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How the Hamas Attack Took Israel by Surprise
Sultan Knish ^ | October 31, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 11/01/2023 4:23:59 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan

A week before its attack Hamas agreed to another truce with Israel. The agreement negotiated by Qatar, Egypt and the United Nations traded an end to border attacks for more imports, a bigger fishing zone and more work permits that allowed over 20,000 Gaza Muslims to enter Israel.

[Pin on Pinterest] The agreement reached between Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and Sukkot, the conclusion of the High Holy Days season, offered an end to the explosives and rocks being hurled at Israeli soldiers on the border and the incendiary balloons starting fires on Israeli farms. And terrorist attacks on civilians like the murder of Batsheva Nigri: a kindergarten teacher shot and killed while driving in her car with her 12-year-old daughter.

Qatar, a state sponsor of Hamas and an ally of the United States, claimed that it had “succeeded in de-escalating the situation in the Gaza Strip by mediating an understanding.”

Hamas ended the border riots and Israelis went into the Sukkot holiday with an apparent calm. The Israeli army and security forces continued to focus on the West Bank, where much of the violence appeared to be coming from, rather than the Gaza Strip which seemed quiet.

But the border attacks and the negotiated ceasefire had all been part of a feint.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hamas; israel; terrorism; war
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A long read, full of cautionary tales we need to consider even here in the USA. Islam, like rust, never sleeps.
1 posted on 11/01/2023 4:23:59 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

The obvious……
….terrorists are already in the US…..
….it’s just a matter of time

Our church is locked down every service…….
Most pastors know they are a target, especially Conservative,, Evangelical

Situational awareness is a given!


2 posted on 11/01/2023 4:44:46 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

The Japs were still negotiating on December 7th.


3 posted on 11/01/2023 4:45:51 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

As I recall, Imperial Japan conducted deceptive practices prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

However, I doubt that reconciliations similar to those that developed between post-WWII Japan and the US will ever exist between 7th century barbarians and members of present-day societies.


4 posted on 11/01/2023 4:50:52 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Good article. Thanks for posting.


5 posted on 11/01/2023 5:22:01 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Excellent article, but I wonder how much the Biden Regime helped cloak the attack preparations and failed to alert Israel of the plans or worse helped with the financing of Iran’s actions?


6 posted on 11/01/2023 5:30:40 AM PDT by Ex-Episcopalian
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To: Oscar in Batangas
However, I doubt that reconciliations similar to those that developed between post-WWII Japan and the US will ever exist between 7th century barbarians and members of present-day societies.

I know from a Marine veteran who was in on the early days of the occupation that many Japanese civilians were glad to see the end of the military dictatorship, and once they realized that American marines weren't going to barbecue their babies they became very friendly. Especially the women, who had been treated like farm animals.

That doesn't seem to happen with Muslims. Is it the inbreeding?

7 posted on 11/01/2023 5:41:55 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Israel permitted the attack to have causses belli to destroy Hamas


8 posted on 11/01/2023 5:43:58 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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.....I wonder how much the Biden Regime helped cloak the attack preparations....

Given the it's the Hussein O'Biden Proto-Caliphate, you do have to assume that U.S. intelligence was withheld, if there was any. CIA et.al. haven't exactly earned any medals over the last 40-50 years.

9 posted on 11/01/2023 5:51:29 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: bert

As if they didn’t already?


10 posted on 11/01/2023 6:21:41 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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“The story of Inbar Lieberman, a 25-year-old woman who served as the security coordinator for Kibbutz Nir Am, who rallied her neighbors, killed 5 terrorists and saved the kibbutz has been widely told. But other communities were not so lucky. “

Clearly luck had nothing to do with it.


11 posted on 11/01/2023 6:25:45 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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But the border attacks and the negotiated ceasefire had all been part of a feint.

wasn't there some sort of peace deal being negotiated when the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor?

12 posted on 11/01/2023 6:27:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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“...wasn’t there some sort of peace deal being negotiated when the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor...?”

That’s true, but it’s also been suggested that FDR knew of the planned attack and deliberately stalled the Japanese diplomats. We’ll never know for sure.

BTW... what does a treaty/alliance/cease fire mean if one of the parties has no intention of holding to it?

I remember reading that, when the Nazis crossed he border from Poland to Russia in WWII (breaking their alliance pact with Russia), Stalin was SO stunned at the betrayal that he went into seclusion for days, without speaking to anyone... as the invasion raged.

When asked “Why was Russia unprepared?”

He answered, “Only agressors are perpared.”


13 posted on 11/01/2023 6:34:32 AM PDT by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

The Japanese did the very same thing when they attacked Pearl Harbor.


14 posted on 11/01/2023 6:36:56 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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Wait. The Japanese AND the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??


15 posted on 11/01/2023 7:22:37 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

“A long read, full of cautionary tales we need to consider even here in the USA. Islam, like rust, never sleeps.”

Evil never sleeps... and the “”religion”” of Islam compels them to lie to their enemies to achieve victory (taqiyya). Their enemies are anyone that is not of Islam... ie infidels. Their idea of victory is either conquest or to kill all their enemies....whichever comes first.

The USA is a nation founded on Christianity and Judaism. We are the very definition of “infidels” to these cretins. And their message has been clear. We’re next.

Israel made the mistake of believing their lies. Our current “”leaders”” will also make that mistake... deliberately so. Prepare accordingly.


16 posted on 11/01/2023 7:34:41 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

An excellent analysis. We of the West had better sharpen of game and always be ready to fight.


17 posted on 11/01/2023 7:46:05 AM PDT by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: bert

Our deep state and the Israeli deep state did it to try and bring down Netanyahu and start another war,


18 posted on 11/01/2023 7:54:03 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
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To: Larry Lucido

Who said the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

I never heard that.


19 posted on 11/01/2023 8:28:36 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: metmom
Why, none other than the great historian John Belushi in Animal House.


20 posted on 11/01/2023 8:33:33 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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