Gaza

Welcome to Gaza Update #11. We continue in our effort to provide a comprehensive round up of news and information about the War in Gaza. Our news gathering efforts include but are not limited to reviewing sites such as Memeorandum, general surfing of the net and tips from readers.

Within the last week thousands of visitors have spent time reviewing the round up.

Previous editions of the round up can be found below:1* 2 *3* 3.5* 4* 4.5* 5* 5.5* 6*6.5 *7* 7.5* 8* 8.5.*9, *9.5, *10, *10.5.

CNN in a shocker reports Al Qaeda message blames Obama, Egypt for Gaza violence.
The New York Times has Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza
More NYT For Israel, Lessons From 2006, but Old Pitfalls.
The Telegraph has an entire section devoted to Israel, including links to some bloggers.
More from The Telegraph Analysis: Will Israel call a Gaza ceasefire?
Reuters EXCLUSIVE-Gaza headmaster was Islamic Jihad “rocket-maker“
YNET reports:
PM: No to 48-hour ceasefire, yes to American initiative.
Rice gives support to Mubarak proposal on Gaza.
Egypt announces Israel-Hamas truce plan.
Hamas built underground city.
Christopher Hitchens: Gaza could have been a model of the future Palestinian state.
Michael Totten on Journalistic Malpractice.

Mark Steyn on Judeophobic Logic.

Israellycool and The Muqata are still liveblogging the war.

American Power discusses the Necessity of Peace. I enjoyed the story of Tomer Bohadana.

From my friend The Elder we have Suburban Gaza and Al-Arabiya Arabic news roundup.

What War Zone has headlines that are inimitable I Don’t Care If They Drop Kassams on My Head, I’m Driving on Kvish 6, Dammit.

Solomonia shared Andy McCarthy on Why We Need Israel to Win
MEMRI TV: Egyptian Clerics- ‘Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire’ – ‘bite their heads off with our teeth’
Boston Pro-Hamas Organizers Describe Goals: Destruction of Jewish State.

The Sand Monkey Why don’t you get involved? and Give Ghaza to Egypt?

The Sultan’s Note blogged Hamas has failed – it is time they stepped down.

Oleh Girl shared Yesterday Hamas fired upon, hijacked humanitarian aid trucks.
From Gateway Pundit we learn Pro-Hamas Thug Smacks Reporter in Face At Toronto Rally (VIdeo).

My Shrapnel say If you will allow me a brief primal scream… Personally if I am going to scream I don’t ask for permission, I just do it. 😉 But she is right, minority opinions and the ability to voice them are significant rights.

The Prairie Pundit shared Hamas victim offensive gets a boost. Plancks Constant conducted an investigation: Norwegian Doctor in Gaza – Unbiased?

Joshuapundit says It’s Hard Out There For A ( Hamas) Pimp. Or perhaps you can read a couple of posts at Lubavitch.com,

Bookworm found a great source of Moral clarity. Let’s surf over to Yourish to read World trying to push Israel into an early cease fire.

Chabad is doing their best to support the troops. At Shiloh Musings read Day 11 of the War from Netivot.

Who would expect to discuss the war at a Buffy The Vampire Slayer message board. Coming next it is the fans of Gomer Pyle USMC versus McHale’s Navy.

Go take a look at War. Mother In Israel provided a link to The Children’s Brigade song.

Gateway Pundit has a number of worthwhile posts. Let’s focus on Hostile Protesters In Turkey Force Israeli B-Ball Players to Flee Court and Danish Schools Refuse to Admit Jews Out of Fear of Violence… From Muslim Students.

Soccer Dad has Walt’s moral disneyland and other stupid academic tricks. Ask Treppenwitz about The Writing on The Walls.

Go here for a Good War Analysis by WSJ. Sometimes you need to spell it out. Our Children Come First.

That is it for now. I am off to collapse into bed. See you in the A.M.

Welcome to the War in Gaza Update #10.5. Before we get into the meat of things lets set the mood with a video that many of you have probably seen before.

Brothers in Arms

I am curious to see if this war produces it’s own “Yalla Yalla Nasrallah”

One more video Tommorow I will return home- מחר אני בבית

And now we’ll head off to the next round up of news and information about the war in Gaza.

Previous editions of the round up can be found below:1* 2 *3* 3.5* 4* 4.5* 5* 5.5* 6*6.5 *7* 7.5* 8* 8.5.*9, *9.5, *10.

In the news we have the following stories for your review and consumption:

CNN reports Israel: Hamas mortars prompted attack near U.N. school
Bret Stephens writes in the WSJ An Endgame for Israel.
Natan Sharansky writes How the U.N. Perpetuates the ‘Refugee’ Problem.
JPost: Analysis: Hamas desperate for lull.
JPost: Lebanon doubts Hizbullah will open second front.
JPost: Jordan, Egypt strike balance between Israel ties, angry public.
Al Jazeera cries media bias in In the US, Gaza is a different war.
Forbes has an opinion piece called Five Reasons Why India Can’t ‘Do A Gaza’ On Pakistan.

Israellycool and The Muqata liveblogging the war.

From Mere Rhetoric go read:
Video: UNRWA Explosion Was From Retaliatory Fire, Secondary Explosions

Friends Of Likud Conference Call – Gen. Moshe Ya’alon On Whether Hezbollah Will Open Up A Second Front

Hamas: We Will Murder Jewish Children All Over The World (Plus: Diplomats Trying To Stop The IDF From Winning)

Seraphic Secret found a Surprise Message from Usama bin Laden and The Gaza War(s).

Israel Matzav’s interview with John Devore is here.

From the Long War Journal Ground war heats up in Gaza.

The Weekly Standard blog says Hamas Leadership in Disarray. It is probably not considered good form to say that dismembered is better than disarray.

Also at The Weekly Standard Blog is this post Imagine the Jews Were the Real Terrorists!

Crittenden continues the beat with Bleeding, Leading in which he comments on Greenwald the sock puppet. Ok, maybe that is not fair, my also calling him a sock puppet. But if you ask me it is better than saying that he comes across as a semi-hysterical shill for terrorists. Now that is probably too extreme, so maybe we should return to the sock puppet. Either way we’ll give Greenwald some time in the sun.

Go read Discussing Israel/Gaza on right-wing talk radio and make up your own mind.

Jefferey Goldberg wrote The World’s Pornographic Interest in Jewish Moral Failure. Look at this excerpt:

“Once, in Khan Younis, I actually saw gunmen unwrap a shrouded body, carry it a hundred yards and position it atop a pile of rubble — and then wait a half-hour until photographers showed. It was one of the more horrible things I’ve seen in my life. And it’s typical of Hamas. If reporters would probe deeper, they’d learn the awful truth of Hamas. But Palestinian moral failings are not of great interest to many people. “

Yourish offers Hamas using children as human shield and Barbarism in the Congo, ignored.

At Blackfive you can review A path to the defeat of Hamas.

Daled Amos has Caroline Glick Interview: Only Four Options In Gaza? and Forget Israel–Let’s Compare HAMAS With The Nazis.

Comments from Left Field reacts emotionally In Gaza, Horror Piled Atop Horror. Apparently if terrorists use a school or hospital it is a safe zone from which they can act however they please.

Newshoggers takes a similar approach in Destroying the School To Save It.

At a Blog for All you can read True Evil Exposed: The Gaza School Incidents. Go to Gateway Pundit and read Dead Hamas Terrorists & Missiles Found At UN School In Gaza ad IDF Spokesperson’s Hamas Operatives Killed in UNRWA School, 6 Jan 2009.

Joshuapundit, One, Use A School As A Military Base; Two, Booby Trap It; Three, Blame Israel When It Goes Boom!

Harry’s Place wrote On the deaths in Jabalya.

Here is a Letter to Gaza: How do you stomach killing children every day?

American Powerblog shares Israeli Settlers and the Gaza Campaign and Extermination of the Jews, Then and Now.

Danger Room wrote Israelis Take Over Hamas’ TV Station.

Go read A Jewish Gaza? From there mozy on over to Hamas Is Losing, Short Term and Long Term.

Take a look at Insulting the Nazis.

This concludes the round up. Stay tuned for another edition.

Welcome to another edition of updates on the War in Gaza. Due to the high value of spam and some of the comments I have turned on comment moderation. It appears that some of you would very much like me to engage in an act that is anatomically impossible.

Actually those comments are tame. Some of the other foaming at the mouth, hate filled screeds are almost comical. Anyhoo, we can smile and blow kisses at the blowhards later. Suffice it to say that periodically I let a few of the monkeys escape from the cage so that everyone gets to see what they have to offer.

And now we’ll head off to the next round up of news and information about the war in Gaza.

Previous editions of the round up can be found below:1* 2 *3* 3.5* 4* 4.5* 5* 5.5* 6*6.5 *7* 7.5* 8* 8.5.*9, *9.5.

In the news you’ll find a variety of articles to review:

CNN, oh CNN, is this supposed to be balanced:
In Gaza, living with anger and fear (Just wondering why we never saw anything like this about Sderot.)
The New York Times has an editorial Incursion Into Gaza that straddles the fence.
From MSNBC Israel ignores international calls for cease-fire and Outline of a possible Gaza truce emerges.
On Boston.com you can read Israel battles way into Gaza’s urban areas.
Business Standard reports Obama avoiding talks on foreign policy including Gaza.
The BBC asks Gaza conflict: Who is a civilian?
Time Magazine Analysis: How Hamas Wins by Losing and Despite Pummeling in Gaza, Hamas Thinks It Has the Upper Hand.

JPost has Reporter’s Notebook: Under fire in Ashkelon and Car rams gates of Toulouse synagogue.

Check out Ynet’s The price of disengagement and Your opinion is irrelevant.

The Nation Israel’s New War Ethic.

Michael Totten discusses The Israeli Way of War.

Melanie Phillips War is terrible, but the alternative in Gaza was worse.

In the blogosphere:The Muqata and Israelly Cool are still liveblogging.

The IDF blog offers an explanation about the Friendly Fire incident here and a video.

IDF VLOG: Israel Captures Hamas Terrorists

Yaacov Lozowick discusses Proportionality and War and “What are the Israelis Thinking?”

Mere Rhetoric shares Hamas Bombs Another Israeli School (Plus: What’s Their Next “Surprise”?) and MSM Division Of Labor: NYT Provides The Misleading Anti-Israel Headlines, Hamas Stringers Provide The Fake Pictures.

From The Augean Stables Astounding Update on Gaza Beach (2006): Father played with unexploded ordnance and Meditations on Moderation and Demopathy.

The Right Truth It’s a Terrifying World. Breath of the Beast Can Public Broadcasting Really be THIS Contemptible?

Atlas Shrugs observed We value life, they value nothing. The Infidel Bloggers Alliance reports Warning to U.S. Jewish Centers. Wonder if those lovely antiwar protests intend to protest that, somehow I doubt it.

Gateway Pundit reports Egyptian President Mubarak Says He Wants an Israeli Victory.

Soccer Dad analyzes Cohen’s rectification.

The American Sector in Zionist Alert!! questioned an NY Times report.
Here is a video of IDF wounded arriving at the hospital.

Over at Yourish Where suicide bombers come from and Czech FM to Israel: We’re telling you to lose.
As always Solomonia has good material. Check out Solomonia on Radio (Update) and Who Broke the Ceasefire?

Writes Like She Talks has Remains of the Day, 1/5/09: Gaza and Israel.

Shiloh Musings says We Didn’t Roll Bandages. Lady Light has Take Your Kids to the Rocket Strike Zone Playground.

I think that Benji just might miss American football.Ok maybe this post isn’t quite about that. Go read (Reuters) Texas Longhorns Down Hamas Cacaheads in Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

People in The Sun is Confused and All.

The Rebbitzin’s Husband wrote a Letter to Gaza: Did I misunderstand you? and Pontificating on Gaza, Michael Lerner still married to Oslo.
Ruti wrote “What can I do? I can’t just sit here…”

Prospects for Peace shared Five comments on the Gaza crisis and what to do.

From Bookworm Life under siege.

Adloyada shared Hamas leader promises even greater war crimes against Israel and Want a laugh? Compare how BBC reports Israel/Gaza with UK/Afghanistan.

Imshin discussed The Qassam Hunter from Sha’ar Hanegev.

Israel at level Ground How To ‘Reach Out And Touch Somebody’ In Gaza.

Sabra at Heart An Awe Inspiring response to a Guardian article.

Shrinkwrapped wrote On the Ground in Gaza.

This marks the end of the round up. Stay tuned for more.

Welcome to another edition of updates on the War in Gaza. We’re starting to see a higher volume of spam and remarks from trolls so Comment moderation has been turned on.

Previous editions of the round up can be found below:1* 2 *3* 3.5* 4* 4.5* 5* 5.5* 6*6.5 *7* 7.5* 8* 8.5.*9.

Take a look at the news and what do we see

John Bolton in the WAPO The Three-State Option.
CNN Top Hamas official defiant over rocket strikes.
The Economist Now the ground war.
Ottawa Citizen Only the end of Hamas can bring peace to Gaza.
The Telegraph Gaza will explode if US stays on sidelines.
Haaretz Lull now
Huffington Post Hamas Is Responsible for the Civilian Casualties in Gaza.
Huffington Post Photos From Israel That You Won’t See on the News.
NY Times The Toughest Q’s Answered in the Briefest Tweets.
Ventura County Star Israel Losing PR War

Chabad War News and Info.

In the blogosphere:

The Muqata and Israelly Cool are liveblogging. Apparently they have inspired Backspin to do so as well.

The IDF Spokesperson provides this video of the IDF attacking terrorists:

They also provide more information about what has been happening. Here is an incomplete summary of their summary:

• A mosque used to store mass amounts of weaponry
• An underground bunker in the area of Gaza city. The attack caused secondary explosions indicating there were explosives inside. Tunnels in the area collapsed.
• A number of smuggling tunnels, near Rafah, used by the Hamas terror organization as passages for terrorists in and out of the Gaza Strip and that formed part of the purchasing and supply system of the organization
• 80 trucks with humanitarian aid were transferred into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing

Seraphic Secret shared The Unbearable Lightness of the Blood Libel.

Mere Rhetoric provides a report on the SF Consulate Conference Call – Operation Cast Lead Media Strategy.

The Elder asked Is Israel winning the media war? He also has a post that asks Why would Israel want civilians to die?

And rounding out his trifecta is The Zionist Collaborator Hierarchy.

Over at Yourish are the following:

Czech FM to Israel: We’re telling you to lose, Saving Hamas by diplomacy and Firming up the narrative: Israel can’t win.

At the Occidental Israeli you can review Operation Cast Lead – Arab World III.

Mother in Israel shared Pictures of Israeli Soldiers Treating Palestinian Weapon Smugglers.

Weasel Zippers shared this disturbing post Daily Kos: “I Find Satisfaction in the Death of an Israeli Soldier”…..

And

UN Complains Their Ambulances Can’t Reach Gaza Wounded, Fails to Mention Their Vehicles are Being Used as Hamas Troop Carriers….

Blackfive wrote about the Palestinian war crime of the day.

The Jawa Report shared this SF: Interesting Pro-Hamas Protest Banner.

Crittenden has another round up called Heil Hamas.

Shiloh Musings has a List of Wounded Soldiers.

LGF has Guardian Hits Bottom, Digs. While you are there read Staged Photos Pouring Out of Gaza.

Carl in Jerusalem to be interviewed on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

Don’t forget to read Captured terrorist being treated at Soroka Hospital with IDF troops.

Ammaro blogged Peace.

On The Fringe provided for spite: re palestinians’ preference for martyrdom.

Esser Agaroth blogged about increased Rocket Range.

Daled Amos shared Audio: Alan Dershowitz On Fox Radio Discussing Disproportionate Force and Video: Children of Hamas.

This ends the latest round up. More to come later today.

Just posted this little ditty on Yourish.

Sometimes the world is a funny place in that way that makes you throw your head back and laugh with reckless abandon. And sometimes it is the kind of funny that makes you wonder if somehow you are living inside a piece of Salvador Dali’s artwork.

It is well and good to moan the loss of life and suggest that goodwill be spread to all mankind. It is a noble sentiment but it is not one that is shared by all people. One of the fundamental flaws of some people is the belief that kindness will always generate a similar response. Because the reality is that this is not true. Sometimes treating people the way that you wish to be treated means that you are going to take a boot in the ass and a poke in the eye.

I teach my children to be nice, kind and respectful of others because it is the right thing to do. I also teach them to be aware of when that sort of behavior is not received well. Because good, bad or indifferent there will come a time when others will try to take advantage of them.

And right now a terrorist organization of thugs and slugs is taking advantage of the good will and kindness of many people. Far too many people look at Hamas and praise them for the charitable work they do for their people. That is great. Yet it ignores the reality that they also exploit them.

They exploit them by hiding in hospitals and mosques. They exploit them by intentionally placing them in dangerous situations. They hope that there are civilian casualties so that they can play upon world sympathy. And that is simply wrong.

But the ideology that allows them to intentionally send the innocent into harm’s way is one that we cannot accept as being equal to others. We cannot provide a free pass. We cannot celebrate shared values and coo over how interesting their culture is. Because it celebrates death and that is just not equal to cultures that celebrate life.

Crossposted on Yourish.