The situation in northern Israel is escalating:
At approximately 3 p.m. Palestinians on the Lebanese side of the northern border opened fire toward the Kibbutz Manara area in northern Israel, and IDF soldiers manning a nearby outpost retaliated. Meanwhile a number of mortars were also fired toward Israel, apparently by a separate terror cell. In response IDF choppers launched a strike on Hizbullah bases in southern Lebanon, and army forces opened fire at the areas from which the mortar and rocket attacks emanated from.
Some residents think it’s about damned time to get rid of the missile batteries once and for all.
The secretary of Moshav Margaliot in the north told Ynet, “I think Defense Minister Amir Peretz now realizes that the restraint exhibited this morning did not pay off and that only a major strike on the Lebanese infrastructure will prove the severity of the situation to the Beirut government.
“I call on Peretz to let the IDF act with all means available to it,†he said.
Another northern border resident said, “If we want to put an end to the threats, then this is the chance.
“Send us to the bomb shelters, shut down the communities and put an end to Hizbullah and its partners once and for all; they are disrupting daily life for northern Israel residents.
Can’t argue with that. There is a UN resolution backing up Israel’s position. If the UN won’t disarm the terrorists, Israel should.
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The Lebanese have asked Israel for a ceasefire which Israel has agreed to.
The next time Israel should target Lebanese infrastructure such as power stations.
Lebanon is pathetic.
Hezbollah is officially part of Lebanon’s government. The attacks originate from Lebanese territory. Israel should destroy Beirut’s airport and seaport as a suggestion for the Lebanese nation, whatever that is, to get it’s frickin’ act together, at least as far as extra-territorial aggression is concerned.
Here’s another thought – it seems conventional strategic thinking holds that regime change in Iran will de-fang Syria and Hezbollah by isolating them and leaving them sponsor-less.
Why not defang the regime in Tehran by routing Hezbollah from southern Lebanon and something equivalent to the Syrian Baathist-fascist regime? Israel can, if she had the will, remove the core of Iran’s proxy terrorist army from the northern border region, and kick the shit out of Syria at the same time. Iran loses leverage and Israelis in the north can live without fear of tarror-bombs falling from the sky.
Does anyone think Amir Peretz has a clue? He should, given the continuing agony of Sderot and the stream of Kassam rockets fired against it.
North American politically-correct left-wing attacks: Escalating
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