Gaza Fuse Is Getting Shorter as Netanyahu Risks Losing Control of the Conflict
- Zionist ‘666’ propaganda for war. They portray themselves as righteous victims reacting defensively to the aggressive actions of the evil Palestinian enemies. The opposite is true.
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by Amos Harel, https://www.haaretz.com/
It’s worth asking whether Israel isn’t projecting its own desires on the enemy and isn’t adhering too strongly to the presumption that Hamas doesn’t want to risk a war ■ Escalation overshadows diplomatic achievement of Oman visit.
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The massive salvo of rockets from Gaza over the weekend contradicted Israeli intelligence assessments. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who holds out no hope for a deal with Hamas and believes another war in Gaza is inevitable, had expected Friday’s protests along the border fence to proceed much more calmly. This view was based on intelligence assessments.
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In reality, the opposite occurred. Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire along the Gaza border on Friday, and in the evening Islamic Jihad began firing rockets at the Negev. By Saturday morning more than 30 rockets had been fired, with the Iron Dome intercepting those deemed dangerous.
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The rest unfolded as it has in previous rounds: The air force attacked dozens of targets (Hamas, then Islamic Jihad) in Gaza, and Egypt hastened to declare a cease-fire.
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