"Falluji said Hamas had calculated that Israel would not take major military action so close to its own elections and the start of Obama's term. "I don't think it expected this kind of destruction... They were gambling on a new US administration to revive some kind of dialogue; they were gambling on time."
And if they were expecting "change" from Obama, I think that notion was dispatched by his silence, thus SUPPORT of the current slaughter!
DetainThis had it right; this "analysis" is nothing but a press release issued by the Israeli government masquerading as AmeriKan journalism.
"Israeli response seen as inevitable" by Steve Weizman, Associated Press | December 31, 2008
JERUSALEM - Israel's Gaza offensive was launched at a time when it would not harm relations with the United States and could perhaps benefit leading politicians six weeks before a general election in Israel.
This is DISGUSTING!!
The MASS-MURDER of WOMEN and CHILDREN over POLITICS!!!
Related: In Pictures: Massacre of Gazan Children
Israel's leadership insists that the punishing assault against Gaza's Hamas rulers is motivated purely by security considerations. Some specialists said that launching the assault now was unavoidable, in order to restore Israel's power of deterrence and halt a steady weapons buildup by an Iranian-backed foe on Israel's doorstep.
They note that Hamas's decision not to renew a truce beyond Dec. 19 forced Israel's hand....
I am TIRED of the LIES posing as "analysis" because it was ISRAEL that VIOLATED the TRUCE on Nov. 5 by GOING INTO GAZA!!!
And yet, AP tells us Israel's hand was forced!!!
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An unwritten truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers, which took effect in June, brought some respite. It began to unravel in November, when Israeli soldiers entered Gaza to destroy a tunnel that the army said could have been used in a cross-border raid.
Yup, but THAT FORCED ISRAEL'S HAND!!!
In response, Palestinians launched a fresh wave of rockets at Israel. On Dec. 19, six months to the day since it went into effect, Hamas formally declared the truce over and warned that it would take action.
I'm almost surprised that they used the term "response" towards the "Islamics"; however, the tone is still the same: poor, besieged Israel!
In the days that followed, rockets were fired faster and deeper into Israel, and Israeli diplomats launched a campaign to prepare world opinion for a military response.
Barry Rubin, an expert on Israeli security policy, said the Israeli response was inevitable.
"When someone says, 'I'm ending the cease-fire and I'm going to war with you,' you take that seriously," he said.
The DECEPTION and MISREPRESENTATIONS inherent in this Zionist-soaked garbage AP is calling "analysis" is really getting to me, folks! I better move along, otherwise, the profanities are going to come flowing out!
Emad Falluji, a former Hamas leader now in a Gaza-based think tank, said he believes Hamas did want to renew the truce but felt that Israel failed to keep its side of the bargain by keeping Gaza's borders sealed.
THAT'S RIGHT!!! The fucking stink NaZionist NEVER KEEP THEIR WORD!!!
Falluji said Hamas had calculated that Israel would not take major military action so close to its own elections and the start of Obama's term. "I don't think it expected this kind of destruction," he said. "They were gambling on a new US administration to revive some kind of dialogue; they were gambling on time."
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