Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:49 pm Post subject: GAZA and WESTBANK terrorism
Israel to Significantly Ease Gaza Blockade
ONGOING ATTACKS is what Israel got for giving GAZA to her enemies.
Israel is INSANE if she gives these devils Samaria and Jerusalem too!
This is the 2nd time I changed this thread. Now I include WESTBANK also.
The 'west bank' is Judea and Samaria ISRAEL!
June 16, 2010, Wednesday | 4 Tammuz, 5770
Israel will significantly ease its bruising land blockade of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, officials said, in an effort to blunt the widespread international criticism that has followed a deadly Israeli commando raid on a blockade-busting flotilla.
Senior Cabinet ministers were meeting to limit restrictions on what gets into Gaza -- materials Israel says militants could use in their battle against the Jewish state -- to a short list of goods, some of them desperately needed by Gaza civilians.
But the Israeli naval blockade that was at the root of the deadly raid that prompted the international outcry will remain intact.
It also wasn't clear whether key raw materials for industry would be permitted to enter again and whether Israel would end its ban on Gazan exports.
The three-year-old embargo has shuttered hundreds of Gazan factories, put tens of thousands of people out of work and brought the territory's fragile economy to a standstill. Travel restrictions that confine most of Gaza's 1.5 million people to the territory are also likely to remain in effect.
Israel, with Egypt's cooperation, has blockaded the Palestinian territory by land and sea ever since Hamas militants, with a violent anti-Israel agenda, seized control of Gaza in 2007.
For the most part, only basic humanitarian goods have been allowed in.
Items such as cement and steel, badly needed to rebuild homes and businesses after Israel's war in the territory last year, have barely been allowed in. Israel says militants can use them to build weapons and military fortifications.
Under the new guidelines, those materials will be allowed in to an undetermined extent in coordination with the United Nations, but won't be freely available to private citizens, Israeli officials said. Restrictions on things like school supplies, books, computers and toys are expected to be lifted.
"It would be nice for Gaza residents to be able to receive previously banned items such as paper, toys and computers," said Sari Bashi, an Israeli activist whose Gisha rights group has been fighting to open Gaza's borders. "But Gaza residents need to be able to receive raw materials in order to engage in productive, dignified work."
The blockade was designed to keep out weapons, turn Gazans against their militant Hamas rulers and pressure the Iranian-backed Hamas to free a captive Israeli soldier. It did not achieve those aims, however, and both weapons and goods sold at black market prices continued to flow into the territory through a large network of smuggling tunnels built under the Gaza-Egypt border.
The blockade did not provoke an international outcry until Israeli commandos killed nine Turks two weeks ago in a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla that sought to draw attention to the blockade's effects.
With pro-Palestinian activists promising to keep blockade-busting boats coming, Israel has been scrambling to find ways to ease the embargo and its own growing international isolation.
Relaxing the restrictions on goods that go through Israeli-controlled land crossings is less complicated than easing the sea blockade. Israel is afraid that weapons ships will stream into Gaza if the naval blockade is lifted, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing that Israel would "not allow the establishment of an Iranian port in Gaza."
On Wednesday, a top Israeli security chief warned against lifting the sea blockade, saying that even international inspectors would not be able to keep Israel safe.
The Haaretz newspaper on Wednesday quoted international envoy Tony Blair as hailing the expected vote by the Israeli ministers.
"It will allow us to keep weapons and weapon materials out of Gaza, but on the other hand to help the Palestinian population there," Blair was quoted as saying. "The policy in Gaza should be to isolate the extremists but to help the people"
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:54 am Post subject: WHY ISRAEL BLOCKADES FOOD ITEMS in GAZA
WHY ISRAEL BLOCKADES FOOD in GAZA
I wrote this because people wonder WHY Gaza is blockaded.
People wonder why chocolate and luxury food items are forbidden.
There is a lot of talk on TV and the inet about various food items which are luxuries, NOT necessities, which Israel refuses to allow into Gaza. WHY?
This is only my personal belief, nothing official.
Well, let me ask a few questions first. Why do people in the USA sue others. Why do courts award punitive damages?
What is a life worth? Which is better, to say to Gaza, you shoot rockets at Israel, we will not allow chocolate into Gaza.
Israel could shoot back, which they would be morally right to do in self defense. Hamas shoots missiles into Israel which explode in Israeli cities,
terrifying civilians - Israel says, OK, in addition to chocolate, no coriander either. I would say Israel taking punitive measures is very justified.
When the world wants to send aid to Gaza, which the terrorists WANT, but DO NOT NEED, the world is telling Israel it has no right to self defense.
See where I am going?
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:42 am Post subject: Qassam rocket fired from Gaza destroys Negev packing plant
Qassam rocket fired from Gaza destroys Negev packing plant
ISRAEL MUST RESPOND TO THIS ATTACK
June 30, 2010 | 18 Tammuz, 5770
Rocket also seriously damages other structures in southern Israel.
A Qassam rocked fired from the Gaza Strip hit the western Negev before dawn Wednesday,
seriously damaging a packing plant and other structures in the Sdot Negev Regional Council, but causing no casualties.
Qassam rocket fired from Gaza destroys Negev packing plant
Rocket also seriously damages other structures in the Sdot Negev Regional Council; no one hurt.
"Tonight we took the hit, but the [rocket] fire is constant," the plant's manager said. "On the whole, we are a peaceful and quiet community," he continued.
"People got up and went to work and are trying to continue the day's routines."
"The biggest problem is that that our houses are not protected [against rocket fire]; I hope [the government] speeds up the fortification work," he concluded.
The rocket attack comes one day after Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Eitan Dango who oversees civilian operations in the West Bank told the Palestinian Authority that Israel plans to significantly boost the number of aid trucks allowed into the Gaza Strip.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplo...roys-negev-packing-plant-1.299124
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A Grad missile launched from Gaza landed in a central, residential area of Ashkelon Friday morning.
The missile shattered numerous windows of the surrounding, multi-story buildings and vehicles in the area.
Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin said this is a very serious incident.
There is no doubt that such a hit inside the city is an escalation.
We will convene all the security elements in the city for consultations on our next move.
Hamas orders new army Senior Hamas man killed in Gaza strike
July 31, 2010
Hamas new military command center bombed which cost Iran $250 million. GOOD JOB ISRAEL!
Israeli bombers struck Palestinian targets in Gaza city, Deir el Balach in the east and Rafah in the south Friday night, July 30
after Palestinian missile attacks which damaged a high-rise apartment building in Ashkelon. One Hamas officer was killed, 8 were injured.
Hamas says man killed was Issa al-Batran, who had survived 5 past assassination attempts.
GOOD JOB ISRAEL! YOU FINALLY GOT THE MURDERER!!
This was the first Israeli attack on a Hamas military target since the January 2009 Cast Lead operation.
It took place after Hamas called up all men aged 18 to 25 for a new Palestinian Popular Army for stepping up its confrontation with Israel.
GOOD JOB ISRAEL!
Hamas launched the military-standard Grad missile to show off its new strength and inform Israel that henceforth it faces an enhanced Palestinian challenge from Gaza.
The new Hamas militia is structured like the Lebanese Hellzballah.
Both are armed and sponsored by Iran.
The Hamas operative killed in the IDF strike in Gaza Friday was a senior official who survived 5 assassination attempts by Israel.
12 other Palestinians were also injured in the strike, and some of them sustained serious wounds.
The Hamas man killed was 40-year-old Issa al-Batran, from Bureij, Gaza.
Hamas had shot rockets at Ashkelon for days.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3927502,00.html http://www.debka.com/article/8941
IAF strikes Gaza smuggling tunnels after Qassam hits Negev
July 31, 2010
Israel strikes Gaza targets for second time, after Gaza militants fire two rockets in 36 hours; Hamas vows revenge over militant's death in earlier strike.
Israel Air Force jets struck two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip overnight Saturday, just hours after a Qassam rocket fired from the coastal enclave hit a public structure in the western Negev, causing damage.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said the army views Gaza's Hamas rulers as the sole party responsible for the rocket attacks against Israel.
The 36-hour tit-for-tat began Friday, when a rocket fired by Gaza militants exploded in the coastal Israeli city of Ashkelon.
The IAF struck three targets in Gaza Friday night, which Palestinian sources described as the heaviest assault since Operation Cast Lead, Israel's three-week assault on the Gaza Strip a year and a half ago.
A Hamas operative, a 40-year-old member of Hamas' military wing, was killed in an explosion near the Nuseirat refugee camp south of Gaza City in the center of the Hamas-controlled strip. Another 13 Palestinians were hurt.
Hamas has vowed revenge for the militant leader's death.
Palestinian militants then fired a Qassam rocket Saturday night, which hit the Sha'ar Hanegev regional council area in the Negev, just hours after the first IAF strike on Gaza.
According to the IDF spokesperson's office, the rocket damaged the structure's rooftop and destroyed most of the second floor of the building, which serves during the day as a daycare center for people with disabilities.
No injuries were reported in the attack.
IDF patrol units have been scanning the area for the rocket's remains.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplo...-after-qassam-hits-negev-1.305191
Hamas on Saturday vowed revenge after one of its senior commanders was killed in Israeli air strikes on Hamas-linked targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday night.
"This new stupidity won't easily pass. We promise revenge for the blood of our martyr," the al-Qassam Brigades said in a leaflet faxed to reporters.
The Hamas operative, a 40-year-old member of Hamas' military wing, was killed in an explosion near the Nuseirat refugee camp south of Gaza City in the center of the Hamas-controlled strip. Another 13 Palestinians were hurt.
The dead man is believed to be Issa al-Batran, a commander of Hamas forces in the central Gaza region.
Batran, thought to have been involved in manufaturing rockets, has been the target of a number of Israeli assassination attempts, the most recent of which, in January, killed wife and five children.
The strikes on Gaza, which Palestinian sources described as the heaviest since Operation Cast Lead, Israel's two-week assault on the Gaza Strip a year and a half ago, came after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon earlier in the day.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplo...commander-in-gaza-strike-1.304966
Hours after rocket damages public building near Sderot, IAF jets strike arms smuggling tunnel, border fence tunnel in Strip
Air Force on Sunday jets struck two Gaza targets in response to the Qassam rocket fired at the Negev Saturday evening. The targets hit were an arms smuggling tunnel and a tunnel under the border fence used for carrying out terrorist activity inside Israel.
An IDF statement after the attack said, "The military will not tolerate any attempt to harm the citizens of the State of Israel or IDF soldiers and will continue to act determinedly and severely against any element using terror against the State of Israel. The IDF holds the Hamas terror organization as solely responsible for the occurrences in the Gaza Strip and for maintaining calm there."
Following the attack, a mortar shell was fired from the northern Gaza Strip and exploded near Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. There were no reports of damage or injury.
The Qassam rocket that was fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday hit a public building located within Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, outside of Sderot. The roof of the structure, which had already been hit twice before by rockets, was damaged in the incident. No one was injured.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3927707,00.html
Ashkelon is a port city with chemical factories. Should a missile hit one ---
August 1, 2010
Official complaint filed with Human Rights Council dubs recent launching of rockets from Gaza Strip 'war crimes, crimes against humanity.' Meanwhile, mortar shell explodes near southern kibbutz; no injuries reported
Israel's UN envoy in Geneva Aharon Leshno Yaar sent a letter to the Human Rights Council over the weekend following the recent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. State officials claim the council has a "peculiar obsession" against Israel.
In an official complaint letter sent at the Foreign Ministry's request it was noted that "The indiscriminate launching of rockets at civilians and civilian objects amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity."
The letter also stated that the attacks hurt the peace process and the resumption of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
"The people of Israel have the right to live in peace and security. The recent attacks on southern Israel from the Gaza Strip seriously violate international law and undermine the peace process and the efforts to renew the direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority," it was stated.
A Qassam rocket fired from northern Gaza on Saturday night hit the roof of a building in an educational institution located in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, outside of Sderot. There were no reports of injuries. Israel's Air Force responded by targeting a weapons smuggling tunnel on the Egyptian border and a tunnel below the border fence meant to serve terrorists in attacks inside Israeli territory.
A mortar shell fired from the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning exploded near a kibbutz in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
The current round of violence along Israel's border with Gaza began Friday morning, when a Grad rocket fired from the Hamas-ruled territory landed near an apartment building in central Ashkelon. A few hours later two mortars landed within the limits of the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no reports of injury in either attack, but eight people suffered from shock in Ashkelon.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3927791,00.html
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