Posted on 12/28/2008 8:16:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
TEL AVIV | The threat of an Israeli invasion of the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip loomed Sunday, with the call up of 6,500 reservists during the second day of an air offensive that sparked global protests and the deepest penetration yet by Palestinian rockets into southern Israel.
Israeli bombers targeted 40 smuggling tunnels linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt, while Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Egyptian border police in an attempt to flee the bombing.
The death toll approached 300 and demonstrations erupted throughout the Muslim world.
The Syrian government broke off indirect peace talks started earlier this year with Israel. A rocket fired from Gaza hit near the port city of Ashdod 18 miles from the border, the deepest penetration yet by Palestinian missiles.
The severity of the attack, the worst in decades, threatened to saddle the incoming Obama administration with its first foreign-policy crisis.
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Technically speaking, only if you actually joined the IDF. You could hire out as a "private contractor".
You could start your own PMC (Like Blackwater) and contract yourself out to Israel...
I wonder how B.O. would be viewed if he were to say anything even slightly pro-Palestinian in such a situation.
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