The jihadis love civilian casualties on both sides. They love to target Israeli civilians, as with this attack on Eilat. And they love to mount jihad attacks from civilian areas, so as to cause civilian deaths by Israeli retaliatory fire, as they then use those civilian deaths for propaganda purposes. They are the ones responsible for those civilian deaths, not Israel.
And when Islamic spokesmen claim that Islam forbids the killing of civilians, that is only half correct. The available hadiths are contradictory (as is so often the case). There are hadiths in which Muhammad forbids the killing of civilians, but there is also this one: “The Prophet… was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, ‘They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans).'” (Bukhari 52.256) That is, it is permissible to kill the women and children, because they are of the pagans.
“Israeli holiday resort Eilat targeted by rockets โ video,” Guardian, July 15, 2014 (thanks to Twostellas):
Tourists in Eliat watch security personnel survey the scene after three rockets hit the Israeli holiday resort on Tuesday. Several people were injured and cars and buildings were damaged. A local police officer says people should stay inside and take cover when they hear sirens. The rockets are believed to have been fired from Egypt’s Sinai region by those hostile to a peace deal being brokered by Egypt[.]
Buraq says
I read a brilliant post today on CIF Watch about the ceasefire.
“Israel breaches ceasefire by shooting down Hamas rocket!”
I laughed and laughed. Go Israel!
R. K. MacUalraig says
Lol, thanks for posting that.
Yes, as always it’s all Israel’s fault.
Angemon says
Buraq posted:
“I laughed and laughed.”
So did I ๐ ๐ ๐
squeezethejuice says
My Muslim brothers have not chosen a good strategy. The Zionists in charge of Israel care very little about the loss of life even among their own people. Plus, it is not a good idea to attack the Ppl of the Book as if they are ALL foes of Muslims. Some also want to leave in peace with their Muslim neighbors.
The only thing that will really annoy a Zionist Jew is when he is starting to lose money. IF the Zionists insist on stealing Muslim land for themselves, at least let’s make their residence in Israel as costly as possible. Convince the European countries (Germany, France, Spain) who also had bad experiences with the Jews in the past to boycott Jewish products.
RKM says
SARC OFF?
John C. Barile says
Your Muslim brothers don’t like half-measures–what are you, anyway, a hypocrite? What would Khalifah Ibrahim (may Almighty guide [a missile] on him) have to say about your half-heartedness? Where is your Loyalty and Enmity, O you Muslim??
John C. Barile says
Listen to the call of your Khalifah! He calls you to battle! And may Allah guide [a missile upon] you!
Angemon says
squeezethejuice posted:
“Convince the European countries (Germany, France, Spain) who also had bad experiences with the Jews in the past to boycott Jewish products.”
The german who go out of their way to prove that they’re not jew-hating nazis, the and french who are waking up the the threat of islam and muslims, and the spaniards who recently gave jews the right of return and flipped the finger to muslims demanding right of return? Don’t hold your breath…
Angemon says
Wait, on a second thought, do hold your breath. I’d love to test my theory that a muslim can survive without oxygen as long as he can sustain himself on jew-hatred.
Israeli says
First time I enter this website. Not enough is done to show the western world(controlled by leftist media) the parallel lines that can be drawn between terrorists in Israel and terrorists in Europe. Keep up the good work Robert Spencer and hopefully we will see consequences ๐
dumbledoresarmy says
Hi.
Welcome!
(I’m an Australian).
Just hang in there, mate, and keep fighting. Those of us Friends of Zion who are religious folks are praying for you – Psalm 121 and Psalm 91, among others.
I just sent a letter to the Israeli Ambassador in Australia telling him from me (Aussie citizen, non-Jewish) that I totally supported Israel’s right to exist and to do whatever it felt it needed to do to defend itself against would-be-genocidal Muslim Jihad waged by the likes of Hamas.
If there were a pro-Israel rally organised in my hometown, I’d be there so fast…
As for raising general awareness in our respective countries, we’re all doing the best that we can.
dumbledoresarmy says
PS
I just have to ask (as I ask many of those who identify themselves as first-time visitors/ posters) – how did you find us? Jihadwatch, that is.
Every story is different.
By the way, another pro-Israel and counter-Jihad website you might like to visit is New English Review.
http://www.newenglishreview.org/
One of the movers and shakers there, “Hugh Fitzgerald”, is *very* well informed about the history and trials and tribulations of modern Israel, and absolutely scathing about antisemitism of all kinds both Muslim and non-Muslim. He was for quite a while part of jihadwatch, where he made fantastic contributions in official postings as well as in this forum, but he eventually decided to strike out on his own. Brilliant guy. An atheist, and at the same time, a passionate and erudite Friend of Zion. When he writes at his best, he writes like an angel; and some of his best writing is about Israel.
Mirren10 says
Welcome !
I concur with everything dumbledoresarmy says. Rest assured, all intelligent, **decent** people are on Israel’s side.
I’m from the UK, and have also written to the Israeli Ambassador, stating my 100% support for Israel, and urging that to accept a ‘hudna’ would be fatal.
I also have contacted B’nai B’rith, who are arranging a rally in London, to see if there’s any way I can help, from way up north.
Long live Israel !
Same Israeli guy says
Thank you both for your support. I found out about this website on wikipedia when I looked through articles like “Islamophobia” and cuonter-jihad and this website was mentioned among others. Than I looked at the article dedicated to Robert Spencer and I saw his parents were kicked from the Ottoman empire for not being Muslim and it pissed me off they dont have a refugee industry like the so-called “Palis”. Palis are the biggest babies on the world. They shoot rockets on us and than they go on our parliament(arab parliament members in Israel) and incite hatred against Jews. I wanted to check if people from other countries were aware of the problem of Jihad. Especially people like Mirren, from countries full of different Jihad groups.