Just read a report that said that the Israelis have targeted the hospitals and schools where Hamas has been hiding their arms and supplies. They have given warnings to every target well in advance and everyone left except one location where staff members(?) stayed behind. The Iraeli rockets hit the place and, evidently, the secondary explosions showed that there was quite a stash of weaponry in there. The Egyptians have told the Palestinian people that they will help them but not Hamas, that Hamas has brought this down unpon themselves. Abbas is on his way to Ankara, Turkey to try to get the Turks to quit undermining what the Eqyptians are trying to do, which is help Israel shut Hamas down for good. Turkey and Qatar are Hamas' biggest sponsors.
Israel has the the three necessary components of a good battle plan in place, including the end game, which is to drive Hamas into insignificance as a military threat, and then sit down at the table with Egypt as the mediator and talk about the Palestine question.
Ed
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I am surprised Israel permits Gaza to exist in its current form. I wonder how feasible it would be for them to expel the Palestinian residents back to Egypt and possibly the West Bank?
I am surprised Israel permits Gaza to exist in its current form. I wonder how feasible it would be for them to expel the Palestinian residents back to Egypt and possibly the West Bank?
The Egyptians don't want them. Never did, I don't think. They are not friendly.
I do have a solution, though: Jordan.
The West Bank Palestinians, too. Eject them all into Jordan. They won't like it, of course. The Jordanians won't like it, either. But since they will never be happy, ever, under any circumstances, I don't think it's such a bad idea.
Gaza will have to be pounded until the people turn on Hamas.
,...and then what?
fair question, but I gotta point out : Israel protects it's citizens from missiles, Hamas uses it's citizens to protect itself and it's missiles...justt say'n
I am surprised Israel permits Gaza to exist in its current form. I wonder how feasible it would be for them to expel the Palestinian residents back to Egypt and possibly the West Bank?
The Egyptians don't want them. Never did, I don't think. They are not friendly.
I do have a solution, though: Jordan.
The West Bank Palestinians, too. Eject them all into Jordan. They won't like it, of course. The Jordanians won't like it, either. But since they will never be happy, ever, under any circumstances, I don't think it's such a bad idea.
The whole purpose of the war of 1970-71 in Jordan was to get rid of them.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.
You are a scholar. I thought more than the PLO was exiled.
The term Black September (Arabic: أيلول الأسود‎; aylūl al-aswad) refers to the Jordanian Civil War that began in September 1970 and ended in July of 1971. The conflict was fought between the two major components of the Jordanian population, the Palestinians represented by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) under the leadership of Yasser Arafat and the native Jordanians represented by the Jordanian Armed Forces under the leadership of King Hussein.[5] At its core the civil war sought to determine if Jordan would be ruled by the Palestine Liberation Organisation or the Hashemite Monarchy.[6] The war resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, the vast majority Palestinian.[3] Armed conflict ended with the expulsion of the PLO leadership and thousands of Palestinian fighters to Lebanon.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.