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Isreal turns the screw in Gaza

Posted: June 29th, 2006 | Author: Aaron | Filed under: middle east, politics |

With an Israeli hostage hidden somewhere in the Gaza strip, IDF tanks crossing the boarder, and Syria opening fire on Israeli fighter planes, the Middle East looks as unstable as ever.

From the BBC:

Cpl Gilad Shalit was seized by Palestinian militants in an attack on an Israeli border post on Sunday, that also left two Israeli soldiers dead.

Israel has threatened a huge military response if Cpl Shalit is not released and has been massing its tanks along the border with Gaza.

Separately, Palestinian militants in the West Bank have killed an Israeli settler they said they had abducted at the weekend

Also: Hamas resists Israel recognition [link]

So much for the invasion of Iraq bringing about “peace and democracy” in the Middle East…

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5 Comments on “Isreal turns the screw in Gaza”

  1. 1 chagnon said at 11:51 am on June 29th, 2006:

    I agree. This is nearly out of control. I watched the news and read the papers yesterday in astonishment, as I hope many others did as well. Given the supposed Hamas-Assad-Iran alliance, one has to wonder seriously how far this will go. We’ve heard suprisingly little thus far from Washington. Why so mum?

  2. 2 tyger said at 12:21 pm on June 29th, 2006:

    The whole episode stinks of self-righteousness on both sides. BTW excellent article on your blog on the news.

    http://chagnon.wordpress.com/2006/06/29/conflict-in-gaza-rhetoric-of-hypocrites-prelude-to-something-bigger/

  3. 3 Jose said at 7:40 pm on June 30th, 2006:

    The Israeli corporal’s fate was of no importance to Israel, it just gave it the reason to invade and seize Hamas leaders.

    As we can see, Israel’s doings receive the tacit acceptance of the rest of the western countries. Even Arabs - with the shy exception of Egypt - haven’t said a word.

    When are international laws to be applied correctly in the ME?

  4. 4 Richard W. Symonds said at 11:07 pm on June 30th, 2006:

    “When are international laws to be applied correctly”

  5. 5 Jose said at 10:49 am on July 1st, 2006:

    Exactly, Symonds.

    This post appeared in Respect today is worth reading:

    http://groups.msn.com/Respectpoliticalparty/humor.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=38803&LastModified=4675579064892353093&all_topics=1