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| Israeli security chief reiterates that Gaza truce a mistake |
| 2008-07-23 |
| The head of the Israel Security Agency (ISA) on Tuesday reiterated to cabinet ministers his warning that the current ceasefire deal with Gaza's Hamas rulers is only going to result in more severe violence in the future. During his weekly briefing, ISA chief Yuval Diskin said that Hamas is now planting minefields in the Gaza Strip, and has imported longer-range rockets capable of striking Israeli cities previously unthreatened by Palestinian forces based in the coastal territory. Diskin said the quiet along the Gaza border, which has lasted for over a month, is deceptive, as Hamas' long-term goals have not changed. He said the terror group is only maintaining the calm so that it can strengthen its hold on Gaza, further reducing the chances that Hamas will be ejected from power in the near future. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 Pretty much everything Israel has done with the Arabs, except kicking their ass in wartime, has been a mistake. And yet they keep repeating it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-23 14:08 |
| #2 But the good news is that all those mistakes can be rectified, rather quickly. If they only had the will. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-23 11:50 |
| #1 Not cleaning Arabs from within the "Green line" in 1948 was a mistake. Not cleaning Arabs from the liberated territories (all part of Palestinian Mandate given to Brits to establish Jewish homeland) in 1967, was a mistake. Not giving Fatah a hand with conquest of Jordan (part of the Palestinian Mandate set aside by Brits to be an Arab (Palestinian) Homeland), and then shoving the Arabs from Judea and Samaria there, was a mistake. Not finishing Egypt in 1973 was a mistake. Not responding to Saddam's Scuds in 1991, was a mistake. Giving in to USA pressure on Oslo Accords, was a mistake. Giving in to USA pressure on Lebanon two year ago, was a mistake. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-07-23 09:38 |