Business as usual for Hamas and friends. "Palestinian terrorists bombard Ashkelon with Grad rockets," from the Jerusalem Post, with additional reporting from the Associated Press, December 24:
Palestinian terrorists on Wednesday morning fired over 60 rockets and mortar shells from the Gaza Strip at Ashkelon and the western Negev, prompting Israel to hold up a shipment of aid scheduled to pass through to the Strip later Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Security Cabinet scrambled Defense Minister Ehud Barak to a special discussion on the massive rocket fire against western Negev Israeli communities.
A number of Grad-type rockets were fired at Ashkelon throughout the morning. One of them struck outside the home of Benny Gueta, sending several people into shock....
More information: "Gaza militants launch rocket attacks in retaliation," from CNN, December 24:
[...] Izzedine Al Qassam, the military wing of Hamas, announced in a statement on its Web site it had fired four rockets in revenge for what it called the "assassination" of five of its members by the Israeli military.
One of the rockets landed in an industrial section of Ashkelon, north of Gaza, while other rockets struck a house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza and landed near the town of Netivot. [...]
Sources with the military wing of Hamas said the group fired a number of mortars into Israel from an area east of Khan Younes in southern Gaza. The sources also said two members of the military wing were killed Wednesday morning during a "work" related accident, while on a Jihad mission....
Don't they know it's Christmas..?
Merry f'n Christmas, kuffar!
CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Quote:
"Christians Are Persecuted Throughout the Muslim World.
There are over 50 Muslim countries around the world. All of them incorporate some elements of sharia, or Islamic law in practice. This is the same sharia law that considers conversion to Christianity an offense punishable by death. And while many Muslim countries officially allow Christian worship, most have placed restrictions on Christians, making worship difficult and even dangerous.
Here are some examples:
Egypt: Attacks by Muslim fundamentalists against Coptic Christians are common and not being effectively countered by the government. The government has conducted mass detentions, harasses and tortures Christian converts and restricts the expansion and repair of Christian facilities.
Indonesia: The government closes down churches without explanation, depriving Christians of places of worship. Christian women are forced to conform to Muslim dress codes. Churches have also been burned to the ground.
Iran: To convert from Islam to another faith is a criminal offense in Iran. Christians are routinely threatened, arrested, imprisoned and tortured because of their faith.
Jordan: Muslim woman are often killed by their own families for marrying Christian men. A court in Jordan ordered a Christian widow sent to jail because she refused to hand over her two young children to be raised as Muslims.
Lebanon: Once over half the Lebanese population, Lebanese Christians now make up 30% of the population. Civil war, persecution and anti-Christian violence have led to mass Christian emigration.
Nigeria: Northern Nigeria is mostly Muslim. The government there appears to be conducting a campaign to eradicate all evidence of Christianity in that part of the country. Anti-Christian mob violence and church burning is common.
Pakistan: Christians have been the target of trumped up charges of blasphemy. They are often the target of fundamentalist Muslims, who have even attacked Churches and schools with firearms and hand grenades. A high court judge who acquitted Christians in a blasphemy case was assassinated.
Palestinian Authority: There have been numerous reported cases of Christian worshippers and converts harassed, beaten, imprisoned and killed. In July, 2003, a Palestinian convert to Christianity was murdered and carved into four pieces as a warning to other Christians.
Saudi Arabia: All Christian worship is forbidden in the country - even within the U.S. Embassy. Christians have been jailed and deported for possessing a Bible. Saudi Muslim citizens who convert to Christianity are subject to the death penalty.
Sudan: The Muslim northern government has encouraged and facilitated attacks on Christians in the south, including mob violence and church burnings. Horrendous civil rights violations are conducted against the Christians and non-Muslims. Crucifixion and slavery have been reported.
United Arab Emirates: A Filipino pastor was arrested for distributing Christian materials. A Lebanese Christian man who married a Muslim woman from UAE was arrested, tortured and forced to divorce his wife after moving to UAE..."
here is the word that should become part of day-to-day discourse: "darura." "necessity" can force the jihad to be on hold.
not "education," as the British PM seeks; not "economic development" with infidel dollars; not "accommodation" or "acceptance" or "love" untempered by insight.
hugh has a riff on "darura," on "jizyah," and perhaps on other words that we should begin using and explaining, so that the people of good will and persuasive power can understand why we must support violence that is not "proportional" but overwhelming -- violence accompanied by an understanding of what mainstream islam is, rather than an understanding of what the political elite believes it to be, or perhaps just wants us to believe it to be.
Israel who not only feeds their killers but passes them money to their banks. seems the rockets work for the hammas crowd. need a General Patton!
Since when does a TERRORIST BASE,which all of Gaza is, have any right to receive anything from the outside world.
If the Gazans can't take it, than they can do an ANTI-HAMAS Intifadah.
Israel has every right TO PROTECT ITSELF AND ITS CITIZENS-period!
Maybe the World's DEEPEST& WIDEST Trench, LINED WITH CONCRETE and other HARDENING MATERIALS , should be DUG around all Gaza's Land Borders; and a TOTAL BLOCKADE of the Gazan Coast is in order.
That would also make it Virtually impossible for Iranian "advisors" to get into Gaza also.
Israel has every right TO PROTECT ITSELF AND ITS CITIZENS-period!
Yes it does, but the sad fact is it will not. 60 missiles today, with mass panic across a huge swathe of the country, (but thankfully limited casualties). I guarantee this, even though the casualties could of been high, Israel will do nothing effective.
The Israel of today is an empty shell, the country is split between those that spend too much time looking at Big Brother/Survivor and those that cant pull their noses out the Torah.
The Mohammedans are rubbing their hands in anticipation.
They are rocketing Christian areas in Israel on December 24th. This is how tolerans Islam is.
Instead of saying Merry Christmas, Muslims are killing innocent Christians. Muslims are the most mean spirited animals when it comes to non Muslim holiday.
It is surprising to me that the Muslim attack on US happened on 911 and not on December 24th (highly traveled day) - they don't care about non Muslim holidays - they hate non Muslims holidays and even show their anger obviously with no diplomacy, political correctness or shame.
Over 100-Million Muslim losers attacked 2-million people Israel (back in 1973) on Israel's most sacred holiday, Yum Kippur. They were shouting "Allahu Akbar" but Allah was crushed when God helped Israel crush Islam and their Allah.
This is when their hate for Israel and the Jews went exponentially thru the roof.
Thank God Israel has the upper hand over Allah.
Atlas has a graph showing that during the election
season Hamas virtually stopped rockets. I'm guessing
to help Obama.
Beagle's helpful summary includes this sentence: "Saudi Arabia: All Christian worship is forbidden in the country - even within the U.S. Embassy." Inasmuch as the embassy is, according to international law, American territory, Saudi law can't apply within it. So, is this a policy of our own government? Please clarify. Thank you.
I suggest the Anaconda plan modeled on the plan of the same name conducted by Ulysses S. Grant in the U. S. civil war against the Confederacy: For each rocket or bomb from Gaza, Israel takes and clears of all Gazans resident therin one square kilometer of Gaza territory. Also blockade the coast of Gaza.