
The mayor of Ashkelon has ordered the opening of all public bomb shelters in the city.
To give readers a better perspective of the magntidue of what's taking place, The list of "Red Alerts" in the first twenty minutes of these attacks appears below. It's important to note it is ALL automated. Israeli "Iron Dome" defense RADAR tracks incoming projectiles and, if the trajectory and rate of descent indicated the projectile MAY strike a populated area, the system alerts and goes into intercept mode. The list below is the RED ALERTS issued because projectiles were heading into those populated areas:Red alert warning at Ashkelon, Be'er Ganim, Karmiya, Zikim, Nativ Ha'asara, Yad Mordechay, Nir Yisrael, Mash'en, Kfar Silver, Hodaya, Berekhya, Mishan, Birkiya, Talmei Yaffe, Mavki'im, Ge'a, Bat Hadar, Beit Shikma, , Nitzanim, Nitzan Bet, Nitzan, Ibim, Poet Negev, Sderot, Sapirim Industrial Park, Nir Am, Sapir College, Gevim, Kibbutz Ruhama, Havat Shikmim, Dorot, Mefalsim, Yakhini, Alumim, Nachal Oz, Talmei Bilu, Sde Tzvi, Shavei Darom, Klahim, Pa'amei Tashaz, Nir Akiva, Nir Moshe, Mabu'im, Zru'a, Eshbol
Hamas, other factions widen the range, targets the city of Ashdod
Sirens sounding near Lod and Modi’in for the first time since 2014 war
Palestinian media reporting over 150 rockets fired every few minutes so far
Prime Minister Netanyahu will convene a special security briefing in Tel Aviv shortly.
Israeli army tanks moving into attack positions on the Gaza Strip border
Israeli tanks have opened fire
7:30 AM EDT --
Quiet now.
9:00 AM EDT-
HAMAS ANNOUNCES IT WILL TARGET KEY INSTALLATIONS, DIMONA, HAIFA PORT AND BEN GURION AIRPORT
9:57 AM EDT --
Public bomb shelters in Gedera are being opened.
Word leaking out now about possible Israeli TARGETED STRIKE UPON HAMAS COMMANDERS
1:15 PM EDT--
PM Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli military to “strike hard” at Gaza in the coming hours.
IDF are briefing that there will be at least 3 days of IDF ATTACK-action against Gaza
CIVILIAN EVACUATIONS OF BORDER AREAS UNDERWAY AHEAD OF MASSIVE IDF RESPONSE
*** Confirmation that Netanyahu Ordered a prolonged campaign to be conducted by the IDF ***
"We fired the rockets towards Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat and Ofakim. If the strikes will continue - Ashdod and Be’er Sheva will be targeted if the strikes will continue after that Tel Aviv will be targeted" - HAMAS STATEMENT
CONFIRMATION THAT HAMAS HAS FOLLOWED UP ON THE THREAT TO EXTEND THE RANGE OF ATTACKS - WITH ROCKETS NOW HITTING ASHDOD
In
the Gaza Strip, 97 percent of freshwater is unsuitable for human
consumption, and raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea.
Facilities for desalinating and treating water function on only a
limited basis, as Israel controls the flow of fuel and supplies into
the region. But Israelis, too, could face consequences from
contaminated water. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
Read
the Full Transcript
Amna
Nawaz:
Last
night, we began our series on the Middle East's water crisis in
Israel.
Tonight,
special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the Gaza Strip,
a region the United Nations predicts will be uninhabitable by next
year, partly due to the severe shortage of water.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
Twice
a week, Khamis Al Najjar and his wife, Madlain, go down the street to
a municipal water station to fill containers of drinking water for
their family of nine, including six children and Madlain's mother.
The
water costs nearly a third of the monthly government stipend on which
they survive. Khamis lost a leg in a construction accident years ago
and is unable to work.
Madlain
Al Najjar (through translator):
We
are really suffering with the water situation right now.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
The
water is not only costly. It's often polluted. The United Nations
says just 10 percent of Gaza's two million people have access to safe
drinking water.
Madlain
Al Najjar (through translator):
My
children get sick because of the water. They suffer from vomiting,
diarrhea. Often, I can tell the water is not clean, but we have no
other option.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
Ninety-seven
percent of Gaza's freshwater supply is unsuitable for human
consumption. The underground aquifer that has long supplied
freshwater to Gaza has been overdrawn. The void has been filled with
seawater and untreated sewage.
Abdul
Rahim Abu from the Gaza Water Authority said the municipality can't
afford to treat the water.
Abdul
Rahim Abu (through translator):
Eighty
to 85 percent of people here don't pay their water bills because a
majority of the people live in poverty. And the municipality doesn't
have the ability to pay for fuel to keep the water pumps running.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
Along
the beach each day, young men drag in a meager catch. Food is scarce,
they said. Unemployment in Gaza is over 40 percent, over 60 percent
among young people.
It
is one of the most significant consequences of Israel's 11-year
blockade of the Gaza Strip, which followed the election of the
militant Islamist party Hamas.
Cross-border
skirmishes are common here. Everything from Hamas rockets to smaller
improvised explosive devices attached to balloons are lobbed at
Israel. Each time, it provokes a vigorous Israeli military response.
Israel
has also severely restricted the flow into Gaza of equipment and
supplies. Uri Shor of Israel's Water Authority says seemingly
innocuous supplies for infrastructure, cement, for instance, are
often diverted. Others are weaponized.
Uri
Shor:
If
they want to bring in Gaza something that might also be turned
against Israel as building rockets or as building tunnels, of course,
we have a problem with that.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
The
standoff has greatly hindered efforts to address the water crisis.
Back
in Gaza, this $10 million desalination plant, built with European
aid, is the first installment in a large project to bring clean water
to the Strip. But fuel and electricity supplies, controlled by
Israel, allow it to operate only about four hours a day.
A
large solar array that could fill the gap sits idle because cables to
connect it have been held up at the border, says Gaza Water Authority
Director Monther Shoblaq.
Monther
Shoblaq:
Without
real cooperation and coordination and approvals between Palestinians,
Israelis, and especially from the Israeli, this project will not be
materialized.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
But
a lack of water in Gaza isn't the only issue.
The
blockade has created a massive sanitation crisis here in Gaza, where,
every single day, 110 million liters of sewage, raw and untreated,
are discharged directly into the Mediterranean, into the very waters
that feed the desalination plants in Israel, which are visible from
here, barely five miles up the coast.
Gidon
Bromberg:
The
Ashkelon desalination plant produces on its own 15 percent of
Israel's domestic drinking water.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
On
the Israeli side, I met Gidon Bromberg, co-director of an
environmental group called EcoPeace, which tries to broker
cooperation among all parties.
Gidon
Bromberg:
The
water security of Israel is very much connected to the water and
sanitation situation in Gaza. The Israeli military can build a fence
around Gaza. We can say to the public that we are disengaging from
Gaza, but the environment doesn't allow us to actually do that.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
EcoPeace
uncovered, and widely publicized satellite imagery confirming that
pollution from Gaza was affecting the Ashkelon plant and at times
forcing it to close.
He
said the situation also imperils the health of Israelis living near
the Gaza border.
Gidon
Bromberg:
We
used our connections with the mayors, with the Israeli mayors, here
around Gaza to come out and write a letter to the prime minister that
we, the people, who have been at front line of rockets from Gaza
refuse to be at the front line of potential pandemic disease.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
Israel's
government did agree to sell more electricity to Gaza for water and
sewage treatment. A World Bank-financed sewage treatment plant
recently came online after 14 years of delays.
But
again fuel shortages still hinder its operations. Once again,
politics has gotten in the way, Bromberg says, in this case, internal
Palestinian rivalries, in which the Fatah Party of President Mahmoud
Abbas has resisted bring electricity into Gaza to punish Hamas.
Gidon
Bromberg:
In
Gaza, electricity, water is also hereto being used as a tool in the
internal political fights.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
Former
Palestinian Water Minister Shaddad Attili concedes Palestinian
infighting has worsened the situation.
Shaddad
Attili:
And
who's paying the heavy price? It's the people of Gaza. Who's drinking
undrinkable water? It's our people of Gaza. Who's delivering blue
babies is our people in Gaza.
There
are — our women, they are delivering blue babies because of the
nitrate in the water. So, all people punishing our people in Gaza.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
Amid
all the intransigence, the U.N. predicts that, at this rate, Gaza
will become uninhabitable by 2020.
Mohamad
Ammar:
We
pump the water so there are these water tanks as a storage.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
International
aid agencies are trying to help with the water crisis. Oxfam recently
opened a pilot desalination plant. It plans to rehabilitate 45
similar facilities that have fallen into disrepair across Gaza, says
spokesman Mohamad Ammar.
Mohamad
Ammar:
In
this project, we target 1,200 households and more than 6,000
individuals. In general, our plan is to target half-a-million in the
coming two years.
Sana’a
Lubad (through translator):
We
drank contaminated water for a long time, until Oxfam came and gave
us clean water.
Fred
de Sam Lazaro:
The
Lubad family is one of the lucky early recipients. Once every two
weeks, Oxfam fills their small rooftop tank with 130 gallons of
desalinated water.
Absent
a political solution, it appears, Gaza's ocean-size crisis is being
addressed a few gallons at a time.
For
the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Fred de Sam Lazaro in Gaza City.
Amna
Nawaz:
Fred's
reporting is in partnership with the Under-Told Stories Project at
the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.
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20
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Why
Iraq’s biblical paradise is becoming a salty wasteland
By
Jane Ferguson
Nov
14
Israeli
defense minister resigns over Gaza cease-fire deal
By
Aron Heller, Associated Press
Nov
12
Thousands
of mourners in Gaza demand revenge after deadly Israeli raid
Avigdor
Lieberman resigned as Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday, Nov.
14 over two issues: Israel’s assent to the transfer of $15m to
Gaza, and the Gaza ceasefire after nearly 500 missiles were fired
into Israel. Lieberman found both decisions unacceptable and accused
the government of failing to fight terror, citing “threats from the
north, the south and the west” as pretexts, but were tantamount
to “capitulating and kowtowing to terrorists.”
He
called for an agreed date for a general election as soon as possible,
after withdrawing his Yisrael Beitenu (Jewish Home) party from the
government coalition.
Answering
reporters’ question at the Knesset, Lieberman laid out in detail
the reasons for his resignation. The cash payment to Hamas and the
ceasefire were no better than an attempt to buy short term peace and
quiet at the expense of long-term national security. He disclosed
that Hamas allocated the first sums of the $15m of Qatari cash to the
families of its agents killed in border clashes with Israel troops on
the Gaza Strip, which meant that Israel was helping to fund terrorist
actions.
Orders
in writing from the prime minister at times forced him to act against
his convictions, he said and cited the fuel deliveries fuel permitted
for Gaza without making any demands of Hamas. Lieberman stressed that
humanitarian aid to the population should be subject to the
termination of terrorist operations, the return of the bodies of
fallen Israeli soldiers and two hostages held by Hamas, and a Hamas
commitment to halt the mob assaults on Israeli troops guarding the
Gaza border fence.
DEBKAfile
reported earlier that during the security cabinet meeting on Tuesday,
the defense minister was overruled in his demand for a major military
operation against the Palestinian terrorist organizations led by
Hamas and Islamic Jihad for subjecting southern Israel to a savage
rocket assault.
He
discovered that Netanyahu and the army chiefs had already decided
that Israel could not afford to simultaneously take on Hamas and the
pressing threat from the North, and therefore Israel must accept
Egyptian and UN efforts for a ceasefire. While cabinet ministers were
discussing the Gaza issue, Netanyahu was running a parallel
diplomatic track with international and Arab contacts outside the
room. That is why he ended the critical cabinet session with a vague
communique: “IDF attacks on Gaza will continue as required.”
The
defense minister and his other cabinet members had the sense that the
prime minister had cast them in the role of film extras while
pursuing the real action, totally at odds with his views, somewhere
else. He had moreover cut the defense minister off from the military
chiefs over whom he had charge.
Lieberman
is the third defense minister to opt out of a government led by
Netanyahu. His predecessors, Ehud Barak and Moshe Ya’alon, have
become the prime minister’s bitterest critics. Netanyahu will need
to appoint a new defense minister without delay, given the urgent
security challenges confronting the country. Rather than a cabinet
shakeup, he may decide to call a snap general election and meanwhile
appoint a temporary stand-in as minister of defense.
Instead
of the Libermann resignation the Times of Israel is coverering this.
It makes a welcome change to see the photo coming out of Israel and not Syria!
The
400 rockets launched from Gaza posed a challenge not only to the Iron
Dome defense system but also to emergency workers, who respond to
multiple incidents for every rocket
...Palestinian
terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip fired approximately twice as many
rockets and mortar shells at communities in southern Israel on Monday
and Tuesday than on even the heaviest day of fighting in the 2014
Gaza war.
Emergency
first responders and police are trying to figure out how to respond
to a large number of simultaneous events.
“Sometimes
we’ll have four instances at once, and we don’t even know where
to go [first],” said Lugasi, who oversees 27 volunteers for United
Hatzalah in the Ashkelon region, including the city and 28
surrounding towns. “Do you go to the closest event? The one with
the most injuries?”....
After
an Israeli violation, of a newly brokered ceasefire, a new round of
hostilities broke between Gaza and Israel. Various nations, including
Russia, Turkey and Jordan, spoke out in condemnation of Israel’s
provocations.
Israeli Airstrike, conducted in the Down Town Gaza City area.
Israel
had attempted to kidnap a leading member of Hamas’s Al-Qassam
brigades, but failed. The failure of their co-vert mission, resulted
in the killing of an Israeli commander and the retreat of the special
forces team, from Eastern Khan Yunis, where they had infiltrated.
Following
this, the Israeli air force carried out a series of airstrikes in the
Khan Yunis area. The result of the airstrikes, was the murder of a
total of 7 Palestinians that night.
Hamas
later responded, with a barrage of rockets, which within the space of
48 hours, exceeded 470. Israel struck at least 100 targets in Gaza,
over Monday night alone.
Hamas
targeted their rocket launches, away from Israel’s most densely
populated cities. At least 150 Israeli settler families fled their
homes, multiple Israeli buildings and cars were also damaged.
According
to the Gaza Health Ministry, separate reports indicate that at least
12 Palestinians, have been killed over the past 48hr period. One
Israeli man (40 years old), died after a rocket hit a building and
collapsed on him. 80 Israeli injuries were reported, most of which
were panic attacks.
Why
Israel was so embarrassed by Palestinian Resistance over the past 48
hours?
Israel
failed it’s kidnapping mission, loosing one of its commanders and
embarrassing itself, in front of the world.
The
Al-Qassam brigades, of Hamas, blew up an Israeli bus with a guided
anti-tank missile. Israel initially claimed that the bus was full of
civilians. Hamas then provided the video, showing that Israel was
lying, the bus was packed with military men. The secretary general
of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, claimed that his organization
were the ones to smuggle the anti-tank missiles into Gaza
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2) The
rockets fired, strategically worked at scaring Israelis into fleeing.
It also worked, in helping broker a ceasefire, as Hamas and Islamic
Jihad did not turn their focus onto the most heavily populated
cities.
3) The
Israeli Media and people started distrusting and loosing faith, in
both their military and government.
4) An
Islamic Jihad video, was leaked to Al-Mayadeen, showing an operation,
that had been covered up by an embarrassed Israeli military. The
operation was recorded and took place back in February. At least 5
soldiers are shown in the video to hit, some being blown to pieces by
a flagpole bomb.
Israel Destroyed By Palestinian Resistance, Hides Behind Ceasefire (VIDEO’S)
Israel
allegedly trains to destroy Syria’s new air defense systems
(photos)
Osa
and Kvadrat surface-to-air missile systems were supplied to Syria by
the Soviet Union, and are known by the NATO codenames SA-8 and SA-6,
respectively.
Photos,
believed to be taken in the Negev desert and unearthed on Twitter,
show inflatable dummies of Soviet-designed Osa and Kub/Kvadrat
surface-to-air missile systems, which the Israeli Air Force is
allegedly using during training.
didn't know that - beside Russia - Israel is using inflatable SAM dummy's too!
SA-8 & SA-6 seen at a test range in the Negev.
Together with a truck dressed up as a Pantsir :-)
Wonder why they are doing this in times when you aim at such stuff with stand of weapons...
The
IDF hasn’t commented on the claims yet, and the photos have yet to
be verified.
Russian
S-300 Delivered to Syria
The
report comes just days after Israel’s Minister of Jerusalem Affairs
and Minister of Environmental Protection Ze’ev Elkin said that
Russia’s deliveries of S-300 air defence systems were “a big
mistake” and that Tel Aviv would attack them if they are used
against Israeli jets.
“By
shipping these kinds of weapons to Syrians, Russia bears partial
responsibility for their use. Usually, Israel reacts to attacks on
its territory and its aircrafts not through international demarches,
but with practical actions. Actions would undoubtedly take place,
should [an attack] occur, against the launchers used to attack
Israeli territory or Israeli planes,” he said.
In
early October, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced it had
finalised the delivery of 49 units of S-300 air defence systems to
Syria in order to boost the security of Russian servicemen.
The
decision was made in late September in light of the inadvertent
destruction of
The
Russian military blamed the downing on the IAF, emphasising that an
Israeli fighter jet had used the Russian plane as a shield against
Syrian air defence systems. Israel has denied the accusations,
claiming that it had warned Moscow about the air strikes in a timely
manner.
Osa
& Kvadrat in Action
Known
under the NATO reporting name SA-6, the Kvadrat SAM system was used
during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973, fought between Israel and
a coalition of Arab states, led by Syria and Egypt. Syria was able to
use these air defences to shoot down more than 60 Israeli combat
aircraft of various types.
In
1982 Israel invaded Lebanon, with the conflict culminating with Syria
deploying over 30,000 troops, 400 tanks and 19 Osa SAM systems (NATO
reporting name SA-8) in the Bekaa Valley to repel the IDF’s
assault.
Despite
the fact that the Syrians had just received the units at the time and
hadn’t had time to master their use, they managed to shoot down one
of the Israeli F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers.
Nowadays,
the SA-8 and SA-6 systems are considered obsolete, but they still
remain in service with the Syrian Army.
Day
2 - Iron Dome Interceptions of Gaza Rockets Over Ashkelon; Threats to
Hit Tel Aviv TODAY!
Palestinian
Islamic Jihad threatened this morning to hit Tel Aviv with long range
missiles. Specifically, PIJ
SPOKESMAN: “MY ADVICE TO THE SETTLERS FROM TEL AVIV IS TO STAY NEAR
BOMB SHELTERS “
Fighting
between Israel and factions from the Gaza Strip (HAMAS, Palestinian
Islamic Jihad, etc.) entered
Day 2 today,
with the Iron Dome air defense systems intercepting dozens of Rockets
over Ashkelon, Israel. The morning interceptions came
after a a full day of furious rocket and mortar launches from Gaza
yesterday.
This
much more serious fighting began after Special Forces from the
Israeli Defense Force, entered Gaza covertly a day earlier, dressed
as Palestinian women, with the intent to KIDNAP the top military
commander of the Palestinians in Gaza. They botched the
mission, got caught, and ended up in a fire fight which KILLED their
intended kidnap target and several other Palestinians.
(Hal
Turner NOTE:While
few can blame Israel for trying to capture and de-fang a key military
player who has attacked Israel for a long time and refused to
negotiate peace, the
botched raid serves to strip Israel's status as a "victim."
Few people will perceive the Israelis as victims given the
circumstances of the past three days. Any public attempt to
claim moral high ground due to rockets or whatever is gone this
time.)
HAMAS
and other Palestinian groups began a sharp retaliation against
Israel, which included the launching of over 500
Rockets and
Mortars from Gaza, impacting several Israeli areas, killing and
injuring multiple Israelis. The Israeli Air Force responded to
these attacks with heavy air strikes against numerous targets inside
Gaza, and the situation has gotten much worse since then. The
Hal Turner Radio Show covered these events as they happened all day
yesterday. That coverage is HERE.
Numerous
buildings inside Gaza have been flattened since yesterday.
Although a short "lull" in the fighting seemed to take hold
around 2:30 AM eastern US time Tuesday, the eerie quiet was shattered
with additional Israeli air strikes overnight.
The
Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has been moving heavy armor via flatbed
tractor trailers, toward Gaza since yesterday and as of now, the
armor build-up is quite significant.
Egypt
has tried repeatedly to get the Palestinians and Israelis to
de-escalate, to no avail.
The
Russian Foreign Ministry warned that a full scale military conflict
may be in the near future, and pleaded with both sides to backdown,
to no avail.
Video
from this morning shows another large rocket attack launched from
inside Gaza, being intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome system.
That video appears below:
This
rocket launch came after HAMAS fired a Kornet anti-tank missile at a
bus which had JUST finished unloading Israeli army troops. The
bus was destroyed and HAMAS told Israel "This
is a warning. We now have weapons you cannot defend against. Next
time, we won't wait for your troops to get off the bus."
Moreover,
a video of that attack was released by HAMAS, complete with cheesy
audio over-dubbed, to mock the Israelis. Here is the brief
video showing the missile launch and hit:
Among
the targets hit by Israel in retaliation yesterday, was the notorious
al-Aqsa TV station in Gaza:
This
conflict is very different in character from all prior conflicts.
This one has the very real potential of turning into an actual war,
which will drag-in regional players, becoming a regional war, which
could then drag-in other players, becoming a World War.
This
is incredibly dangerous and very serious. UPDATES to appear
below . . .
UPDATES
-- RAW (UNVETTED)
Israel
security cabinet meeting begins in 15 minutes to discuss the security
situation in southern Israel and Gaza.
Hamas
says it will fire rockets at Israeli towns of Beersheba, Ashdod if
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue.
At
least one dead as IAF takes out rocket launching squad moments ago in
northern Gaza
IDF
stating IDF gunboats destroyed equipment used by the naval force of
#Hamas to carry out militant activities against Israeli civilians and
IDF forces.
Israeli
politicians are briefing the media that the security meeting that is
ongoing will likely declare the current round over if rocket fire
stops.
There have been no rockets in 90 mins or so
2:35
AM EST -- OOOOPS: Another rocket barrage right now. So
much for ceasefire.
FLASH
-- URGENT -- 3:38 AM EST --
Israeli
military are now saying "All cease-fire contacts have been
severed. There is no turning back from full conflict in Gaza."
Israel
Defense Forces have "sent infantry and armored reinforcements to
the Gaza border" now confirmed by @Reuters @nytimes (HT
Comment: Oh, Gee, a day late and a dollar short, but the legacy media
FINALLY begins coverage. YOU got it first, here,
yesterday! Stay
with us, you'll
continue getting it first - and accurately.)
NEW
. . .
8:48
AM EST -- A
foreign diplomatic source tells @haaretzcom: Contacts with the UN &
Egypt on a ceasefire did not stop; Israeli official: ‘We
are not discussing a ceasefire with them’
Despite
the rocket attacks, Israel continues to allow entry of fuel and other
materials into Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing this morning.
Rocket
lands in kindergarten in Sha'ar HaNegev -- Due to the Home Front
Command's instructions, the kindergarten was closed and no casualties
were reported. However, damage to property was caused.
The
Israeli security cabinet is still in session. One of the longest
sessions for a long time. Currently around 6 hours in to the
meeting.
The
length of the current session can only have 2 reasons :
1.They
are discussing how to handle any possible aftermath than can occur
after a massive military response,
OR
2.The cabinet is
split between those advocating for a massive response and those
advocating for a much more smaller (symbolic basically) response.
Reports
the Gaza factions and security cabinet have agreed to an Egyptian
brokered ceasefire. BREAKING: KAN: Gaza factions agree to
cease rocket fire by 3:30pm local time
4
sets of incoming rocket sirens in Yad Mordechai and Netiv Haasara.
Multiple rocket impacts
In
Islamic custom this is a time to assess, repair and reload for next
attack.
NOT a call for peace.
UPDATE 9:11 AM EST -- Public speculation that ALL of the goings-on inside Israel the past two days are a "ruse to distract the world's attention from what is ACTUALLY taking place:"
Israel
is preparing for an attack on the Russian Hmeimim air base inside
Syria. Russian military said that Israeli reconnaissance aircraft
are trying to locate the S300 at the Khmeimim base in the countryside
of Latakia.
MORE:
On
Thursday, 8 November, suitcases filled with $15 Million in cash, were
sent to Gaza from Qatar. The cash was allegedly to be used to pay
HAMAS government officials salaries in GAZA, which have not been paid
in months due to Israel cutting off revenues to HAMAS. Here is a
photo of the actual suitcases of cash being transported to Gaza:
The
cash was distributed on Friday and Saturday.
AMERICAN
DOLLARS? Why American dollars instead of Qatar Riyals?
Or Egyptian Pounds? Or EUROS? Because it is AMERICA
that is behind all this trouble. Explained below . . .
Rather
than altruistically pay the past-due salaries for HAMAS in Gaza, the
cash was actually to pay for the rocket barrage attacks upon Israel .
. . and
worse, the sending of Israeli Special Forces INTO Gaza to "kidnap"
the top HAMAS military Commander, was part of the overall plan!
The
reason those forces were caught WAS PART OF THE PLAN - to cause the
reactionary upheaval we've seen for the past two days.
QATAR
financed this whole thing as part of its PLAN to get a reason for
Syria TO BE ATTACKED so as to get QATAR's natural gas pipeline
through Syria to Europe!
All
the key players in this sordid affair, from Israeli officials and
high ranking military people, to HAMAS, are getting PAID OFF . . .
in American dollars.
On
Sunday, Israeli troops entered Gaza covertly to try kidnapping a top
HAMAS military commander, but got into a firefight and killed him.
This lead to the current rocket launches from Gaza.
The
Israeli troops were caught because it was PLANNED they be caught.
It was PLANNED they get into a firefight and even get killed . . . to
provide a public spectacle which would cover the overt actions now
taking place.
The
entire series of events was PLANNED . . . meaning
the Israeli Forces were betrayed by their own government. The
Israeli government sent those men into Gaza KNOWING they were going
to be betrayed, caught, fired upon, and perhaps killed . . but did it
anyway because it NEEDS a public spectacle reason to attack Syria.
Getting Israeli troops killed and then blaming on Iranian actions
would provide the reason that average Israeli citizens would need to
support Israeli military action against Iran in Syria.
The
rocket launches from Gaza, are actually a PAID EFFORT to SET-UP IRAN
for the issues taking place in Gaza/Israel, and thus justify an
Israeli ATTACK upon Iranian assets . . . . inside SYRIA!
In
order to attack those assets, Israel has to get past the new Russian
S-300 missile systems in Syria, some of which are at the Russian Base
in Hmeimim . . . which will HAVE to be destroyed. But
the DESIRED end result in destroying the Russian base and Iranian
assets inside Syria is the exact same goal it has always been: TOPPLE
the Syrian government which is the single roadblock to a QATAR GAS
PIPELINE through Syria to Europe!
Thus,
the information now out today is, everything the world is seeing take
place in Israel, is
a set-up to justify an Israeli attack upon Syria,
to remove the Syrian government roadblock for a QATAR gas pipeline to
Europe, which was the sole reason the entire Syrian "civil war"
was started years ago!
Getting
that pipeline through Syria would OUST Russia as the main gas
supplier for Europe, and THAT
GOAL has
been and remains the single purpose of US/European efforts inside
Syria. They never changed their goal. They never intended
to stop the shenanigans inside Syria. It is now, and has been
all along, an effort to halt Russia gas supplies to Europe.
Hundreds-of-Billions
of dollars are at stake EVERY YEAR once that QATAR gas pipeline
starts supplying gas to Europe. Of course, there's plenty
of money in those hundreds-of-billions to buy off whoever needs to be
bought off to make this happen!
Russia
points out that an Israeli attack upon its bases in Syria would be
met with force. That same force can also be used against any
"other countries" who attempt to assist Israel, (Read USA &
Coalition) and THAT, ladies and gentlemen gets us to war with Russia
. . . which seems to be a US/European goal.
The
entire spectacle of what's taking place in Israel is a ruse.
Designed to blame Iran, justify Israeli attacks upon Iranian assets
inside Syria, taking Russia out along the way, so those at the top
can reap hundreds-of-billions a year from the new QATAR gas pipeline
through Syria.
How
do we know? Because two of the players in this sordid affair
used insecure communications that were intercepted. The jig is
up. They're caught. One bigmouth in particular
screeched in anger on an open line:
"You
told us this would take three years, maybe four. Five at max.
We're now going on eight fucking years. Tens of millions of
dollars wasted and we're no closer to this than when we started.
This is your fucking fault. Either get Russia out of the way
and solve this Syria problem or we'll get rid of all of you and get
someone who can get it done."
According
to information I have, very shortly a whole slew of them are also
about to be dead -- for what they've done, and for what they're
trying to do.
P.S. Aside
from cash money being paid to officials in various governments, the
state of Israel has been promised an additional payoff once Assad is
ousted from Syria: Possession of the Golan Heights; and it's $6
TRILLION in proven oil & gas reserves. With that amount of
money at stake, betraying a few IDF soldiers - or sending its whole
army to death - is a pittance to pay for achieving that prize.
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