Despite the self-censorship?
"After the initial publication of this article, the military’s censor informed The New York Times that further information related to Goldin would have to be submitted for prior review. Journalists for foreign news organizations must agree in writing to the military censorship system to work in Israel. This was the first censorship notification the Times had received in more than six years."
Wow, I'm having a deja-vu.
Related: Arab Spring Benefited Israel
Not benefitting the NYT, apparently:
"Gaza cease-fire collapses within hours; Sides accuse each other of violation; Israeli held, 140 Palestinians killed" by Isabel Kershner and Fares Akram | New York Times August 02, 2014
I'm looking at it and her in a whole new light: confirmed mouthpiece crap
JERUSALEM — A new cease-fire in the Gaza conflict quickly collapsed Friday as the Israeli military announced that two soldiers had been killed and a third captured by Palestinian militants in a surprise attack. The Israelis responded with fierce assaults that left at least 140 Palestinians dead.
The slain soldiers came under fire from militants who emerged from one or more tunnels near the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip less than two hours after the cease-fire began, the Israeli Army said.
The United States and United Nations, which had orchestrated the cease-fire, joined with Israel in condemning the capture, and President Obama asserted that the soldier must be freed in order to salvage a halt to the 24-day-old crisis.
They then all dropped to their knees, undid Israeli fly, lowered trousers, and took a big gulp.
The Palestinians killed Friday included at least 70 who died during Israeli bombardments in and near Rafah, on the Egypt-Gaza border, the Associated Press reported.
Palestinian witnesses said by telephone that Israeli tank shells hit eastern Rafah as residents returned to inspect homes they had evacuated.
The fighting in Rafah, which also included airstrikes and artillery shelling, continued well into the night.
The Palestinian death toll in the conflict rose Friday to nearly 1,600 Palestinians, and the Israeli toll hit 66.
Each side accused the other of violating the 72-hour truce. Hamas, the dominant militant group in Gaza, said in a statement that Israel’s announcement about the capture of an Israeli soldier was intended “to cover up the barbaric massacres, especially in Rafah.”
I'm beginning to believe it is another fiction like the missing teens, yeah. Cui bono? Seen this movie before.
Hamas did not claim responsibility for seizing the soldier, adding another layer of confusion.
Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, issued an ambiguous statement several hours after the event denying that it had violated the cease-fire and saying that Israeli troops had advanced into eastern Rafah well before the cease-fire’s 8 a.m. start. It made no mention of a soldier’s capture.
That I believe.
“Due to this Zionist invasion, our holy fighters clashed with the forces and killed a large number at 7 a.m.,” the statement said.
It added, “We emphasize that any Zionist forces violating our liberated land would be subject to our holy fighters’ fire and a legitimate target.”
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior official in the political wing of Hamas, had been quoted by Turkish news reports earlier Friday as saying that Hamas had taken a soldier captive but saying that it had done so before the cease-fire began.
Later, Abu Marzouk said on his Twitter account that the Turkish news accounts had misrepresented his remarks and that he had said only that Hamas was told a soldier had been seized.
Israel’s military vehemently denied Hamas’s account of the timing of the clash, saying it began 90 minutes after the cease-fire took hold.
You lose that one, Israel.
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said government forces had been moving to destroy a tunnel, as the terms of the cease-fire allowed for, when several militants came out of the ground.
Lerner said the militants included at least one suicide attacker wearing an explosives vest. There was an exchange of fire, he said, and initial indications were that a soldier was dragged back into the tunnel. Lerner was unable to offer details about the soldier’s condition.
“The cease-fire is over,” he said, adding that the military was carrying out “extensive operations on the ground” to try to locate the missing soldier.
The Israeli military identified the missing soldier as Hadar Goldin, 23, a second lieutenant in an infantry brigade.
After the initial publication of this article, the military’s censor informed The New York Times that further information related to Goldin would have to be submitted for prior review.
Journalists for foreign news organizations must agree in writing to the military censorship system to work in Israel. This was the first censorship notification the Times had received in more than six years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel spoke with Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday afternoon, according to a statement from his office.
All kissy-assy now, huh?
“The Palestinians have blatantly and unilaterally violated the humanitarian cease-fire and attacked our soldiers after 9 a.m.” Netanyahu told Kerry, the statement said, adding that “Hamas and the other terrorist organizations in Gaza would bear the consequences of their acts.”
Both Kerry and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations, which had arranged the cease-fire, denounced the reported capture of the soldier.
Ban, who has been especially critical of Israel over the civilian deaths in Gaza, said in a statement that if Hamas was responsible, it would “constitute a grave violation of the cease-fire, and one that is likely to have very serious consequences for the people of Gaza, Israel, and beyond.”
Ban also said such behavior would “call into question the credibility of Hamas’s assurances to the United Nations.”
In Washington, the White House added to the condemnations of the reported capture of the Israeli soldier.
Obama told a news conference that he blamed Hamas for breaking the cease-fire and said the soldier must be released immediately if the organization is serious about resolving the crisis.
Obama also said new efforts were underway to salvage the cease-fire.
As he rearms Israel.
“There’s a lot of anger, and a lot of despair and that’s a volatile mix, but we have to keep trying,” he told reporters.
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Related: Israel continues search for soldier
Is that another 21st-century genocide censorship scam?
Article told me
"35 Palestinians were killed in the bombardment and shelling in and around the city of Rafah early Saturday, Elsewhere in Gaza, Palestinian officials reported more than 150 airstrikes including several against mosques and one against the Hamas-linked Islamic University in Gaza City. Heavy shelling continued along the border areas. The Israeli military said it struck 200 targets over the previous 24 hours. It said it attacked five mosques that concealed weapons and that the Islamic University was being used as a research and weapons manufacturing site for Hamas. more than 1,650 Palestinians — mostly civilians — have been killed."
Then that war-criminal siege couldn't have worked very well.
At least the mothers of Boston are against the violence:
"The mothers held photos of the killed as they stood silently in a lobby near Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s office Friday morning, hoping he would take notice of their plea: Prioritize Boston’s violence and unsolved murders, and commit to change. Later in the day, in a City Hall meeting room, the mayor told the Women Survivors of Homicide Movement that the city will do just that by upgrading its technology, including replacing antiquated camera systems, assigning more civilian trauma advocates, and more. He said he will release a long-term plan in the coming weeks. “We need to stop pretending the elephant is not in the room,” said the group’s founder, Mary Franklin."
Or gorilla, same difference.
"Congress boosts Israeli defense aid" by Bradley Klapper | Associated Press August 02, 2014
WASHINGTON — Congress approved a $225 million package to replenish Israel’s missile defenses with its last order of business before a five-week recess, as the Jewish state’s cease-fire with Hamas unraveled and Israeli forces pushed deep into Gaza in search of a missing army officer.
The highlight is all you need to read.
The House’s 395-8 vote in favor late Friday followed Senate adoption of the legislation by voice vote earlier in the day.
Related:
"Voting against the measure in the House were Democrats Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Zoe Lofgren of California, Beto O’Rourke of Texas and Jim Moran of Virginia, and Republicans Justin Amash of Michigan, Walter Jones of North Carolina, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Mark Sanford of South Carolina."
Applause all around for them. Now I know why Sanford got in trouble.
The money is directed toward restocking Israel’s Iron Dome, which has been credited with shooting down dozens of incoming rockets fired by Palestinian militants over 3½ weeks of war. The bill now goes to President Obama for his signature.
Those shoot downs cost $100,000 a pop, and Congre$$ sure can move when the mood strikes them, huh?
Efforts in the Senate to approve the money stalled Thursday night after Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma sought cuts elsewhere in the budget to pay for the aid.
Earlier, senators attempted to lump the Israel money into a broader spending bill that included border security and wildfire assistance money. That bill failed to get the necessary 60 votes Thursday, and the House had little interest in it, anyway. Friday’s separate Israel bill passed by voice vote.
At a White House news conference Friday, Obama reiterated his support for Israel’s right to self-defense while urging greater protection for Palestinian civilians. He cited Iron Dome as a way the US is helping ‘‘make sure that Israel is able to protect its citizens.’’
I'm sick of my president groveling before them while flipping us the finger!
The Iron Dome system has emerged as a game-changer in the current round of violence, with Israeli officials citing a success rate as high as 90 percent.
Related: Under Israel's Iron Dome
Hey, the lie is worth it, right?
The system uses radar, advanced tracking technology, and antimissile batteries to follow an incoming rocket or mortar and determine whether it is headed for a major population center.
If an urban area is threatened, interceptors are fired to detonate in the air in close proximity to the missile. Projectiles not posing a threat are allowed to fall in empty fields.
Only problem is, the explosive stays intact. Then Israeli kids can experience the joy of Lebanese, Afghanis, Iraqis, and all the rest USrael has dropped cluster bombs and the like on.
The system targets short-range rockets with a range between 2 miles and 45 miles; interceptors cost as much $100,000 apiece.
So every whoosh by Israel is costing American taxpayers said amount, as veterans go homeless and Americans go hungry.
Created by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Iron Dome has enjoyed strong US technological and financial support.
Throughout its history, the US has provided more than $700 million to help Israel cover costs for batteries, interceptors, production costs, and maintenance, the Congressional Research Service said.
The total already appeared set to climb above $1 billion after Senate appropriators doubled the Obama administration’s request for Iron Dome funding for fiscal 2015. Now it will probably rise even further, with Obama expected to sign any bill swiftly into law.
But YOU, American people, get a CUT in FOOD STAMPS and NO EXTENSION of UNEMPLOYMENT (which just so happens to make the phony job numbers look better).
It’s unclear, however, how quickly the new supplies might reach the battlefield.
A cease-fire arranged by the United States and United Nations collapsed shortly after its start Friday morning, with at least 60 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers killed. And the apparent capture of an Israeli infantry officer set the stage for a major escalation in a conflict that already has devastated large swaths of Gaza.
The Obama administration, which had grown increasingly irritated with the mounting Palestinian casualties, condemned the capture as ‘‘absolutely outrageous.’’ More than 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and more than 60 Israelis, mostly soldiers, have been killed in the last 25 days.
Some of Congress’s Iron Dome money could go to US defense contractor Raytheon, which can manufacture components of the system after a March agreement between Israel and the United States.
Do you know who are their top two salesman?
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Take a look at the one-sided comments, too.
And those comments are in the Globe!
