Isarel Attack on Civilians Pre-Planned
Al-Jazeera / Mark LeVine
14-Jan-2009 (4 comments)

One by one the justifications given by Israel for its latest war in Gaza are unravelling. The argument that this is a purely defensive war, launched only after Hamas broke a six-month ceasefire has been challenged, not just by observers in the know such as Jimmy Carter, the former US president who helped facilitate the truce, but by centre-right Israeli intelligence think tanks. The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, whose December 31 report titled "Six Months of the Lull Arrangement Intelligence Report," confirmed that the June 19 truce was only "sporadically violated, and then not by Hamas but instead by ... "rogue terrorist organisations".

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this is why

by fact finder (not verified) on Fri Jan 16, 2009 07:49 AM PST

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess and casts out the many peoples living there, you shall then slaughter them all and utterly destroy them…You shall make no agreements with them nor show them any mercy…You shall destroy their altars, break down their images, cut down their groves and burn their graven images with fire. For you are a holy people unto the LORD thy God and He has chosen you to be a special people above all others upon the face of the earth…”
–Book of Deuteronomy, 7:1-8

The aerial assault on Gaza thus far resulting in one more thousand deaths and close to a few thousand casualties (much of which will result in even more deaths) must– if it is to be understood correctly–be placed within the historical context of the religious ideas expounded by Judaism since its inception and which today constitute the philosophical lifeblood of the state of Israel.


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Zion

Al-Jazeera

by Zion on Thu Jan 15, 2009 02:17 PM PST

Al- Jazeera is anything but a reliable source of objective news, especially when it comes to Israel. Just that you know.


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Title Corrected

by Anonymous Observer on Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:41 AM PST

The title was confusing, and it has been corrected.  The point of the article remains true, however.  here are the relevant portions of the picece:

" Indeed, in reviewing statements by Israeli military planners leading up to the invasion, it is clear that there was a well thought out decision to go after Gaza's civilian infrastructure - and with it, civilians.

The following quote from an interview with Major-General Gadi Eisenkot that appeared in the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth in October, is telling:

""We will wield disproportionate power against every village from which shots are fired on Israel, and cause immense damage and destruction. From our perspective these [the villages] are military bases," he said.

"This isn't a suggestion. This is a plan that has already been authorised."

Causing "immense damage and destruction" and considering entire villages "military bases" is absolutely prohibited under international law. "


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Distortion

by Anonoonose (not verified) on Thu Jan 15, 2009 09:45 AM PST

The title of this piece on iranian.com is a gross distortion of the actual al-jazeera op-ed. read the actual al-jazeera piece.


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