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Israeli soldiers stand in front of armoured vehicles just outside the central Gaza Strip December 30, 2008. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
Earlier it was reported that the defense stablishment recommendeded that Israel use the suspension of operations to carefully study Hamas's intentions; whether the group was planning to escalate the violence by renewing attacks inside the country or whether it would opt to stop its rocket attacks against the South altogether.
It was possible that Operation Cast Lead, the massive bombardment since Saturday of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, had already made clear to Hamas that the "rules of the game" had changed and that Israel will no longer tolerate rocket fire against its civilians.
A commentator on Israel's Channel 10 said Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi both supported the initiative to suspend action for 48 hours.
The IDF spokesperson denied recommending a temporary ceasefire.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:24 PM ZIONIST Says:
A ceasefire is only a trick by HAMAS (haman) to stall things till Obama takes office. They scared BUSH will look the other way while Israel crushes these lowlifes. Eileh ba Rechev, eileh ba susim......
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:23 PM doesn't make sense Says:
Doesn't make any sense any lay person can gather that. They have to be wiped out, or it will just continue again. Or they will cease fire long enough to come back stronger. Any truces, is just a farce on hamas' part.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM Anonymous Says:
y not finish the job once for all!!!
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:21 PM Shlomo Says:
No ceasfire!!!!!! BOMB BOMB BOMB!!!!!!
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:19 PM Askipeh Hanidreses Says:
They need to carefully study Hamas's intentions? Their intentions atre very clear, that they will rain rockets into Israel if allowed. No need to hold a Chelemer Asifeh for this.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:18 PM dreikup Says:
as the situation developes it seems to mimic the second lebanon war, where israel backed out without acheiving it's goal.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:39 PM Anonymous Says:
“ y not finish the job once for all!!! ”
Because you aren't there to lead them.
Get out of you armchair, sell your house in Monsey and move to eretz yisroel where you can see daily the effects of going in either direction.
Until then, please spare the rest of us the urge to laugh at your comments.
We used to have a saying - What is a Zionist? A Jew from England who raises money from Jews in America to send Jews from Poland to live in Palestine.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:37 PM yankel Says:
A ceasefire for hoom ? what the hell is thet ? Maybe the USA sould give a ceasefire for afganstan ? How maney ceasefire's we gave them all redey if they are terrists they should kill all of them out
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:37 PM ISRAEL SUPPORT Says:
Israel should not have a cease fire for even a small period of time. They should take the initiative and continue their actions to DESTROY Hamas and anyone that stands in their way. They should be strong and not back down. BE STRONG.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:49 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Israel should not have a cease fire for even a small period of time. They should take the initiative and continue their actions to DESTROY Hamas and anyone that stands in their way. They should be strong and not back down. BE STRONG. ”
Yeah, send in the ground troops. Your kid isn't there with the Hesder boys anyway. So who cares how many Israelis get killed following your advise.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:56 PM M.E. Says:
Bush got Israel in this mess to begin with. He pressured Israel to give Gaza back and he encourage the Arabs to hold an election after everyone warned him not to including Israel because Hamas was going to gain control.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 01:42 PM worried Says:
To most comments in front of mine...what language is this bomb bomb...yes if we would know that this won't cost any of our yidishe lives then you're right...but but but every time such war happens it costs many many lives not only in isreal..this war has an effect all over the world....so let's leave this up to the big fish to decide if cease fire is worth while..in the mean time let all of us take a thilim and pray to hoshem to make an end to all this violents
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Dec 30, 2008 at 01:41 PM robroy560 Says:
Why stop? Oil is low now and inventories are high. Abbas and Mubarek don't want to deal with Hamas either. The incoming EU president, granted it's symbolic, is not blasting Israel. Bush and Condi aren't. Lord Obama is silent playing golf in Hawaii. The stock market would love to put this to a rest.
I read certain Rabbinic authorities in Israel gave the green light for attacking Hamas if they are surrounded among civilians.
Finish the job. The Sharon administration created this mess by leaving Gaza. Olmert embarrassed Israel with his follies in Lebanon. Yad Kasheh and get it over with.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 01:35 PM Anonymous Says:
Dont chicken out
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Dec 30, 2008 at 01:32 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Yeah, send in the ground troops. Your kid isn't there with the Hesder boys anyway. So who cares how many Israelis get killed following your advise. ”
Please shut up, coward. Israelis will be killed if they sit back and do nothing.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:47 PM Go Israel Says:
being in eretz Israel, I know first hand that we should not stop. we have given them too many opportunities to change and they haven't. we need to show them a lesson and show who we truly are, the nation of G-d.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 12:46 PM M Richter Says:
Why go through all the effort of figuring out their INTENTIONS we should rather deal with their ACTIONS which is targeting inoccent civilions flat out...
Besides; giving them now breating space when their on the run will only serve to regroup their roitzchim & smuggle out their leaders into a safe heaven which is all the want to protect their own ugly skin they couldn't care less about their civilian brothers & children being bombed on the streets just the opposite its serves their purposs of crying KOZAK HANIGZAL well...
So let on those bombs...
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Dec 30, 2008 at 02:07 PM J j Says:
“ y not finish the job once for all!!! ”
This is not the way they getn cash those blood, just give them the time for that they never getn give up
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Dec 30, 2008 at 02:26 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Please shut up, coward. Israelis will be killed if they sit back and do nothing. ”
Which makes every "Zionist" supporter of Isreal in America a maven on what the IDF should do to protect the country.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 02:38 PM Anonymous Says:
“ being in eretz Israel, I know first hand that we should not stop. we have given them too many opportunities to change and they haven't. we need to show them a lesson and show who we truly are, the nation of G-d. ”
If you are in EY right now our tefillos are with you and the chayalim who are about to launch the ground war.
(BTW, I'm the guy who keeps knocking the Americans who post opinions about what you in EY should be doing.)
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Dec 30, 2008 at 02:53 PM Anonymous Says:
This is only propaganda by hamas supporters to coax Israel into a false ceasfire. It is clearly muslim doctrine to agree to all treaties until the time when the enemy can be defeated
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Dec 30, 2008 at 03:39 PM Anonymous Says:
They are getting beat and want a 'time out' to re-group.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 07:47 PM murray Says:
“ They are getting beat and want a 'time out' to re-group. ”
Do they want the bombardment to cease? Of course Not, they are not done showing the media how mean the Israelis are. When they have had enough they can surrender. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, Must include Shallit. Until then no talk is necessary or desirable.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 07:44 PM Anonymous Says:
if we stop now were asking for a repeat of the second Lebanon war. in my opinion they should have gone in already. Hamas sees everything thats goin on by the border and has had now 4 days to booby trap were ever they think they'll make initial contact with.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 07:27 PM Anonymous Says:
“ This is only propaganda by hamas supporters to coax Israel into a false ceasfire. It is clearly muslim doctrine to agree to all treaties until the time when the enemy can be defeated ”
the Koran tells them to enter into treaties with the infidels, and then break them when the time is right.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 08:29 PM Bugsy Siegel Says:
No truce. Finish the job. Knock Hamas out of comission forever! Let's see how smart or stupid the Israeli government is!
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Dec 30, 2008 at 10:44 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Why go through all the effort of figuring out their INTENTIONS we should rather deal with their ACTIONS which is targeting inoccent civilions flat out...
Besides; giving them now breating space when their on the run will only serve to regroup their roitzchim & smuggle out their leaders into a safe heaven which is all the want to protect their own ugly skin they couldn't care less about their civilian brothers & children being bombed on the streets just the opposite its serves their purposs of crying KOZAK HANIGZAL well...
So let on those bombs... ”
The Hamas terrorists are actually more honest in their stated intentions than Abbas/PLO?Fatah- they say their goal is no recgonition/no peace, and they want us dead, and all of our land., So much for intentions. As to Abbas, he wants the same thing, but pretends peace, acts dignified, meets with world leaders, etc. The Palestinians of Hamas, the PA, and Hezballah- all the same-Kill them!
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Dec 30, 2008 at 10:37 PM murray Says:
“ as the situation developes it seems to mimic the second lebanon war, where israel backed out without acheiving it's goal. ”
Lets hope they don't follow the same play book again, that would be insane. Where's the courageousness of 1967. The whole worlds armies study the 6 day war in war colleges.......Time for a repeat performance!
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Dec 30, 2008 at 11:19 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Bush got Israel in this mess to begin with. He pressured Israel to give Gaza back and he encourage the Arabs to hold an election after everyone warned him not to including Israel because Hamas was going to gain control. ”
Who said they had to listen? It's easy to blame someone else instead of these Israeli gov. cowards taking the blame themselves. Soon you'll tell me that Sharon (Benedict Arnold) made Gaza Judenrein because of Bush. All Bush did was continue the peace process of Clinton which was started by the leftists Peres and then followed by Rabin. Why don't you have hakoras hatov to President Bush for being one of the few world leaders to stand up to Muslim terroism the last 8 years.
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Dec 30, 2008 at 09:27 PM Jewish Princess Says:
“ Doesn't make any sense any lay person can gather that. They have to be wiped out, or it will just continue again. Or they will cease fire long enough to come back stronger. Any truces, is just a farce on hamas' part. ”
I totally agree on the basis of military logic. What's more, it's not fair to the IDF soldiers, the citizens of Israel and all of us Jews worldwide to gear up to such an emotional pitch and then allow the same-old passivity and negligence to take hold again. We must finish this job while the momentum is high. You just can't toy with the morale of these dedicated soldiers!! That having been said, what we really need to pray for is Moshiach Now!!!
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Dec 31, 2008 at 01:22 AM murray Says:
We must, as counter-intuitive as it seems allow for the cease fire, because the terrorists cannot stop firing their missiles into Israel while under constant bombardment. They need some "breathing room", and a respite in order to stop.
I don't understand it, but the media is explaining it this way., In other words we demand they stop, but won't physically let them take their finger off the launch button, while bombing them. Someone explain how this works. All I can come up with (and i don't believe it) is that bombs falling on their heads means that they can't think straight, and the activity is so feverish that they are incapable of rational thought processes (can't hear themselves think) . Let them have some moments of silence, and they will think it out logically, and come to the rational conclusion to stop launching into Israel. Pure Nonsense- but this is whats coming out of the "Quartet", the UN, and especially Ireland, who has called for complete disengagement with Israel on all levels.