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2024-03-04 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Report: Israel believes Sinwar wants escalation of violence over Ramadan instead of truce
[IsraelTimes] Israeli officials are reportedly increasingly pessimistic over the likelihood of reaching a hostage and truce deal before Ramadan.

According to similar comments from unnamed officials cited in several Hebrew media reports — generally indicating a coordinated leak — officials now believe that Hamas
...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
chief Yahya Sinwar has no intention of agreeing to a temporary ceasefire in the coming days.

Instead, the officials say, Israel believes Sinwar wants to escalate the violence further over Ramadan.

In such a scenario, Israel is wary of an escalation not just along its borders with Gazoo
...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...
and Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, but also across the West Bank, where tensions are high, as well as in Jerusalem, where festivities over the Temple Mount and access to the holy site are widely expected.

Ramadan is expected to begin next Sunday evening.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ]  Top
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#1 That's like believing that the Sun will raise in the East.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-04 03:44||   2024-03-04 03:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Just how often does this 'Ramadan' thing occur? It seems like this 'Ramadan' thingie happen every other month or so.

Just what is this 'Ramadan' thing anyway?
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-03-04 12:54||   2024-03-04 12:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Something about not touching your goat from sunrise to sunset, I think.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-04 13:01||   2024-03-04 13:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Give him what you think he wants.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-04 14:04||   2024-03-04 14:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Report: Israel believes Sinwar wants escalation of violence over Ramadan instead of truce

"...Crappeth not, the Bear in the Woods?"

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-03-04 14:56||   2024-03-04 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 ^Is the Pope ... never mind.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-04 15:11||   2024-03-04 15:11|| Front Page Top

#7 #2 Just what is this 'Ramadan' thing anyway?

A wholly holy month. Muslim Lent, kinda.

Mohammedans showing their ashes...
A brief diminution of clashes
For thirsting and fasting...
Then -- call Central Casting! --
Them virgins start batting their lashes.
Posted by Spomotch Shomoque9916 2024-03-04 22:03||   2024-03-04 22:03|| Front Page Top

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