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Israel begins Rafah offensive after rejecting Hamas ceasefire ploy
2024-05-07
[NYPOST] Israel has begun its military operation into Rafah after rejecting Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
’ cease-fire claim as a deception.

"The IDF is currently conducting targeted strikes against Hamas terror targets in eastern Rafah in southern Gazoo
Islamic Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
," the Israel Defense Forces said Monday night local time.

The world’s eyes are now on the southern city in the Gaza Strip, where more than 1 million Paleostinians have taken refuge while fleeing war elsewhere in the territory.

President Biden has repeatedly warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to go ahead with the Rafah offensive unless the IDF could secure the safety of the civilians, with the president repeating himself during a call earlier Monday.

"The president was consistent again this morning that we don’t support ground operations in Rafah," White House national security front man John Kirby told news hounds prior to the advancement.

The announcement came shortly after Israel’s war cabinet unanimously voted to proceed with the attack on Hamas’ final stronghold in an effort to apply military pressure on the terror group, "with the goal of making progress on freeing the hostages and the other war aims," Netanyahu’s office said.

The prime minister also slammed Hamas’ latest truce officer as "far from Israel’s obligatory demands."

Following Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
’s announcement that the terror group had accepted a cease-fire deal, Israeli officials told multiple outlets that the deal presented to the terror group was a "softened" version of what was really on the table and is not being taken seriously by Jerusalem.

One official told Rooters that the announcement was a clear ruse by the terror group to create backlash against Israel for refusing a deal, and officials told KANN TV that the announcement of a cease-fire agreement was a "Hamas deception."

Despite criticizing Hamas’ move, Netanyahu’s office said Israel is still sending a negotiation team to Cairo "to exhaust the possibility of achieving an agreement on terms that are acceptable to Israel."

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the US does not support an intensified military operation in Rafah and believes negotiations in Cairo are the best way to reach a cease-fire.

"We continue to believe that a hostage deal is in the best interests of the Israeli people," Miller said. "It’s in the best interest of the Paleostinian people and it would bring increased movement of humanitarian assistance and so we’re going to continue to work to try to reach one."

Hamas’ announcement triggered celebrations across Gaza, where Paleostinians cheered and chanted "Allahu Akbar" in the streets.

Israel has repeatedly rejected any cease-fire deal that calls for an end to the war, with Netanyahu saying that the conflict will only end once Hamas has been eradicated and Gaza proves to no longer be a threat to the Jewish State.

Thousands of Paleostinians are fleeing parts of Rafah after Israel issued warnings it was planning to start military action.

Prior to the Israeli military’s attack on Hamas position in Gaza, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned that a battle in southern Gaza’s most populous city would quickly become a humanitarian nightmare.

Posted by:Fred

#21  

Golden Bee, Circa 1999
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 17:14  

#20  Whahahahahahahaa
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-07 17:08  

#19  I feel like getting in the car and going to find out.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 17:07  

#18  Yes, I wore several. And no doubt drank a few...thanks to turning my back fellow Bee goers.

Do they still award the charming stick-on insects ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-07 17:06  

#17  Don't get me wrong, he's way ahead of the pack. But when he starts in on his opinions of civilian gun ownership he sounds like some software guy practicing medicine.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 17:05  

#16  I suspect many chapters on that young fellow Musk are yet to be written.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-07 17:04  

#15  Did the waitress flick a bee onto your shirt?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 17:03  

#14  I have tipped a few at the Bee. The piano 'sing alongs' were legendary. Fond memories indeed.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-07 17:00  

#13  If you make it to The Broadmoor, have lunch at The Golden Bee. Mine is on the dash of my third car since I was there.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 16:56  

#12  I love the story (no idea if it's true) that Penrose founded The Broadmoor after he was denied a room at The Arrowhead because of his miner's attire at the front desk.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 16:54  

#11  ^ Lots of idiots would point slobberingly at Elon Musk, but when that man gets out of his lane he makes Tulsi Gabbard look like a moderate and Kristin Noem look like an animal lover.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 16:52  

#10  Men like Will Rogers and his friend Spence Penrose, where can they be found today ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-07 16:43  

#9  Should you find yourself in Colorado Springs, visit the Shrine of the Sun. Built by a good friend of Rodgers', it was dedicated to him after his untimely death.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 16:18  

#8  Will Rogers and famed aviator Wiley Post died in a 15 August 1935 plane crash aboard a Lockheed Monoplane at Point Barrow, AK. Rogers was one of the greatest political sages America has ever known.

Some of his sayings:

* Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

* There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.

* Never miss a good chance to shut up.

* If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

* The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.

* There are three kinds of men:

The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of
them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

* If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

* Lettin'the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back.

* After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring.He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.

The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

ABOUT GROWING OLDER..

First ~Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and
start bragging about it.

Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to
know 'why'I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.

Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of
Algebra.

Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.

Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.

Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it's such a nice change from being young.

Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.

And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to
laugh at when you're old.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-07 15:48  

#7  Ref #3:

Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

~ Will Rogers
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-05-07 15:41  

#6  makes sense to do targeted strikes and special ops before the main action

you get intel and it causes the enemy to have to scramble
Posted by: Lord Garth   2024-05-07 12:53  

#5  ^ Dat's old, man...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-07 12:04  

#4  Gee Steve we're the same age.
Posted by: alanc   2024-05-07 12:01  

#3  I'm so old, I remember when we used to end wars by winning them.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-05-07 11:25  

#2  Israeli official to 'Post': 'America wants war to end, we want to win the war'
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-07 11:13  

#1  We continue to believe that a hostage deal is in the best interests of the Israeli people

Clear case of metabolic lead deficiency.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-07 00:19  

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