Palestinians Massing At The Israeli Border

[P F Tinmore]

With All Eyes on Gaza, Israel Falls Back on the Hamas Card

 

[Hollie]

The Hamas card?

Gaza Protests: 50 Hamas Terrorists Killed at Israel's Border | National Review

 

[Sixties Fan]

Now comes Friedman, in a May 23 New York Times op-ed:

history is full of such injustices and of refugees who have reconciled with them and moved on — not passed on their refugee status to their kids and their kids’ kids. It’s why so few Arabs, so few Europeans, so few anybody, rose to Hamas’s defense. People are fed up with it.

So the Times news columns imagine “widespread international anger,” “international censure,” “intensified international attention and censure,” and “the world paying attention.” Friedman, on the other hand, writes that “so few Arabs, so few Europeans, so few anybody, rose to Hamas’s defense. People are fed up with it.” These two depictions of reality, if not flat-out contradictory, are at least in tension with each other. My own sense is that on this particular point — measuring the scope, severity, and gravity of overall world reaction to the Gaza riots — Friedman has a more accurate perception of it and is closer to the truth of the matter than the Times news columns are.

(full article online)

Not Even Tom Friedman Believes New York Times Gaza News Coverage

 

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The Health Ministry is run by Hamas - which rejected truckloads of medicines and medical supplies sent by Israel last week.

So while Hamas tries, and succeeds in telling the world that Israel is blocking needed goods to Gaza, it is in fact Hamas itself that is doing it.

Here is a cartoon from the Fatah website showing Israel locking out goods from Gaza for Ramadan:




Yet on Tuesday, despite Hamas directing Gaza youths to firebomb the Kerem Shalom goods crossing, Israel facilitated the transfer of over 14,000 tons of goods to Gaza.

(full article online)

Hamas Gaza health ministry complains of lack of medicines - as they reject shipments of medicines ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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Czech FM: Hamas alone responsible for deadly Gaza violence

 

[Shusha]

Czech FM: Hamas alone responsible for deadly Gaza violence

Good. Hamas needs to be held responsible for their actions.

 

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Spokesperson says Layla al-Ghandour taken off list of those killed by Israel pending autopsy, amid suggestions she died of a congenital heart condition

(full article online)

Gaza health ministry removes baby from border clash death toll

 

[Hollie]

The Arabs-Moslems masquerading as “Pal’istanians” are literally and figuratively as much a danger to themselves as others.

FIREBOMB KITE SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL AND LANDING AMONG GAZA PROTESTERS ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT BY TV CAMERA – SCENES FROM GAZA “RETURN MARCH”

Firebomb Kite Spinning Out of Control and Landing among Gaza Protesters Accidentally Caught by TV Camera – Scenes from Gaza “Return March

 

[Sixties Fan]

Two flimsy excuses are being bandied about in the mainstream media for the ongoing displays of hostility at the Gaza border.


Both portray the inhabitants of Gaza as victims – either (a) as victims of their leadership and/or (b) as victims of Israel’s repressive blockade of the hapless enclave.


With regard to the former, the Gazans are not the blameless victims of their leadership.


Quite the opposite!


They are the very crucible in which that leadership was formed, and from which it emerged.


To underscore this, a poll, conducted less than a year ago by a leading Palestinian survey institute, found that 85% of Gazans supported maintaining payments to “security prisoners” (read “jailed terrorists”), who have murdered countless Israelis in cold blood.


Israeli sympathies for the Gazans should, therefore, be tailored to these sentiments.


Confounding cause with consequence


Indeed, an up-to-date poll, conducted this month by the same Palestinian institute, showed that the Gazans display little remorse for their election of Hamas. Thus, according to its findings, in a future presidential election, Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh would trounce incumbent Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah by almost two-to-one!

These revealed preferences of the Gazan public bring us to the other purported “victimhood” claim regarding Israel’s security quarantine.

The refrain currently being aired is that the violence manifested at the border is the result of pent up frustration of the public over the dire socio-economic conditions that prevail in the Gaza Strip: Largely undrinkable water, perennial power outages, raw sewage overflows and polluted beaches. The blame for this dismal condition is being laid at Israel’s doorstep for the alleged restrictions it imposes on the Gazan economy. Thus, according to this so-called “reasoning”, the only solution is the lifting, or at least the loosening, of the quarantine to alleviate the despair and desperation of the impoverished and suffering populace.

However, it is demonstrably and indisputably clear that the imposition of the quarantine on Gaza is the consequence—not the cause—of Arab enmity towards Israel.

(full article online)

INTO THE FRAY: Swastikas over Gaza!

 

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Smoke rises from Israeli agricultural fields near the Gaza Strip border, after being set on fire by a Molotov cocktail kite, May 14, 2018.

The Kite terror from Gaza continued on Friday as a huge fire erupted in three different locations in the Kissufim area. Firefighting teams, JNF and rescue teams have yet to gain complete control as of noon time, and the strong winds that are blowing in the area make it difficult to conduct firefighting operations.

(full article online)

Watch Kites Terror: 3 Fires Rage in Kissufim Orchards near Gaza

 

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Since March 30, tens of thousands of Palestinians have taken part in the weekly protests, which Israel says are orchestrated by Hamas and used as cover for attempted terror attacks and breaches of the border fence.

The violent demonstrations were meant to end on May 15, but Hamas leaders have said they want them to continue.

The largest blaze yet sparked by the firebomb-bearing kites happened two weeks ago near Kibbutz Be’eri, an Israeli community located some seven kilometers (4.3 miles) east of Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp. The fire took over six hours to extinguish and consumed dozens of dunams of grasslands and agricultural fields in the area.

Military planners have begun implementing new measures to combat the assaults, including options drawn from the IDF’s responses to rocket launches and other terror attacks.

(full article and map online)

Petrol bomb-laden kite causes huge blaze along Gaza border

 

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Inane, again! Thomas Friedman on Gaza

 

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[ "Do unto others......is not in the Arab Muslim vocabulary. Definitely not in the Quran ]

An explosive device was hurled at IDF troops in northern Gaza on Friday evening, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. No injuries were reported. In addition, attempts to sabotage security infrastructure occurred.

In another incident, approximately 1,600 rioters assembled along the security fence on the Gaza border. The rioters hurled rocks and burning tires. IDF troops responded with riot dispersal means and fire in accordance with standard operating procedures.

Meanwhile, some 87,000 Palestinian Arabs passed through the various crossings from Judea and Samaria to Jerusalem on Friday to take part in Ramadan prayers, the IDF said in a statement.

In addition, during the day, about 8,000 worshipers visited the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron.

IDF forces are deployed in large numbers and are working in cooperation with the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), the Civil Administration, the Border Police and the Israel Police in order to allow the Ramadan prayers to go on while ensuring the defense of the local communities and roads and maintaining order and security.

(full article online)

Explosive hurled at IDF troops in Gaza

 

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[Hollie]

“Massacre”.

Are you still pimping that nonsense?

 

[Hollie]

Major Islamic terrorist beat-down.

And Allah is the best of planners.

 

[Sixties Fan]

IDF opens fire at 4 who cross fence from southern Gaza into Israel

 

[Sixties Fan]

Army says 1,600 Gazans hurl rocks, burn tires in weekly clashes; 87,000 West Bank Palestinians come to Jerusalem for Ramadan prayers

(full article online)

Bomb hurled at IDF troops on Gaza border as hundreds protest

 

[Sixties Fan]

he growing chasm between reality and reporting regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was in stark relief during the recent events in Gaza. The prevailing narrative was that strong-armed Israelis were shooting and killing unarmed peaceful Palestinian protesters, when in fact there were a series of violent riots planned by Hamas as cover while they attempted to breach the security fence, pour into Israel, and kidnap or kill Israelis. The majority of those killed were terrorists or affiliated with Gaza-based terrorist movements, which is information provided by the terrorist groups themselves.

Regardless of how one feels about Israel or the Palestinian quest for statehood, establishing what happened should have been a straightforward task given the abundance of verifiable evidence as the events unfolded. Unfortunately, this grotesque failure to report facts accurately or put them in context reached this point after several decades during which news outlets cemented the conflict narrative as a story focused on Israeli actions alone.

(full article online)

The Media’s Palestine Narrative Reads Like Fan Fiction

 

[Sixties Fan]

[ What would the US have done if anyone outside the US southern border attempted what these guys attempted at the border with Israel?]

Infiltration attempt during Gaza riots