{"id":173,"date":"2008-02-29T11:52:27","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T16:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=173"},"modified":"2008-02-29T11:52:27","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T16:52:27","slug":"the-longsuffering-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"The Longsuffering of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s all they can stands, they can’t stands no more<\/a>.  (Apologies to Popeye.)<\/p>\n

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ASHKELON, Israel – Israel’s deputy defense minister warned on Friday of a disaster in the Gaza Strip after Israel activated an air raid system to protect a major city from increasingly threatening Palestinian rocket barrages. \"\"<\/p>\n

As Israeli troops, tanks and aircraft went after Palestinian rocket operations, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Army Radio that Israel had "no other choice" but to launch a massive military operation in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For over 2 years, ever since the good-faith move out of Gaza by the Israelis, the Palestinians have been flinging rockets from Gaza into southern Israel almost daily, mostly at Sderot.  But now, thanks to the ever-insistently-"peaceful" Iranians, the attacks are getting worse.<\/p>\n

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Israel evacuated its troops and settlers from Gaza in late 2005, but the rocket fire has persisted and this week became more ominous as Iranian-made rockets slammed into a major city.<\/p>\n

Communities right over the Gaza border have taken the overwhelming brunt of the rocket attacks from Gaza, but militants firing longer-range Iranian rockets struck hit the town of Ashkelon several times on Thursday. One sliced through the roof of an apartment building and three floors below, and another landed near a school, wounding a 17-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The world gasps in shock whenever Israel retaliates in defense of their own people, aiming at military targets, but yawns in apathy when the Palestinians indiscriminately chuck explosives at civilians.  And at the UN, it’s all Israel’s fault.<\/p>\n

Maybe, but only because they didn’t retaliate earlier.  Letting the bully continue to act out, without consequence, doesn’t stop the bullying.<\/p>\n

[tags]Israel,Middle East,Gaza,Palestinians,Hamas[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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