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Israeli Former General: We’ll Have to Bulldoze Gaza

Israeli Major General Yoav Galant Calls for Action in GazaRetired Israeli Major General Yoav Galant said Monday that Israel’s “lack of action” and military “negligence” has escalated the situation in Gaza to a such a degree that the country will soon be forced to undertake a massive ground offensive — in the end, with “bulldozers” — in the Hamas-run enclave.

Israel National News adds:

Galant told attendees of a speech at Tel Aviv University that Israel’s concerted efforts to dismantle against terrorinfrastructures in Judea and Samaria caused terror levels to plummet, while Gaza terrorists were being allowed to thrive and build.

“A lack of action, negligence by military officials, has resulted in a situation in the West Bank where we took care to tend the lawn, but in Gaza - since we didn’t – thorns grew into tree trunks.”

“In the end we’ll have to go in with bulldozers,” Galant added.

Galant, a former contender for IDF chief of staff, added that Gaza is “something belonging to the Islamic bloc. That’s a reality no one knows how to solve.”

According to INN, Galant joins former IDF chiefs of staff Shaul Mofaz, Moshe Yaalon, Dan Halutz, and Gabi Ashkenazi in calling for massive operations to root out and dismantle Gaza’s terror infrastructure. Minister of Internal Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch has also publicly called for a Gaza incursion.

Israel’s strategic paradigm of airstrikes-for-rockets has largely been seen as maintaining the poor security situation of its Gaza belt communities – which have had over 12,000 rockets fired at them from Gaza since 2001.

The timing of Galant‘s remarks come as Hamas’ leadership finds itself in a tenuous position in Damascus as the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad comes under increasing domestic and international pressure for him to step down

And as the Muslim Brotherhood and other hardline, Israel-hostile Islamists rises to power in Egypt, Iran’s proxies are growing in strength, reach and numbers, leaving Israel increasingly vulnerable to attack.

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  • brianoflondon
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 5:41am

    There is no way to force Jews to go against the inherent programming of their upbringing and commit an atrocity in Gaza on the scale of the one the Arabs would certainly commit if tables were turned. Judaism’s hold on Jews and Israel (even the non-religious ones) is a moderating influence.

    But, the mass movement of a population has to be considered: it was done in the past, and it can be done again. Israel is reaching a breaking point where continued belligerence on our borders can not be tolerated.

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    • robert
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:02am

      “Israeli Former General: We’ll Have to Bulldoze Gaza”

      Brian, above is right. Israel is holding an untenable position, and it can’t be maintained for any length of time now, because the rest of the MIddle East is catching up technologically, and they outnumber that tiny country by at least 300 million people.

      While I agree Israeli dominance poses far less threat to genocide than an Arab takeover would, they are still committing atrocities on the people in the area which can’t be condoned under the mantle of self defense.

      Make peace with your neighbors, Israel……somehow…….. or you are doomed to oblivion.

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    • BSdetector
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:57am

      “they are still committing atrocities on the people in the area which can’t be condoned under the mantle of self defense.”
      Such as repelling those who try to storm their borders and climb their border fences? Or returning fire when fired upon from across the border? Or returning fire when boarding a ship trying to run the blockade?

      Are these your so called “atrocities” or do you have any examples of non self defense “atrocities”?

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    • brianoflondon
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:09pm

      Robert, you really can’t know what goes on in Israel till you visit and speak to people. You can’t understand what the settlements in Judea and Samaria look like or feel like until you walk through them. It’s hard to grasp how empty that land is today: how the Arab villages cling to the valley floors and the water while the Jewish towns are built up on the ridges.

      I was, perhaps, more extreme and certain of my knowledge of the evils of Islam BEFORE I came to live her. Before I found myself doing business with Arabs, both Israeli and from the PA controlled areas. They have issues with the IDF but, quietly, most will tell you stories that are no worse than anything you go through in a typical US airport 2 days before Thanksgiving!

      I’ve written a fair bit about this: if you’re interested check out the following two posts chosen from many:

      http://www.israellycool.com/2010/08/08/i-was-strangled-by-a-checkpoint-not-west-bank/

      http://www.israellycool.com/2011/11/11/some-of-these-buildings-are-not-like-the-other-buildings/

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    • robert
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:11pm

      brianoflondon
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:09pm
      “Robert, you really can’t know what goes on in Israel till you visit and speak to people. You can’t understand what the settlements in Judea and Samaria look like or feel like until you walk through them.”

      No, Brian, you’re right, I don’t know what goes on in Israel right now on a daily basis nor anything about the geographical differences.

      But that wouldn’t affect my overall evaluation of the potential military threat and the demographics of the area. Israel is in an untenable position. They can’t hold their present position forever. Their neighbors are getting stronger, more technologically advanced and the sheer numbers against them are phenomenol. Egypt will also soon be strong again with leadership from the Muslim Brotherhood.

      As we go into 2012 the US will be getting much weaker economically and will not be able to afford the kind of support to Israel they’ve enjoyed in the past. Soon a US involvement in the Middle East will be unthinkable. I look for federal aid to be cut as well to Israel, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, etc. This US financial situation is far graver than they’re letting on. It will get REALLY severe.

      There’s a faction in Israel that agrees with that assessment. They would rather be reduced in power and territory than annihilated altogether.

      It’s just a matter of time. The present situation can’t hold.

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    • bioengineer
      Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:26am

      Nice to see some intelligence on The Blaze, thought I was alone. I’ve spent most of the last decade living in the ME. I’ve spent time in Israel, West Bank, and all the surrounding countries, plus numerous others. Israel’s only long-term option is to find peace with the Palestinians. Without getting into the finger pointing it‘s obvious at this point that just isn’t going to happen. And driving the Indians west sure isn’t an option either… I’m thinking North Dakota would be a good place to move them…? You know the Island of Iceland only has a population of 300,000 but has a land mass over 5 times the size of Israel (including the West Bank). They should just conquer Iceland and plant their flag. Surely their military is more than strong enough to take it. :)

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:45am

    G W Bush‘s ’Road to Peace’ giveaway, is used for rocket attacks.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:35am

    War is coming! The left wants it! Radical Islam wants it!

    It will not be contained there! It will be $10 gasoline and rationing. It will lead to food shortages once farmers can’t get fuel to grow crops here in America. This is one reason why the price of crude keeps rising despite the lower consumption in the winter months.

    Plan and prepare accordingly!

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    • Dan
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:46pm

      Can’t help but wonder if this will lead to the Gog/MaGog war that’s prophecized? EZ: 38

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    • ZengaPA65
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:53pm

      The Right wants it just as bad, don’t kid yourself.

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  • discus02
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:09am

    When a snake is at your door step, you cut the headoff. Cut the heads off Hamas and any other loonies and the problem is solved. Then whom ever is left they will kill each other. They have been doing this for centuries why stop them now!

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  • OccupyMyFoot
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:01am

    Get some massive caterpillars to do the job, with 50cal mounted on either end

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  • riseandshine
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:48am

    Poor sheep

    riseandshine  
  • Black Midge
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:44am

    Jews and Christians must stand together and God will take care of the rest.

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  • WAKEUPUSA2012
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:22am

    All of u morons who say kill em all and nuke em and glass parking lot that let ron paul be there then bulldoze it, yall are no christians u have no soul. u are suppose to be better than the bad actors over there. do you think every muslim wants to kill u? the answer is no. and yes I know what the koran says. I also know what the bible says and you idiots who say that crazy stuff do not know God.

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:53am

      Destruction is not to be taken lightly, to end your opponent, obliterate his home, his legacy, and accept the consequences of the innocent who will suffer, it is an option to be undertaken when no other measures are left. That is the problem though, these people have lived for so long wallowing in their own hatred and having such fanatical faith in their leaders, that fate has almost become inevitable for them. Just as it once took burning the cities of Japan to wake their rulers up to their own mortality and make them stop, we have come to the same problem.
      And here you stand declaring yourself the judge of men’s souls and their thoughts because you do not agree. Agree or disagree, that is your right, but don’t be so quick to place yourself on the throne to judge those who do not share your views on the situation. I will answer for my own sins in the end.

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    • BSdetector
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:52am

      Death is all these barbarians understand. Kill them and they will stop, take any other action and they will continue.

      Conflict does not end until one side is defeated. Not just in the middle east, but anywhere. Unfortunately in armed conflict, defeating your enemy means killing as many of them as possible and breaking their will to fight. Not breaking their stuff, not putting sanctions on them, but killing so many of them that they are terrified of continuing.
      That’s the problem with our own military. We no longer fight to win and we haven’t won a war since we stopped fighting to win(WWII).

      Until we re-learn this simple truth, we will not win any current or future wars either…

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:17am

      @bsdetector
      Thanks I couldn’t have said it better.You are straight on the money about war.We haven’t fought one to win it since ww2.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 1:39pm

      yeah I am judging people who say kill millions. sue me. you republicans are so bood thristy. we havent fought to win a war since ww2? my father and grandfather would disagree. Vietnam is where my father was. he lost his eye. he fought like hell. america is so sick why dont we glass pasking lot the us?

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:43pm

      @WakeupUSA

      That was my war also. We lost it.

      My dad fought in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He was an early advisor. When he returned in June 1963, he applied for retirement. He believed that the US couldn’t win an armed conflict because the South Vietnamees were so corrupt. When I went over in July 1970, we had already begun drawing down the troop levels. Five years later, NVA tanks rolled into Saigon. They won.

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 3:36pm

      They did win, but its not because we didnt fight hard. quick fact a infantry man in ww2 faced on average 10 days of combat a YEAR. Now a average infatry in vietnam faced on average 250 days of combat. Our guys fought hard as hell. I thank every single one of them for their service. we should have never been there.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:26pm

      I’m thankful for your service.I know that the ground troops fought tooth and nail.The point we are trying to make is that the military can’t win a war when the top civilians are more interested in losing than winning.By the way you are wrong on the fact that ww2 vets only served roughly 10 day stretches.They more or less were there for the duration once they got overseas.Especially at the end of the war .Look I don‘t mean you any harm but vietnam wasn’t anything like ww2.Not even close.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:32pm

      Yes I in fact do believe that muslims aim on killing as many of us as possible.They were part of a team at the end of ww2.Nazis and them.They learned from their handlers quite well.Learn nazi history to understand whats happening.Its merely the play book the muslims are using its merely updated and more technologically feasible.

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    • jaylew
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:25pm

      Did you post this as a text message from your Cricket phone? On another note I walked by this black girl in downtown Pittsburgh Monday who was talking to another black girl. The one girl had her Muslim garb all drawn up and all you could see were her eyes through a slit…the other girl was dressed in regular street clothes. The one with the Burka or whatever you call it was swearing like a sailor….MF this MF that…those MF’ers…and as I walked by the two…I thought…I guess American inner city black girls who convert to Burka wearing still swear like sailors. If that is the kind of Muslimism you know WAKEUPUSA2012….then that might explain why you feel the way you do. I for one am not convinced in any way other than fundamental Islamism is not only a sort of mental disorder…but it’s adherents cannot be trusted as far as they can be thrown…or in this thread’s case…as far as they can be bulldozed.

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  • garbagecanlogic
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:21am

    Nah! Go to Plan B. Nuke em back to the ice age and turn em into glass statues along with all the sand.

    The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
    The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:15am

      I don‘t think we’ll need to help Israel with that plan, their arsenal is more than sufficient to annihilate all opposition in the Middle East. We just have to make sure the major players don’t decide to “intervene” as they might be tempted to do.

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    • Mstr Smith
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:21am

      I heard some where, “If you kill them all…there’s no one left to complain”. Logic can sometimes be a cold friend, but not always…..

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  • welovetheUSA
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:18am

    Send the boats……..well help.

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  • 1casawizard
    Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:18am

    Let’s have a little less talk and a lot more action.

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  • texasfireguy
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:55pm

    Once Syria collapses, Hamas might be in a bit of a pickle. I don’t know if they will survive without a steady flow of cash and weapons that they receive from their Syrian masters.

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  • LANE131
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:41pm

    I am O.K with that bulldoze plan if you do not let them back on the land in the future.

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    • chazman
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:51pm

      … I am a Christian, and I say if it is a muslim, kill it. God bless America …

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:57pm

      @ chazman ………………… HELLO T.RO.L.L !!!!!!!!

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    • WAKEUPUSA2012
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:18am

      Chazman u are no man of God.

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 2:47am

      Israel needs to tread lightly until they have no choice which will be soon. China and Russia have pledged their alegance to Iran and the Arab world. Our president is as two faced as they come so will we back Israel? I cannot honestly say that I believe we are on the right side anymore, our universities are pro muslim, our media is leaning that way. For a rude awakening as to how close this is go to link.org, and pay attention to Glenn.

      This president has uprooted every Israeli supporting leader and is leaving the Israeli hating leaders unchecked. Europe has been anti-israel for at least 15 years now and maybe even 20. Europe has become more agnostic and athiestic over the last 20 years.
      This happens here in America because Christians are betting on the left behind syndrome, where christians get taken out in the rapture before all of this bad stuff happens. I am not so sure that we don’t go mid trib where 3 1/2 years of the tribulation is experienced by Christians. There are some very smart people that believe in both scenarios. Pre-trib and mid-trib are both defensible in scripture.

      Whatever happens Christians need to pray for our jewish brothers and that there is a peaceful solution.

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  • philipzhao
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:32pm

    If one comes to nuke you, nuke him first !

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  • JimCDew
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:25pm

    Build a 50′ sea wall around the Gaza border. Move the “Palestinians” to the West Bank, then cause a 40′ tsunami off the Gaza coast. Voila, problem solved

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  • twistin
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:24pm

    It would be a shame if something should happen to the Aswan Dam….Why then, Cairo would just be washed right out into the Mediterranean Sea….just sayin’.

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    • oldschoolgreen
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:39pm

      Cairo has existed for literally thousands of years. Way before the Aswan dam was constucted. Pretty sure they would come out okay. Wet, pissed, a bit cleaner, but in the end okay.

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  • nobull14
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:20pm

    I think when things get started over there!!!! .They should make it so the Islamo turds and Hamas need a elevator too get down to Gaza I think it time to clean out the roaches ? with all the land in the middle east you would think one of the arab nations could find some land for the Palestinians to have a home land of there own.

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    • From Virginia
      Posted on December 7, 2011 at 7:35pm

      That would solve the problem and they aren’t interested in solving the problem. Shoot most of them (muslim countries) have their own unassimilated “pals” in their midst. They aren’t allowed citizenship and they are treated like dirt. The world doesn’t care about THEM (who far outnumber the pals in Israel), they only care about grinding the Israeli spirit into the dust. Time for the Jews to stop being Israeli’s and start being Israelites!

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:17pm

    It‘s always the guys who aren’t playing the game that will tell you the truth.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:05pm

    bulldozers.com The heavy equipment marketplace.

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    • Californiasodbuster
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:46pm

      Granite Construction could donate several D11′s, they are a large enough company, use it as a tax write off.

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  • Findalis
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:03pm

    Should have done this years ago. Civilians are not sacrosanct, they do not poop gold (For if they did we would be forcing laxatives to them.).

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    • piper60
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:16pm

      If the allies had been worried about civilians during WW2, Hitler would still be in power along with ToJo.

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    • Californiasodbuster
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:40pm

      The element of gold is close to lead, wouldn’t mind seeing them pooping lead, or at least receiving some lead.

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  • dovcoder
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:03pm

    The Palestinians already have a nation, Jordan. There, the indigenous majority is ruled by Bedouin royalty from Mecca. The Jordanians had control of the West Bank from 1948 to 1967 and never once offered it as a Palestinian state. Why not? The Egyptians held the Gaza Strip for much longer. Why didn’t they create a Palestinian State if there were Palestinian people living there?

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    • rdk
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 12:29pm

      The truth is that they do not like or trust Palestinians.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:00pm

    May the wind be at their backs and the diesel flow voluminously …

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  • dealer@678
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 10:56pm

    Whatever Israel does is fine with me

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 10:55pm

    Do the world a favor and bury all the barbarians with your bulldozers,it’ll cut down on the rocket attacks the cowardly Palestinians are so fond of.

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    • justanother
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:07pm

      Wait, don’t do anything until Ron Paul visits Gaza. He can yell at Israel while they bulldoze his ass.

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    • justanother
      Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:10pm

      Wait… don’t do anything until Ron Paul gets to Gaza. He can yell at Israel while they bulldoze his anti-semitic ass.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on December 5, 2011 at 10:54pm

    Don’t forget the Raid and Glue Traps.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:22am

      I said a long time ago, If they would have taken a mile of Gaza back every time a rocket came from there this problem would have over a long time ago.

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