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‘Savage Crimes’: Your Guide to the Latest Violence in Israel

Terror groups operating from Gaza continued to fire rockets at southern Israel Monday morning, prompting further engagement of the IDF’s Iron Dome missile-defense batteries, while the Israeli Air Force jets launched attacks on terrorist targets, marking the fourth day of fighting.

The IDF reports more than 180 rockets have been fired from Gaza aimed at civilians in southern Israel since fighting began on Friday.

Residents of Beersheba and Ashdod had seconds to seek cover after “Red Color” alerts were broadcast, indicating incoming rockets. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the morning salvo, reports Israel’s Ynet News.

As one million Israelis continue to be under threat of rocket attacks from Gaza, The Blaze has prepared this tip sheet to help sort some of the facts:

How did it begin?

Some news organizations are reporting the present round of fighting began when Israeli forces killed a terrorist leader in Gaza. But that’s not exactly how it began. It really began when Israeli intelligence obtained information that a terrorist cell was planning a major attack on Israelis via Egypt in the coming days, as occurred last August, when eight Israelis were killed.

Your Blaze Tip Sheet on the Latest Gaza Israel Violence

Zuhair al-Qaisi, Popular Resistance Committees

According to the IDF Spokesman, the real-time intelligence prompted its decision to launch an airstrike at a car in which the Popular Resistance Committees’ (PRC) head in Gaza, Zuheir al-Qaisi was riding, killing him along with another operative on Friday. This was the same group behind the August terrorist attacks. According to the IDF, Qaisi was involved in firing rockets at Israeli civilians and transferring funds from Hezbollah to terror groups in Gaza.

Is Hamas involved?

During the previous escalations of violence in recent years, Hamas has played a key role; however, this time, the group which the U.S. and European Union define as a terror group appears to be sitting on the sidelines. Channel 2 News’ venerated Arab Affairs Analyst Ehud Ya’ari notes this is the first round of fighting between Gaza’s Palestinian terror groups and the IDF in which Hamas has held its guns. Publicly, Israeli officials hold Hamas responsible as the group in control of Gaza; however, the IDF has noticeably been focused on the infrastructure and targets of other terror groups. The Popular Resistance Committees and Islamic Jihad appear to be those firing rockets at Israeli communities outside Gaza and are therefore in the crosshairs of IAF jets.

However, the IDF offered this warning to Hamas lest it decide to engage its fighters:

“Hamas uses other terror organizations to carry out terror attacks against the State of Israel and will bear the consequences of these actions in any future operation embarked upon by the IDF in order to eliminate the terror threat and restore the relative calm to the area.”

What is the IDF targeting?

The IDF reports it is targeting terrorist facilities as well as squads preparing to fire rockets. The IDF posted this nosecone video on YouTube of a weapons cache it destroyed in northern Gaza. Note the secondary and tertiary explosions, indicating the storage of explosives. Terror groups often position weapons storage facilities in residential areas, using civilians as human shields as recently reported by the IDF and a Palestinian human rights activist.

The pro-Israel blogger Challah Hu Akbar combed through Israeli and Palestinian websites in both English and Arabic and discovered that the vast majority of those killed by Israel were bona fide members of the PRC or Islamic Jihad. He included this montage of “martyrs” compiled by Islamic Jihad.

Your Blaze Tip Sheet on the Latest Gaza Israel Violence

Is there an Iran connection?

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday partially blamed Iran for the weekend rocket attacks, while Iran’s Foreign Ministry called Israel’s air strikes “savage crimes” against “the innocent and defenseless Palestinian people.”

Speaking to Likud ministers Sunday night, Netanyahu said, “The fire from Gaza is an Iranian problem, not a Palestinian problem.” Anti-terror officials report Iran funds Islamic Jihad, which is one of the groups launching rocket attacks.

Arutz 7 quotes IDF spokesman Brigadier-General Yoav Mordechai:

“Islamic Jihad continues to act as the long arm of Iran, which finances, supports, and encourages it even today with weapons and money that come straight from Tehran.”

How effective has the Iron Dome system been?

Israeli military officials are attributing a 90 percent success rate to the Iron Dome anti-missile system in intercepting incoming rockets. However, no single defense system can provide full coverage or a complete solution. Upon visiting an Iron Dome battery Sunday, Netanyahu said:

“We’ll bolster the Iron Dome (anti-rocket) system, which is performing very well but does not provide hermetic protection…I believe our combination of offensive and defensive capabilities, coupled with our (civilians’) fortitude, is a winning combination.”

Israel has decided to deploy a fourth Iron Dome battery in the coming weeks, says Israel Air Force Col. Tzvika Haimovitch, because the current three-battery deployment is “being stretched to the max.” The Jerusalem Post quotes defense officials who say Israel needs at least
13 batteries to effectively protect itself against rockets fired from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Your Blaze Tip Sheet on the Latest Gaza Israel Violence

Engineers are examining if a technical malfunction occurred on Sunday, after two rockets were not intercepted and fell on Beersheba, one of which hit a school that was closed due to the violence.

The Jerusalem Post provides more statistics on the Iron Dome:

The Iron Dome is designed to defend against rockets at a range of 4-70 kilometers. Each battery consists of a mini multi-mission radar manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and three launchers, each equipped with 20 interceptors called Tamirs.

The radar enables Iron Dome operators to predict the impact site of the enemy rocket and if it is slated to hit an open area, to refrain from intercepting it.

This protection comes with a steep price tag: every Iron Dome interceptor costs about $50,000, with two usually being fired toward each incoming rocket.

How are civilians’ living under rocket fire being impacted?

Besides the obvious potential danger associated with incoming bombs, the one million Israelis within range of the terror groups’ rockets are being advised to remain near bomb shelters, safe rooms or other types of cover and not to take unnecessary risks.

Many spent the past three nights in shelters, schools are closed and large gatherings have been canceled, per Home Front Command directives barring gatherings of over 500 people within about 20 miles of Gaza. Channel 2 News profiled two couples who decided to go ahead with their weddings Sunday night, and IDF Radio interviewed a boy celebrating what would likely be a memorable Bar Mitzvah under rocket threat.

To help keep kids distracted, clowns, puppeteers and dancers traveled to southern Israel to provide entertainment amid the sirens and rocket attacks, sponsored by Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sport as well as private groups like the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and Tarbut L’Israel (Culture for Israel).

Comments (143)

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  • red_white_blue2
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:52pm

    Can we as American’s even imagine living your life like this, where you don’t know if a missle will be fired toward you any moment..god!

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    • PoliticalType
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:31pm

      @RED
      America would not tolerate this kind of thing for long, unlike what we and the world have forced the Israelis to do.

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    • mils
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:48pm

      Unfortunately,Ii believe “it” is coming our way.
      Oobama has suggested to Israel that if they do attack Iran..please don’t do it until
      “after the american elections”…otherwise it could hurt his reelection. What kind of leaders do we have?..no don’t answer that, and it is our fault.
      The polls show obama is still very popular..i wonder WHAT group..subgroup …are they taking polls from?
      WHO are these people?
      WHY would they want this man in office one minute longer than necessary?
      AND.. since when did your skin color decide your “electability”? Hell I was never a slave owner, I don’t discriminate…what have I got to prove?..I want our nation to succeed..and Obama’s regime to fail..because there is something terribly wrong with him and the people that follow him.
      However, less than half are impressed with his economic leadership. he’s not a leader, he’s a cold hearted child playing at grown up, and by keeping him in office, we allow it.
      BTW..we already have drugs and every imaginable form of “evil” coming across our borders already..and it has been going on for many many many years…long before Obama. He has merely condoned it more openly..

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    • pavepaws
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:43pm

      If there are any Patriot batteries left deploy them as backup.

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:45pm

      Here‘s Eric Holder describing why it’s ok for the government to kill US citizens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTf8W2N8tR8

      and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEWH4nc5bxQ

      FBI director now confused about “due process” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkx8Grgo0_s

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    • Cesium
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:45pm

      How is this much different than living in Detroit, North Philadelphia, or Camden? I’ve been to Israel, I felt safer in most places there than I ever would walking around in say Flint:P

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:53pm

      http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57394904/the-spymaster-meir-dagan-on-irans-threat/

      fmr mossad chief says iran and ahmadinejad are rational. thinks an attack would be terrible for israel and that diplomacy is the answer.

      glenn beck is a liar and war-propagandist. don’t believe anything he tells you about.

      remember the restoring whateverthehell he had in israel, and ISRAELIS WANTED HIM TO LEAVE? that should be a clue to all you glenn beck shepple that he has no idea what he is talking about or is deceiving his audience.

      please wake up.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:01pm

      @ Br@dley…Neville Chamberlain thought Hitler was reasonable too….how’d that naive notion turn out?

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:08pm

      comparing iran to nazi germany is asinine. please don’t speak to me in platitudes,.

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    • syaela
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:33pm

      Br@dley, to be exact, what Meir Dagan said was that Ahmadinajad is rational but “Not exactly our rationale”, which is a completely idiotic thing to say- it’s the same as saying that a mad man is rational! I‘m sure that when someone thinks he’s a dog, barking and chasing ambulances seems rational. And I’m sure that if you believe in the Mahdi, sponsoring Terror and massacring a nation seems rational. So what’s his point? With all due respect to Dagan, for a while now he has been behaving irresponsibly by abusing the trust the public has in him to promote his own political agenda (I‘m sure for him he’s being rational…). I‘m ashamed of the way he’s behaving and many others in Israel have expressed the same about hi,. A few more points-
      As I live in Israel and have had the experience just today of running out of my car in the middle of the road and crouching above my 5 year old niece trying to shield her, while blasts are heard above, I know that Glenn doesn’t lie. I know!
      Secondly- Comparing Iran to Nazi Germany is more than appropriate, you ignorant man! Just the name Iran should tell you something. Educate yourself!
      As for Restoring Courage, there was a group that picketed outside the event consisting of no more then 20(!) people. The majority of us were and still are grateful to Glenn and all that he has done for Israel. What have done for Israel and the truth lately?! Shame on you for maligning good man…

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    • Br@dley
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:08pm

      hahaha,

      nice try…

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    • cordovamx
      Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:05am

      @ BR@DLEY

      lol – and that’s what someone says when they have totally, completely lost an argument.

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  • Yaeli
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:28pm

    Just want to add, thank G-d for The Blaze and thank G-d for Glenn Beck.

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    • db321
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:50pm

      Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and Israel – God said – what you do to Israel – God will do to you.

      If America turns its back on Israel – this would mean that God would turn his back on America. If this is true then our Borders would be surrounded by Drug Lords and Muslim Extremest armed with Fast and Furious Weapons waiting to invade the US.

      If you think Obama is going to protect our Borders you are mistaken. He would have already done something to stop the flow of illegals into the US.

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    • Sargint Rock
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:35pm

      Amen to that!

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    • Cesium
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:46pm

      god don’t do sh@@@t

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    • walkintruth
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 4:08pm

      God Bless Israel and the United States. I pray our leaders will do the right thing if Israel needs our help. This president is not to be trusted to protect them.
      God will curse those who curse Israel and bless those who bless Israel.

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  • Fried Okra
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:27pm

    @The Jerk Your employer is getting their monies worth today. You’ve already posted 19 times on this thread alone. Sadly, it’s still just quantity… not quality.

    Report Post » Fried Okra  
    • Glock31
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:24pm

      nice gun dude, lol

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    • drago
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:48pm

      @Fried Okra
      (the jerk) is our resident troll encinom,he spends every waking moment on here posting under at least a dozen names,at 10 cents a post, media matters is getting their moneys worth……

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    • Fried Okra
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:55pm

      Right back at ya Glock31… .357 Bang Bang Pow Pow! I got that Colt Defender 45 from a friend in a combo deal (I really got it free from him). Me and my Dad went this past week to turn in our concealed weapon permits. 8-10 weeks and that peacemaker will be on my side.

      ahhh…encinom. Yeah, I know his posts. Glad to see him get The Jerk title going. Makes it easier to know who I’m talking to from the get go.

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    • American_Hot_Dog
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:34pm

      It’s not a gun, it’s just a picture of a gun. Turn off the tv. Go outside. Lunatic.

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    • Fried Okra
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:57pm

      @AHD wow…. You failed at everything you typed (well, except where you signed your real name at the end). It is a gun. It’s not just a picture… it’s the gun I own. Do you just spout off random things? Go play ping-pong! What if Glock31 works outside for a living? And gets plenty of fresh air. Should you say “Go inside”?

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    • American_Hot_Dog
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 4:23pm

      Hey, “nice picture of a gun!” You’re a dork.

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    • Fried Okra
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 5:04pm

      Thanks AHD, I like it too.

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  • Yaeli
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:23pm

    A rocket hit this afternoon in the CENTER of Israel, in the city of Gedera (just 15 miles from Tel Aviv). Two women were injured by shrapnel from the blast. We‘ve been hit by more than 200 Grad and Qassam rockets in the last 4 days and the lamestream media either doesn’t cover it or talks only about the rocket-firing terrorists who the IDF killed.

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    • Yaeli
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:40pm

      I’d like to add, Thank G-d for The Blaze and thank G-d for Glenn Beck.

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    • American_Hot_Dog
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:52pm

      Sorry, but I glanced at your post and saw “lamestream media” and decided you weren’t worth reading. Did you say anything important?

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    • Fried Okra
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:05pm

      @American_Hot_Dog Sorry… but, you failed at trying to be clever.

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    • dutchy
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 5:00pm

      Correct Yaeli, it is a lamestream-mainstream media and we need to get them to tell the truth. Look up this site and get involved http://www.tellthetruth.org

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  • Teapartywoman
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:01pm

    I’m sure this will be on BREAKING NEWS from the lame stream media. (NOT).

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    • KevINtampa
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:27pm

      No it will be.

      Headlines will read:

      “Palestinians Courageously Fire Rockets at Occupying Force”

      or

      “After Syria Should the UN Intervene in the Israeli Occupation Conflict?”

      or

      “HAMAS’s Legitimate Counter Insurgency Operations Strengthen”

      I’m sure it will be all over the lame stream media.

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  • Hickory
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:43am

    Hmmmm, this discussion has boiled down to a bunch of college students what-if-ing. None of them have a clue of what they are talking about. When called out, they resort to profane insults and blame. Being a man of the world and a veteran, I am tired of our country responding to people who know very little of life and the world. Looking into solving problems of the world involves more than reading a comic book, playing a video game or sucking on a bong. It requires the input from people who have experienced the outside world and have a few scars on their ass to relate to.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:55am

      Agreed!

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    • JRook
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:00pm

      “while the Israeli Air Force jets launched attacks on terrorist targets, marking the fourth day of fighting” Sharona, let’s pretend for a second that you carry no bias in your views or reporting. Could you provide a sequence of who acted first during the exchange of rockets and fighter jets?

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    • syaela
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:44pm

      JROOK- Well if you read the piece a bit more closely instead of trying to be clever, you’d see that that issue was in fact addressed. Here, I’ll help you:”How did it begin? Some news organizations are reporting the present round of fighting began when Israeli forces killed a terrorist leader in Gaza. But that’s not exactly how it began. It really began when Israeli intelligence obtained information that a terrorist cell was planning a major attack on Israelis via Egypt in the coming days, as occurred last August, when eight Israelis were killed…” Does that answer your question? You can always accuse Sharona of being biased, especially when you don’t have to back up your claims. Her reporting is exactly right. But I might be biased too…

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  • Thevoice
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:26am

    Wow surprised how many people actually want to remain living in a world of (Homeland security) Or believe that if we just don’t cross the street everything will be fine.. Again and Again day after day we are now living in a world of mirrored muck which will in the end will swallow us . All because we have had one weak and self gratifying leader which gave us the “New age progressive communist: leader. But ZERO clarity to ever ending this. Which we as a nation hit with a decapitation strike 9/11 had every right to do. Send the message..When you see our armies wave a white flag of surrender or stand and die for your misguided beliefs .Then destroyed to surrender and victory our enemy. It would have been over in months we would have under the right leadership united as a nation defeated our enemy and returned to a purpose of showing what freedom means..But again look what was created a huge pot of muck..

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    • GrayPanther
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:45am

      This has NOTHING to do with Israel! Are you just a “cutter and paster”?

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:40am

    “real-time intelligence prompted its decision to launch an airstrike at a car in which the Popular Resistance Committees’ (PRC) head in Gaza, Zuheir al-Qaisi was riding,”
    Good thing they didn’t check with Barry first, they would have had to wait until after the election.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:45am

      Then stop whining when real time rockets and vested resistance fighters begin their campaign in response.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:27am

      @THE_JERK
      So… you seem to think… that the World would be at Peace, Nation loving Nation… if people just Hid and did not Defend themselves… and there would be no Attacks if everyone was Nice.

      Grab a History Book… and cite when this has happened… or how your Dream could come into Reality. You cannot go through life Fearing… others, the Strong, nor the Nuts!

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    • GrayPanther
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:47am

      Yes! Kind of reminds me of Clinton passing on getting Osama 2-3 times.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:58am

      Lukerw, not at all. But, unlike you, I do believe that there must be a legitimate reason to kill others and go to war.

      As for the history book, you had better read about the King David Hotel, when the targets of these immigrant Jews from Europe and America, in the land that they called Palestine, were the British. Read about how these terrorist Jewish groups hung, then mined the bodies of, Mervyn Paice and Clifford Martin… both non-Palestinians.

      You see, once the Jewish terrorists killed and drove out the British with their crimes of violence, they turned on the Palestinians. They drove them out of their homes, and off of their land, and confiscated their businesses, with the exact same violence that they now condemn.

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    • KevINtampa
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:43pm

      Hey jerk, how much of what was Palestine should the Egyptians and Jordans fork over in your perfect world? Whatever will stop the violence? Great, might as well get it over with now and hand over Europe and North America then…

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:39pm

      @ The_Jerk

      it’s funny that you & other radical muslim loons react so fast for what Israel is doing while meantime you avoid looking on how the syrian regime is targeting & slaughtering young children & killing them execution style .

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  • Steamtrains
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:35am

    thepostman one would think after 1967 and 1973 conflicts where egypt and the rest got their behinds handed to them by the israeli army they would know better than to continually kick the hornets nest?????????????????? But then as Bill Engval says ya cain’t fix stupid heres your sign

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:49am

      Without America’s unconditional support, this Reich-like nation would not be. An undeserved boldness on their part.

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  • ianmc002
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:15am

    Hey we are the US…the world police. Let us come occupy/invade while desecrating your Constitutions, your rule of law, your way of life, and kill scores of your innocent civilians, now…why does everyone hate (u)(s)?

    That is NOT a strong foreign policy, that is a STUPID foreign policy.

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    • Trance
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:48am

      I agree. We shouldn’t be invading or occupying any other country. We should bomb them until they are no longer a threat. No need for American casualties.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:56am

      Trance, anybody that you wouldn’t bomb? You must have been a staunch supporter of the Nazi bombings of London.

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  • kettererbg
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:03am

    Those ******* are nuts. Israel ought to go and waste them all. That is the ONLY way it will end.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:11am

      Spoken like a true Islamic fundamentalist!

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:23am

      @THE_JERK

      An appropriate name, but you might consider “ignorant fool” as a second option.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:29am

      Ruler4You, ditto!

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    • dutchy
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 5:17pm

      Ruler4You, spot on!!

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    • jeezpeeps
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:18pm

      Trance, pay no attention sir to the peacenics… you are correct “peace through strength” they want some action with the United States? Let them have it! No ROEs! Let the Marines, Army, Air Force, and Navy do what they do. I am tired of politicians running warfare. Let the “good guys” win. Let them do their job. Politicians cause more casualties than do the enemy. That strategy of winning would bring truely lasting peace.

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  • Fernyyy
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:01am

    Easy way to Middle East peace: Have Israel annex the whole area.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:12am

      That‘s exactly what they’ve been doing. Where’ve you been?

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    • Capitalist Mama
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:21am

      Actually, according to history, Israel won those territories fair and square after an unprovoked attack.

      By why let a little thing like fact stand in the way of a good quip?

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:35am

      Capitalist Mama, actually you had better look up the Stern Gang, Irgun, and Haganah. Jews, who emigrated to the area from America and Europe, formed illegitimate terrorist groups, exactly like today’s Hamas, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda. They led the violent usurpation of Palestinian land, then called themselves a nation.

      If Mexicans did the same in Texas and Arizona we would not call that legitimate, would we? And, don’t let the facts mixed with the truth get in your way.

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    • tzion
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:01pm

      @Jerk
      Last I checked Irgun and Haganah didn’t blow up school buses. Irgun targeted British military facilities and usually avoided targeting civilians while Haganah spent a lot of time sneaking refugees from Europe into the country, defending Jewish villages from Arab rioters, and occasionally raiding British internment camps. I’d be celebrating if Hamas was anything like Irgun because it would be a vast improvement.

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    • Pray_For_Us_All
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 5:15pm

      @the jerk

      Im glad to see something shut your a$$ up. You areso predictable in your comments. Blabbing your gums to support your own aggenda, distorting history in your favor. Thank God nobody buys into your BS. Go blog on MSNBC’s website. I will still pray for your lost soul.

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    • jeffile
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:44pm

      To The-Jerk(off)
      Israel gave up 85% of the Palestine Mandate and Arabs swore they would demand no more. The place was called Trans-Jordon. Many Arabs from Palestine moved there. The PLO a headed by The Weasel (Arafat) attempted a coup but were kicked out of the country. (Golly Sgt Catrter! I never knew that) Why aren’t you oinking about those displaced Arabs to be able to return? When the Arabs attacked Israel in 1948, many Arabs left on there on accord with the Arab promise they could confiscate Jewish property once the Arabs won the war. BTW, Arab countries expelled hundreds of thousands of Jews from their countries and the displaced Jews were accepted by Israel. On the other hand, Arab countries refused to allow many Palestinian Arabs into their countries and hence set up barbed wire cities such as Gaza. You also are ignorant on the goal of Muslims be it Palestinian Arabs or any other Arab country. No, it is not to compare Nazi Germany to Palestinians as Nazi Germany were only concerned with eliminating Jews, Gypsies, mentally deficient and other useless people. Muslims want to eliminate all who won’t convert to Islam. And unless you are a Muslim, that includes you! Stupid is as stupid does. So kindly take your heroes David Duke and Louis Farrhkan and have a happy manage a trios.

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  • setoguro
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:52am

    25 for the day and still counting.

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  • qzz
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:42am

    I’d appreciate if the Blaze also posted a story about the reporting of some other news organizations on this topic. CNN, for instance, had as their headline: Israel pounds Gaza as death toll rises. Only in the third paragraph did they even mention that Israel was being attacked by rockets and even then it was only, “according to Israeli sources.” Further, the article was written by a Palestinian born journalist accused of doctoring photos to make it appear that Israeli soldiers were abusing Palestinians. It truly discredits CNN as a reliable source of news.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:55am

      You’re not going to want a discussion about how many Palestinian journalists there are, out there writing in our inundated Jewish dominated media. So, if it is bias that you’re looking for, it is definitely there… and it is a pro-Jewish bias, numerically.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:02pm

      USAcommoner, I take them at their word: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein19-2008dec19,0,4676183.column

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:42pm

      USACommer, I haven’t looked myself. I know the news media is basically owned by GE, Disney, Time Warner and News Corps. They all have CFR membership. It shouldn’t be that hard to determine if the owners of these 4 companies are Jewish or not. You ought to check it out and get back with us.

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:40pm

      Well I looked a little into Disney. It’s publicly traded, and I couldn’t tell who was the majority shareholder was. While the CEO is Jewish, their board of directors is a hodgepodge of foreigners, a lesbian, and US businessmen/women. There’s one other Jewish person on the board. There’s a wide range of Corporate influence on the board. Banks, IMF, Nike, Starbucks, Google, Facebook, US Treasury Dept. etc.. So at least with Disney, I‘d say it’s more a bunch of greedy lefty corporate globalists, but I don‘t think you say it’s Jewish owned.

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:54pm

      News Corp is easy. That’s Rupert. He’s Scotish, English and Irish ancestry and from Australia. I’ve seen one story that his grandmother was Jewish, but to say he is… well that’s a stretch consdiering the source. He is a globalist and member of the CFR.

      Well that‘s more than half the media and all the time I’m going to spend on it. My conclusion is to say the Jews control the new media is probably an overstatement. They are all globalist slimeball CFR members who would sell our sovereignty to the highest bidder though.

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:53pm

      If you look only at the CEO’s, The_Jerk is correct. Time Warner, Viacom, Disney, CNN, (not certain about NBC) etc.. all have Jewish CEO’s. So once again, the more I look into something the more questions I have, but it doesn’t matter what religion they are. We all know the media lies out the wazoo anyway. They’re all still in the CFR with all the other globalists pigs like Soros.

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  • BlackCrow
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:42am

    The Gaza Strip should be a live bombing range. Anything moving should be considered a fair target.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:14am

      It already is. That’s the problem.

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    • tzion
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:05pm

      @The Jerk
      In that case, why did I see a stat stating that of the 18 killed 16 were terrorists. That seems pretty high for attacks that aren’t being aimed.

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  • Dstarr55
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:25am

    I saw on MSNBC this weekend (only saw a small portion) about the Palestinian non-violent movement. The absurdity of this movement is the Palestinian spokesperson took absolutely no responsibility for the violence of the Palestinians. He discounted the rockets firing into Israel as primitive and called Israel the aggressor without answering the question of why Israel went into Gaza in the first place. The program appeared to be a mindless exercise and the short bit that I saw did not really challenge the spokesperson for the ‘non-violent’ movement. There was one woman who did ask a tough question but when he didn’t answer the host, Chris Hayes, redirected without challenging the non-response.

    Until those who support Palestine denounce the strapping of bombs to the chests of young men to kill innocent women and children, until they condemn the rockets being launched towards civilians in Israel, until they stop making excuses for hateful rhetoric and teachings being broadcast for the consumption of children in Palestine, then there will be no peace. Palestine could truly lay down their arms and there would be peace but the same cannot be said if Israel were to lay down theirs.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:27am

      You kill my neighbors. You take our homes, land, and businesses. You place us into walled-off ghettos with checkpoints. And, you want us to renounce what? Are you for real?

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    • Charles
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:46am

      Well said Dstarr. Jerk: go over there and strap a bomb on yourself and be their hero.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:52am

      Charles, I understand your aversion to the truth. It’s an American malady.

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    • Dstarr55
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:57am

      You make my point, Jerk – you make excuses for the violence – of couse children are going to die when Israel defends themselves – the Palestinians use children as homicide bombers and as human shields – of course Israel is going to contain the Palestinians, if they don’t bombs go off on school buses and markets. You never address the one point, however, as you make asinine comment after asinine comment as you troll the pages of the Blaze – if the Palestinians were to lay down their arms, there would be peace but Israel would be slaughtered if they lay down theirs. It is not the policy of Israel to annihilate the Palestinians but it is the policy of the Palestinians to annihilate the Israelis. How do I know my statement which you ignore is true? Because Israel has that ability right now and still they try to talk peace. Arafat was given far more from Begin than he would have ever received – Bill Clinton even acknowledged the failed 2000 Camp David Summit was a failure because of Arafat – and the Palestinian leader showed his true colors when after the failure of the negotiations, he launched a new round of terror acts against Israel.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:12am

      Dstarr55, you confuse defense with aggression. Where was your argument when foreign Jews bombed the King David Hotel? Where was you argument when the Irgun hung, then mined the bodies of Mervyn Paice and Clifford Martin? You have a selected outrage when it comes to killing, much like most serial killers.

      Israel was carved out of territory that was not theirs to take. People from America and Europe took the homes, land, and businesses from other people, once they had the power to do so. America endorsed this theft when the foolish, power seeking, political hack, Truman, began this ill-fated journey.

      Israel is a belligerent. It was born of violence, theft, and narcissism.

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    • tzion
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:23pm

      @Jerk
      Once again you choose your facts and make incongruous comparisons. For one, Irgun warned the British that they were going to blow up the Hotel (which contained a British MILITARY command post) an hour before the explosion and the British did NOTHING. Second, the Jews didn’t steal any land. They either purchased it or settled it when it had previously been unowned. Just because you live on one scrap of land doesn’t mean you can dictate who can settle the land 5 miles away that is otherwise unowned. And if Israel was so intent upon taking their businesses, why do many of them still own businesses?

      And you can stop calling what Israel does to protect itself “ghettos”. What was the life expectancy of someone living in a Nazi ghetto? What was the birthrate? It is a fact that the life expectancy of those living in the disputed territory went UP after 1967 and that the population has more than doubled. I don’t see Israeli soldiers taking radios away or banning schools and music. Your comparisons are so farfetched that there isn’t an adjective to describe it.

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    • jeffile
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:36pm

      Uh, excuse me but the Jews are not responsible for construction of the ghettos. Yes, they thoroughly inspect Palestinians as they pass through gates as Palestinians have become unite famous for becoming homicide bombers. Do you have any problem with Arabs occupying Iraq? Iraq belongs to Assyriansnand the Arabs should leave. What about the Arabfat, the former leader of the PLO. Arabfat was an Egyptian so I suppose you objected to him? What about the king of Jordon? You ought to do some research as to the creation of Jordon.

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  • BarryB
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:23am

    The Blaze continues to post real news thereby raising awareness of what is happening world wide. Israel is a courageous nation fighting for their very survival. I have been to Israel twice and even into Be’er Sheva this past summer when missile attacks were being launched against the civilian populace living there. Those who criticize Israel for defending themselves are ignorant. I was only in Be’er Sheva for a few hours and let me tell you, it sends a chill down your spine when you hear a missile siren go off and you realize you might buy it then and there. America‘s roughest and toughest neighborhoods in its meanest cities are nothing compared to what Israeli’s live with day in and day out. America got a taste of it during the reprehensible 9/11 attacks but the lib left have either fogotten or decided it might be better for them to side with those who attacked them. In the 1980′s it was better red than dead, what is it now?

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:03am

      “Israel is a courageous nation fighting for their very survival.”

      Historical facts tell a different story. Facts tell a story of American and European Jews emigrating to the area that they called Palestine, to form many terrorist organizations… terrorist groups who bombed and killed, and drove the British out… terrorist groups who did, and are doing, to the Palestinians, exactly what the Reich once did to them.

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    • tzion
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:29pm

      @Jerk
      “Exactly what the Reich did to them”
      Two words Mr. Liar: Population growth. There are more Palestinians today than there were 30 years ago. Under the Nazis the Jewish population of Europe dropped by over 50%. Clearly your facts are anything but.

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  • marybethelizabeth
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:15am

    Israel is not a nation of laws.
    They are letting their spy organizations decide who lives and dies.
    Arrest and trial was warranted rather than letting a missile be the judge and jury.
    This policy does not protect the Israeli citizens
    They are endangering their citizen’s lives because they knew their would be retaliation,
    Hoping to spin the retaliation into sympathy and rationalization for more war will only costs a few Israeli lives,
    The actions of a rogue state.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:27am

      LSD is a powerful drug.

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:57am

      Nobody takes you serous. You wouldn’t know a rogue state if one bit you on the a ss.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:24am

      Captain Crunch, perhaps it is you who should read the book written by William Blum. It is titled,”Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s only Superpower.”

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:50am

      I’m afraid Ron Paul would agree with you MARY…

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:57pm

      Time2 For someone who professes to know Ron Paul better than Paul himself does you regularly display your ignorance on all matters regarding the patriot Ron Paul.You’re a paid hack,a saboteur in the employ of radicals spewing your misinformation.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:05am

    .
    Israel should just Napalm the whole area, then bulldoze the ashes into the sea…..

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:25am

      Sounds like a good idea,all this tit for tat is cruel just smoke the vermin and get it over with and keep us out of it.

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  • ianmc002
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:49am

    Why is it the media (Blaze included) only reports on Arabs attacking Israel, and not Israel attacking Arabs? Why is it when Israel attacks someone it will be “just”, and when someone attacks Israel they are “terrorists”? Seriously…just a couple of questions you should ponder.

    Hmmm?

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:04am

      Don’t ponder your questions too long! The Lame Stream Media has been a sell out of Israel for years and continues to coddle the real terrorists – the various Palestinian terrorist groups. The Israeli’s are merely protecting themselves, and sometimes that requires preemptive strikes.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:06am

      Your truthful statement will be ignored, not because the American people are stupid, but because the American people are ignorant… and to a certain degree lazy, which itself is a contributing factor to the ignorance.

      Israel is a belligerent nation, a belligerent nation whose birth was conceived in terroristic violence. Israel knows nothing else. Sadly, wealth and power have bought them security at our expense and future.

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    • tzion
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:17am

      To answer your question, i think the fact that of the 18 people killed by Israel recently 16 were terrorists. Had that school in Israel been open the Palestinians would already be leading in civilian deaths. Then of course there‘s the fact that Israel has launched only a few targeted strikes while the group they’re after has launched hundreds of rockets.

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    • ianmc002
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:18am

      carbonyes I do ponder those questions. Why is it that the US and Israel are always in the ‘right’? Why is all opposition ‘terrorist’? Aren’t we the US the ones using force? Mosquito‘s kill more people every year than ’terrorism’. Heart disease alone kills 650k people a year…ALONE. Yet were spending TRILLIONS on combating ‘terrorism’? I believe we ought to rethink this. Maybe ‘terrorism’ would ‘go away’ if we brought our troops home, protected our borders, and quit killing the innocent people abroad. THIS is why they hate us, it has very little/nothing to do with our freedoms. Where was all that hatred back in the 80′s when we were freer?

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:32am

      TZion: “To answer your question, i think the fact that of the 18 people killed by Israel recently 16 were terrorists.”

      There you have it. Call someone a terrorist, then kill them. This is the crazy rationalization of these people.

      You are a terrorist because I called you a terrorist, never mind that we Europeans and Americans have taken your land, homes, and businesses. Forget about us placing you, and your families, into walled-off ghettos, complete with checkpoints. Forget about how we cried ‘crimes against humanity’ when they were doing the same to us.

      We are Jews, and we have our rights. And, if you do not accept our hypocrisy… you’re an antisemite.

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    • Gryphon Moor
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:09am

      Oh please, Israel RESPONDS to attacks on the homeland. Remember, Israel has a nuclear arsenal. If they were truly the aggressor, they would end this back and forth. The Palestinians and their multiple agencies of terror would become a radioactive sea of glass. Praise the Israelis for their restraint. Personally, I don’t see how they do it. I would not have the patience.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:18am

      Gryphon Moor, believe me. If Israel thought, for one second, that it could get away with it, they would. They are a waring, belligerent nation, built on the blood of the Palestinian people.

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    • ianmc002
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:20am

      Gryphon Moor Pretty easy to say when you hear only the Israeli’s side of the story…propaganda. All sides are being duplicitous. You are biased towards the Israeli’s because they dominate American media. Israel has every right to defend itself, I do agree with that.

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    • tzion
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:33pm

      @Jerk
      Are you really going to sit there and tell me that the people Israel killed as they were preparing to launch rockets at Israeli CIVILIANS are not terrorists? What exactly is YOUR definition then? I only ask because you seem to have very clear double standards. After all, according to you, these people aren’t terrorists yet Haganah was as much a terrorist group as these people (who you claim aren’t terrorists). Anybody else here confused?

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    • justangry
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:14pm

      Yeah Jerk. I think you are probably a victim of bad information. I’m not one of those people who think Israel should be placed on a pedestal, or that their hands are completely clean, just there’s a lot sites out there that seem to exaggerate Israel’s history. I’ve been duped before, so be careful on where you get your information. If you’re getting it from the Internet, it’s probably from a source that is meant to incite hatred. We really don’t know what’s going on over there, so be careful in picking a side. Remember we’re all about individualism, not collectivism. Stick with primary sources and cite them, otherwise you’re not going to get anyone to listen to you. We’re all looking for scapegoats because of how crappy the media has been to our good doctor. I personally believe its more globalists than anything else.

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  • Charbet
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:46am

    Our troops are sitting ducks over there. Thanks Obama. You are a real peach of a prez.

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  • Charbet
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:43am

    First, bring our troops home, Second, turn the ME into a glass bowl. voila.

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    • ThePostman
      Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:57am

      And stop leashing Israel – let them do the job themselves so the world will know not to mess with them. We don’t need to be over there, but if we do go, I concur – glass the place over, leave no stone un-melted.

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  • SoupSandwich
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:40am

    The last paragraph sums it up: they/Israeli’s utilize liberals for entertainment. We have forgotten that libs are basically only good for the arts and entertainment value, and mostly for children’s entertainment. That, and the really fat dudes wearing table cloth head pieces are really visible from a long ways away. Two instances of Darwinism that are glossed over all the time. lalalala.

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  • LouC57
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:28am

    Abraham Young, why don‘t you go to Israel and see what it’s really like before you slam “Amerika”…jerk.

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  • Abraham Young
    Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:18am

    Dear Amerika, how much money do you have?
    Send it.

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