Posted on 07/15/2014 9:33:08 AM PDT by Star Traveler
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he expects "full support" from world leaders for Israel's military operation to end rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, after Hamas rejected ceasefire proposals and fired a barrage of rockets at Israeli towns and cities Tuesday.
Speaking before a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Netanyahu pointed out that Israel had accepted the ceasefire, which stipulated that both sides should immediately end hostilities. Hamas claimed the truce amounted to a "surrender" on its part, since it did not include the conditions they had stipulated for a ceasefire - which included prisoner releases and a lifting of the Israeli and Egyptian blockades on Gaza - and responded by escalating its attacks against Israeli civilians.
"Our goal was and remains putting an end to rocket fire from Gaza on our cities, and providing the citizens of Israel with the sustained peace and quiet which they are entitled to," the prime minister said at a pre-meeting press conference.
Turning to the German foreign minister, he pointed out that it was Israel's right under international law to defend itself from attacks on its population.
"I know that you know that no country would sit idly by while its civilian population was subjected to terrorist rocket fire - Israel is no exception," he said.
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As well he should.<p.
Expect it, Bibi, but don’t rely on it. Stand your ground regardless of the world’s gradual move towards anti-semitism.
They should hit Hamas just as many times as Hamas has hit Israel. What’s that, 1000 rockets in the last week?
What could Israel do to Hamas w/ 1000 strikes? He he he...
Life is full of choices and consequences.
Israel has already done precisely that ... :-) ...
It is ironic that today’s Germany is greater friend of Israel than the current US administration.
“National guilt” ... :-) ...
The idiots in our country who elected Obama twice should feel more guilt than the Germans.
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