Posted on 07/01/2014 6:27:56 AM PDT by Star Traveler
Despite the countless messages of condolence issued by leaders across the Western world, the international community would show little understanding if Israel were to launch a wide-scale military operation against Palestinian targets or expand settlements in response to the killing of the three Israeli teenagers, a senior diplomatic official warned Tuesday.
“We had some legitimacy to carry out Operation Brothers Keeper, including massive arrests of Hamas members,” the official told The Times of Israel, referring to the IDF’s efforts to locate Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Fraenkel, who were snatched from a hitchhiking post south of Jerusalem and killed on June 12. The international community frowned upon the 18-day search for the three, which included the arrests of hundreds of Hamas members, “but not too much,” the official said, adding that Israel was only condemned when noncombatants were harmed.
“Now the whole thing is over and we will not have legitimacy for any military operation,” the official, who insisted on anonymity, said. “While we were looking for the kidnapped teenagers there was legitimacy for the operation, though not for the casualties. There were condemnations, but it was understood that we had to find the teens. Now, however, this justification does not exist anymore. Now any forceful IDF operation will not be understood.”
Israel is expected to crack down on terrorist organizations in the coming days, but world leaders expect Jerusalem not “to provoke too much violence on the ground,” the diplomatic official said. “That’s not going to look justifiable.”
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
Israel does extreme violence to the terrorists and their operations facilities - but Israel very very carefully avoids any collateral damage to Palestinian civilians.
>> This isn’t your grandfather’s Israel... The same problems within our armed forces are present in Israel’s armed forces.
That’s true, as far as it goes. But you’re implying the problem with Israel’s military is one of competence.
Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, Israel’s military prowess is BETTER than that of “your grandfather’s Israel”. MUCH better. With an all-important intelligence capability second to NONE in the WORLD.
No, the problems with Israel’s military is that they haven’t the WILL to defeat their enemies.
(We in the US have precisely the same problem.)
Israel could have thoroughly kicked butt in Lebanon in 2006. HAD THEY BEEN WILLING. Hezbollah was nothing near a match for Israel, except for the WILL TO DO WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY TO WIN.
:: or expand settlements in response to the killing of the three Israeli teenagers ::
Seriously? Isreal would consider a legitimate response of building another dozen houses in Gaza?
Who is this idiot ^Ahren^...Jimmah Cahtah and Habitat for Humanity?
>> Israel very very carefully avoids any collateral damage to Palestinian civilians.
Too bad, that. Unless you stop the breeders, there will always be more cockroaches with homemade rockets.
Long, long ago, the LORD GOD instructed the Israelites to utterly destroy certain groups of Philistines and Canaanites. In other words, wipe out the DNA of that vermin. It has always been man’s sinful proclivity to disobey the LORD. Their disobedience has come back on them a hundredfold.
The ONLY way there will be peace.
Prime Minister Netanyahu finds the PA very useful. It helps Israel avoid putting their soldiers right in the middle of Palestinian enclaves.
In fact about a year or so ago, there was some bill in Congress to cut off some funding to the PA. Netanyahu pleaded with Congressional members to not cut it off ... and they listened to him and didn’t do it.
Israel doesn’t do WAR CRIMES and indiscriminately target civilians. They scrupulously avoid any collateral damage to Palestinian civilians and directly target the terrorist operatives.
>> Prime Minister Netanyahu finds the PA very useful.
It’s like bargaining with Satan himself, for temporary comfort.
Bad idea.
There will be NO peace for GOD’s chosen ones until they utterly subdue their enemies, by whatever means are necessary.
Israel is not a THEOCRACY ... but a member of “the West” and as a modern democratic country — upholds the rights of all civilians, either under military or civilian control. They also uphold all religious rights of the major religions ... and protect all religious sites.
Bring back the Crusades!
I’m with you bruh!
not a smidgeon of sarcasm
Talking about the Bible ... that won’t happen until the Messiah of Israel returns and sets up his ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT, ruling over all the nations of the world, with his headquarters in Jerusalem.
>> Israel is not a THEOCRACY ...
I beg to differ. Israel is EXACTLY a theocracy, struggling to reconcile that with the demands of their political existence as a democracy.
In much the same way as we Christians struggle to “be in the world, but not of the world”.
SHALOM
Going to Websters ...
THEOCRACY
: a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders
: a country that is ruled by religious leaders
Israel is not a theocracy, as it has leaders who are ARAB Muslims, non-religious Jews and ordinary secular Jews (who may have personal faith too) along with a SMALL group of some religious people.
THEOCRACY fail ... :-) ...
Maybe after eons of it, the Israelis have a condition similar to Stockholm syndrome.
I read where Netanyahu was sending bombs, so I’m hoping the official’s statement is intended as psyops — and then .... KABOOM!!!
See Post #48 ...
Israel doesn’t do WAR CRIMES ...
Shabbat is the law of the land. (among other things)
Screw your Webster’s and your persnickety anal-retentive micro-arguments. :-) I’m taking the long view, aligning with the Word of GOD ALMIGHTY and His inspired prophets.
Yahweh is even more powerful than Webster — were you aware of that?
And Yahweh says Israel is a theocracy. Always has been. Always will be. Alpha to Omega.
There will be a response of some kind ... and whatever it is ... the world won’t like it anyway ... :-) ...
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