Friday, January 09, 2009

Israel to Gazans: get out of the way


IDF Warnings to Gaza Civilians

[T]he IDF has been transmitting announcements and warnings to the population in Gaza.

The main messages include calls to evacuate buildings where weapons are stored and tunnels dug, instructions to move to the center of towns, and instructions to residents to avoid interaction with terrorist elements. These messages were conveyed by dropping leaflets, phone calls, and breaking into local radio transmissions.
(Israel Defense Forces/IMRA)


Gaza Deals Blow to Palestinian Myths -Lorne Gunter

If Israel is the occupier of Gaza, how come it has no troops or military posts in Gaza and has not had since 2005?

I have been told time and again by Palestinian-friendly readers that Gazans have been forced to dig tunnels between the Strip and Egypt just to get food and water. But Egypt, not Israel, controls its frontiers with Gaza. So how do Israel's restrictions make Gaza-Egypt tunnels necessary? If Egypt were not just as determined to keep Gaza sealed off, the tunnels would be unnecessary no matter what Israel was doing.
(National Post-Canada)


Bringing Peace to Gaza -David Warren

The predictable resolution from the UN ("both sides stop shooting right away") is, alas, representative of public opinion in many Western countries. We did not cry, "Both sides stop shooting right away," on D-Day. The correct response was, "Onward to Berlin."

Those who cannot live peacefully with their neighbors must be stripped of the power to disturb them. The compulsion to live peacefully can then lead towards the habit of living peacefully.
(Ottawa Citizen-Canada)


1 comment:

LHwrites said...

All good points and important to point out.