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| Gaza Operation: Day 44 | |
| 2014-08-20 | |
| [IsraelTimes] The Times of Israel is liveblogging events as they unfold through Wednesday, August 20, the 44th day of Operation Protective Edge. Hamas breached a truce on Tuesday afternoon with a rocket salvo at Beersheba, prompting Israel to quit the Cairo negotiations on a long-term ceasefire. Rocket fire and IDF counter-strikes intensified later Tuesday and overnight. Rockets target Jerusalem, Tel Aviv; IDF told to prepare for ground incursion. U.S. blames Hamas for breaking ceasefire.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 "The protesters were demonstrating in response to recent Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip." Then perhaps they should haul their collective asses to Israel and protest there. I'll chip in a few buck for one-way tickets for them. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-08-20 19:30 |
| #8 Also, the union men crossed the BDS picket line, time marker 23:51: Israeli ship unloads cargo in California despite protests Officials say an Israeli-owned commercial ship has unloaded its cargo at a port in California after being delayed for days by a group of pro-Palestinian protesters. International Longshore and Warehouse Union spokeswoman Jennifer Sargent said about 30 workers unloaded cargo from the Piraeus at the Port of Oakland starting Tuesday night despite the presence of a small number of protesters. According to Sargent, workers had refused to unload the ship after it arrived on Saturday because of safety concerns raised by the presence of protesters and police. The protesters were demonstrating in response to recent Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-20 19:04 |
| #7 Reviewing after the rollover in Israel, I thought this item at time marker 1:14 interesting: Fighting between Palestinians youths and PA police near Hebron There are violent clashes between Palestinian youths and PA security forces in Yatta, south of Hebron, Channel 2′s Ohad Hamo reports. Earlier in the week, thousands of Hamas supporters on their way to the Jewish neighborhood of Hebron were met by hundreds of PA policemen, who were beaten and chased away by the pro-Hamas crowd. It looks like Hamas hasn't given up on trying to take over the West Bank, needing some sort of win to justify continued patronage by Qatar, Iran and Turkey. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-20 18:48 |
| #6 Not necessarily; the democrats are attempting to sneak into the governorship of Kansas - counter ads tie the candidate right to Obama. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-08-20 12:14 |
| #5 The President isn't running for office in Novemeber, so his personal approval ratings don't matter. If he can absorb all the disapproval among Dem voters and leave the Senators and Representatives untarred then the elections may go just fine for the Democrats. Never underestimate the ability of the Stupid Party to blow it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-08-20 10:56 |
| #4 'Struth, Pappy. And the latest polls have Jewish approval of the president at 55%, as I recall, continuing that downward trend from 78% in 2008. What it will be by November they ought to tremble to contemplate, not to mention how the next two years will impact the image of the Democratic party in a few key constituencies, after nice words have been said but missiles, etc were still withheld for additional review. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-20 10:47 |
| #3 It's getting close to midterm elections, my dear tw. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-20 08:47 |
| #2 That may be the proximate cause for the 'breakdown in talks'. The administration is chock full of surface thinkers. Proximate is as close as they can get to fundamental. At least they got proximate right this time, so I'm willing to be impressed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-20 07:03 |
| #1 From tw's link: The United States blamed rocket fire from Gaza for a breakdown in indirect talks between Israel and Palestinian authorities on a durable ceasefire That may be the proximate cause for the 'breakdown in talks'. But the fundamental reason is Hamass is determined to kill Jews. Until they are disabused of notion, all the jaw-jaw in the world won't make a bit of difference. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-08-20 01:51 |