Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought”
The recent surge in Palestinian terrorism behooves Israel to revisit the fundamentals of counter-terrorism. For example, the most effective defense against terrorism – operationally, financially and morally – is not retaliation and a limited, surgical offensive, but a comprehensive, decisive, sustained and disproportionate preemptive ground offensive, which aims to obliterate terror infrastructures and capabilities, and bring the enemy to submission. A decisive defeat of terrorism requires a victory over – and not coexistence or ceasefire agreements with – terrorism; uprooting – and not just stopping – terrorism.
By Ted Belman I have been waiting for the dust to settle before commenting on the fall of Gaddafi. I wasn’t happy with some of the stuff that was bandied about. But National Review Online got it right in a series of articles. DANIEL PIPES: Have Western forces brought civilization’s worst enemies to power? Libyan Blues. DAVID PRYCE-JONES: The success (or failure) is NATO’s. Where Responsibility Lies. ELLIOTT ABRAMS: America should now bring down Assad. Qaddafi’s Fall: No, Obama Was Not Right. VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Qaddafi wanes, and now things get interesting. What Comes Next? Hamas’ version of Islam: “I Steal, Lie, And Murder”
Hamas Breaks Its Ceasefire 14 Times in 24 Hours underscores the fact that the Islamic “religion,” at least as practiced in the Middle East, is unique among the world’s religions in its sanction and approval of lying and murder. Abuse of flags of truce (e.g. firing from behind a white flag) and similar devices was once known as perfidy and was punishable by death on the spot for the perpetrator. Hamas has repeated its past performance of declaring a ceasefire and immediately breaking it, firing more than a dozen more rockets and mortar shells on southern Israel Sunday night and Monday morning. As stated by the Lieber Code, “the common law of war allows even capital punishment for clandestine or treacherous attempts to injure an enemy, because they are so dangerous, and it is difficult to guard against them.” In other words, Hamas, under color of ISLAM (I Steal, Lie,... by Bill Levinson Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan lays out in a single paragraph the rationale behind vigilantism, in which citizens who do not enjoy the protection of rule of law band together to keep order themselves. The basic premise is that, no matter how strong an individual bandit or even group of bandits might be, the honest man can “by confederacy with others that are in the same danger as himself” destroy the bandit or gang in question. As shown by European ‘No-Go’ Zones for Non-Muslims Proliferating, many parts of Europe have reached the point where such measures may in fact be necessary, reasonable, and desirable. NATURE hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind as that, though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body or of quicker mind than another, yet when all is reckoned together the difference between man and man is not so considerable as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit to which another may... richardmillett | August 22, 2011 “It is time, Brothers and Sisters, for Al Quds to be liberated. For Islam and people of the world who wish to pray there to the one God. And we say here today to you Israel, we see your crimes and we loathe your crimes. And to us your nation does not exist, because it is a criminal injustice against humanity. We want to see Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt go to the borders and stop this now. Liberate Al Quds! March to Al Quds!” And here are the words of another speaker:
“Occupation Without Tanks or Soldiers” Islamic extremists are stepping up the creation of “no-go” areas in European cities that are off-limits to non-Muslims. Many of the “no-go” zones function as microstates governed by Islamic Sharia law. Host-country authorities effectively have lost control in these areas and in many instances are unable to provide even basic public aid such as police, fire fighting and ambulance services. The “no-go” areas are the by-product of decades of multicultural policies that have encouraged Muslim immigrants to create parallel societies and remain segregated rather than become integrated into their European host nations. In Britain, for example, a Muslim group called Muslims Against the Crusades has launched a campaign to turn twelve British cities – including what it calls “Londonistan” – into independent Islamic states. The so-called Islamic Emirates would function as... Israel says the truce is one-sided and IDF continues to stop missile launches.
Hamas has repeated its past performance of declaring a ceasefire and immediately breaking it, firing more than a dozen more rockets and mortar shells on southern Israel Sunday night and Monday morning. One rocket in the pre-dawn hours hit a building in the Eshkol region, adjacent to Gaza, causing damage but no injuries. The Israeli Security Cabinet Monday morning stated that the ceasefire is one-sided and that the IDF will continue to attack to stop missile launches. It added that Israel will respond to any more rocket and mortar shell attacks with “pinpoint” retaliation. The government decision precludes a full-scale ground operation into Gaza, which the opposition Kadima party has demanded.
By Ted Belman I took the trouble to attend Glenn Beck first Restoring Honour event in Ceasaria last night. Glad I did. The evening was fun and inspirational. The setting was beautiful and videos which provided the background to the speakers highlighted the land of Israel in all its beauty. A close circle of my friends were also in attendance including Yisrael Medad, Brian of London, Martin Sherman, David Bedein, David HaIvri, Stewart Palmer, Helen Freedman, Jeff Daube and so on. Here is a review and pictures by Yisrael Medad and Brian of London by Isi Leibler
Israel’s will to react firmly to this provocation will signal whether we retain the ability to deter Hamas from future attacks. The Sinai Peninsula is rapidly becoming a scorpion’s den for radical Islamists, including Al Qaida-inspired factions. The border with Egypt, which had been relatively stable, is now clearly porous, and represents a new entry point for terrorists who now move freely from Gaza to Sinai. The extent of the disastrous decision of the Sharon government to cede control of the Philadelphi Corridor can only now be understood. The IDF is therefore investing major additional resources to beef up the IDF... 3 more Iron Dome batteries to arrive by 2012
Despite the significant increase in rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli government has not yet allocated independent funding for the procurement of additional batteries of the Iron Dome counter-rocket defense system. The IAF Air Defense Division currently operates two Iron Dome batteries which are deployed in the South – one near Beersheba and another near Ashkelon. The two batteries have intercepted over 15 rockets fired into the South since the attacks near Eilat on Thursday.
The IAF is expected to receive a third Iron Dome battery by the beginning of October. In July, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems received an order from the Defense Ministry for three more batteries and associated equipment and interceptors, to be purchased with $205 million given to Israel by the US. These additional three...Preemption, No Retaliation!
“Israel Hayom” Newsletter, Aug. 22, 2011
Any response to terrorism which is short of devastating the ideological, political, financial, logistic and operational terrorist infrastructures, reassures terrorists that they are immune to annihilation. Moreover, it nurtures their...What now with Libya
Hamas: ISLAM = International Society of Liars And Murderers
by Bill LevinsonEuropean Vigilantism: a Reasonable and Necessary Response to Islamic Lawlessness
Lauren Booth: “Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt must liberate Jerusalem”
These were the words spoken by Lauren Booth (Tony Blair’s half-sister-in-law) at the Al Quds Day terror rally organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission in London’s Trafalgar Square yesterday. She had just pledged her support for Hamas. See clip:
“You can’t take an army, which is a nation’s army, a terrorist nation’s army, and defeat it with sincere small fighters. It needs some of those states around to release their...European ‘No-Go’ Zones for Non-Muslims Proliferating
Hamas Breaks Its Ceasefire 14 Times in 24 Hours
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, INN
Hamas declared the truce would go into effect Sunday night after the worst round of terrorism against Israel since the counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead campaign in the winter...Glenn Beck brings much needed love and support
Tough decisions on terror
August 22, 2011
In the days and weeks ahead, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be facing some difficult decisions. While his initial response to the attacks – the deadliest since he assumed office – cannot be faulted, his boast that terrorism would always be contained under his watch will now be put to the test.“The Iron Dome has proven itself … with over 90 percent success rate,”
By YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST
Each interceptor costs around $50,000 and usually two are fired at rockets slated for interception.
Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
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