Israel to attack Gaza - maybe

The report says that Israel is preparing to strike at Hamas in Gaza IF rocket attacks and/or suicide bombings resume. It looks like there may be another Summer War, but not with Lebanon this time. If the report is true, which I have no doubt it is, perhaps Israel thinks by leaking this information, Hamas will feel threatened and behave themselves. Nice try Israel, but stay locked and loaded, just in case the threat isn't enough.

Hot Air is reporting that the story in the Times of London may be bogus. Whether it is or isn't really doesn't matter, Hamas doesn't know for sure and the threat is out there. Here's the story:

The plan calls for 20,000 Israeli soldiers to attack Gaza within weeks to destroy the military capability of Hamas, The Times of London reported.

The invasion would be triggered by Hamas rocket attacks against Israel or a resumption of suicide bombings, the newspaper said.

Two armored divisions and an infantry division assisted by assault drones and F-16 jets would confront about 12,000 Hamas fighters armed with weapons stolen from the rival Fatah faction during the three-day civil war in Gaza last week, the newspaper reported.

Israeli officials said that they expect to face even tougher resistance in Gaza than they encountered last summer when Israel invaded Lebanon to fight Hezbollah militants.

A senior Israeli security source said that an attack against Gaza seemed unavoidable. "The question is not if, but how and when," he said. (Middle East Times)

The plan to attack Gaza is credited to Israel's new defense minister Ehud Barak. Possibly bogus:

Hot Air: Meryl Yourish e-mails to say that Uzi Mahnaimi, the author of the Times story about the supposed looming attack, has been known to post sensational reports in that vein in the past which haven’t panned out. Case in point. And Joe's DartBlog.

CBN News: The Hamas takeover of Gaza is an inspiration to Iran, Syria, and al Qaeda -- all of whom are enemies of the U.S. and Israel.

The Freedom Fighter's Journal says here's "How To End The Physical Threat of Islam To The USA" could apply to Israel as well.

The first thing to be done is to identify our enemy, which in this case is Islam. The second step would be to invade, conquer and occupy the two primary sources that bankroll, train and arm the export of Islamic Jihad that are Saudi Arabia and Iran. The final stage of the war would be to force some sort of "Islamic Reformation" (Also called KORAN:9/11) wherein Islam denounces the use of force to conquer the world.

Who is the enemy that attacked on 9/11? It is not “terrorism”—just as our enemy in World War II was not kamikaze strikes or U-boat attacks. Terrorism is a tactic employed by a certain group for a certain cause. That group and, above all, the cause they fight for are our enemy.

The group that threatens us with terrorism—the group of which Al Qaeda is but one terrorist faction—is a militant, religious, ideological movement best designated as “Islamic Totalitarianism.” [snip]

For Islamic Totalitarianism, the “sun” (the equivalent of Communism’s Soviet Union) is Iran. [snip]

Iran is also a leading supporter of the terrorist groups Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah. (Compared with Iran, the Taliban in Afghanistan was a bit player.) The second leading state supporter of Islamic Totalitarianism is Saudi Arabia, which has spent more than seventy-five billion dollars on the Wahhabi sect of Islam that inspires legions of Islamic Totalitarians, including Osama Bin Laden.

Without physical and spiritual support by these states, the Islamic Totalitarian cause would be a hopeless, discredited one, with few if any willing to kill in its name. (more)

Other reading:
FashioN NewsFlash: Courtesy Ham-ASS, Woman Honor Thyself
A Really Good Meme, from Oleh Musings
United Nations Human Rights Council is about to adopt a “reform package” that drops Cuba and Belarus from a blacklist and places Israel under permanent indictment., Right Voices
Google China removes “cache” link, Spanish Pundit

Comments

[truth teller]

good guess you small minded anti-muslims. isreal did attack gaza but mainly the civiliants are the targets. only the cover says that hamas, the muslim freedom fighters, are the targets.

[Angel]

gosh Debbie..Israel needs to take the gloves off already!..enough!!