Barak: Hamas sustained serious blow

YNET NEWS.com ^ | 12.31.08, 23:56 / Israel News | n/a

[Cindy]

Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited a Beersheba school hit by a Grad rocket. During the visit, Barak said that "we delivered a serious blow to Hamas, and it continues to be hit – but it's also responding, as we can see." (Ilana Curiel)

[Cindy]

Off Topic.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/12/20081231-1.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 31, 2008

“Proclamation by the President: To Extend Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Agricultural Products of Israel and for Other Purposes”

[Cindy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7806684.stm

Page last updated at 23:38 GMT, Wednesday, 31 December 2008

“UN holds Gaza crisis discussion”

[Cindy]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733119817&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jan 1, 2009 0:35
“Pro-Palestinians protest in Greece”
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS

SNIPPET: “Pro-Palestinian protesters staged a demonstration during New Year celebrations in Greece, chanting slogans and burning flags of Israel, the United States and the European Union.”

[Cindy]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051305.html

Last update - 23:32 31/12/2008

“IAF bombs Gaza mosque being used as weapons storehouse”

By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents, and The Associated Press

Tags: Israel News, Israel, Hamas

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Israel Air Force on Wednesday evening bombed a mosque in the southern Gaza Strip that Hamas had been using to store part of its rocket arsenal.

Shin Bet officials said that over the last few days, Palestinian militants have been seen carrying Katyusha and Qassam rockets, as well as a large supply of other weapons, around the vicinity of the mosque. The Shin Bet said that these weapons were destroyed in the IAF strike.”

[Cindy]

BLOG:

http://exposingliberallies.blogspot.com/2008/12/truths-concerning-israeli-strikes-in.html

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2008
“Truths Concerning Israeli Strikes in Gaza”

SNIPPET: “Don’t let the media hoodwink you into believing that most of the Gazan casualties inflicted by the Israelis strikes are civilians. The truth is that most of the dead are terrorists, and that is great news.”

[bert]

......blaming Israel for an alleged shortage of supplies .....

The statement shows the incompetance of Hamas and of the hospital administrators and of the Gaza citizens.

They all know there was the high probability of a large influx of casualties. They should have stockpiled suppiies to last a month at least and 10,000 casualties.

Hamas et al is at fault

[Cindy]

ADDING 1 Video:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5f0_1230755019

“IAF VIDEO : attack on mosque full of rockets. 31-12-08”
(Added December 31, 2008)

[Cindy]

ATTENTION ISRAEL RESIDENTS:

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648475,00.html

School canceled in Gdera, Yavne
Published: 01.01.09, 03:20 / Israel News

The education institutions in the cities of Yavne and Gdera and in nearby communities will not be opened Thursday, in addition to the closing of schools located 40 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesperson’s Office said.

Additional information on communities where an emergency situation has been declared can be found on the Home Front command website (www.oref.org.il) and on telephone number 1207. (Ynet)

[Cindy]

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e017.htm

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)
December 2008

“The Six Months of the Lull Arrangement”
(Posted December 30, 2008)

[Cindy]

A Look at More Than Cartoons
http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html

#

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024161.php

December 31, 2008
“Jihad in the land of the Motoons: Muslims fire upon Israelis in Denmark mall”

#

Hat Tip: Little Green Footballs.com

http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish

http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article621726.ece

31. dec 2008 kl. 18:49
Israelis shot and wounded in Denmark
“Two Israeli citizens are reported to have been wounded after shots were fired in the Rosengårdscentret in Odense, Denmark”

ARTICLE SNPPET: “Police said the nationality of the perpetrator was uncertain, although he was said to be a foreigner.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Eyewitnesses told bt.dk that the perpetrator arrived in a hairdresser’s salon owned by one of the Israelis. He was said by eyewitnesses to have shouted something ‘in a Middle-Eastern language’ after which he began shooting.

One of the Israelis was said to have tried to flee, while the other threw a stool at the man. Both, however, were hit.

The police spokesman said that six bullets had been fired.”

Edited by Julian Isherwood

[Cindy]

ATTENTION ISRAEL RESIDENTS:

January 1, 2009, 3:40 am

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158455

“Home Front Recommendations Updated”

[Cindy]

Thank you Dacula.
I appreciate it.

[Syncro]

From the front lines:

Bombs in Beersheba? You bet!

December 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

After an assassination attempt, Winston Churchill famously quipped that nothing is more exhilarating than being shot at without result.

I’m not so sure about that.  In Beersheba, we’ve been ’shot at’ – with Grad missiles – several times in the last 12 hours, and one thing I don’t feel is exhilaration.

Terrorized, yes, indeed.  The terrorists are doing their thing, and doing it well. I never really did stop shaking after last night’s blasts – and then it started again this morning.

It’s funny – during the last two years, I visited the much-bombarded village of Sderot many times, and rarely was I ever there unless their “Color Red” missile warnings went off, and I had to run for cover when the Kassamim hit. In Sderot, I was appropriately nervous, but not shaking.

But when the sirens blare here, and I’m sitting in my own home, it’s very different. I’m not sure why that is. Maybe it’s because in Sderot, I was visiting. I knew I was going home afterward. However bad it was, I was leaving. It wasn’t really my problem.

Now that they’re hitting here, it’s a whole new ballgame. Now it’s personal. 

The first siren went off last night at about 9 pm. The public warning loudspeakers are mounted all over the whole metropolitan area, so no one can miss it. Here, in Beersheba’s Old City, where I live, the neighborhood siren must be mounted very close to my house.  It’s nothing short of ear-splitting – which probably contributes to the fear factor. The siren alone is terrifying.  

Ideally, the sirens are supposed to give you 15 seconds to run to a ’safe room’ or to a public bomb shelter.  I don’t even have to tell you how nuts that is.

This is a long read, and a first hand report.

It's continued at This Link

[Syncro]

Sorry about the formatting, it didn't look like that when I previewed it.

[Cindy]

Thank you Syncro for the link this account.

A blessed New Year to you.

[Cindy]

IF YOU’RE ISRAEL, THIS IS FOR YOU:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733120735&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jan 1, 2009 4:07
“Israeli FA cancels games after missile strike”
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Israel’s Football Association postponed all games Wednesday after a missile fired by Hamas in the Gaza Strip hit a team’s pitch minutes before a training session.”

[Cindy]

...and now a note from Cindy to HAMAS and the rest of the jihadi groups in Gaza:

Listen up.

Your hate is blinding you so much that you
can’t grasp this simple concept; so I’m going
to spell it out for you.

STOP THE BOMBING.
STOP IT NOW.
STOP IT.

Some things in life are simple.
This is one of them.

[Cindy]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129151

Published: 12/31/08, 5:44 PM / Last Update: 12/31/08, 8:44 PM

“Energency Medical Services on Unprecedented Nationwide Top Alert”
by Avraham Zuroff and Gil Ronen

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) Magen David Adom was put on its highest state of alert nationwide Wednesday by MDA Israel Director-General Eli Bin. This is the first time that MDA is on top alert throughout Israel, and not just in specific regions.

Several reasons were given for the high alert:

• The growing number of communities under threat of missile attack by Hamas.
• The concern that violence will get worse on Friday, which the Muslims often use for rioting, and that Arab citizens and residents of Israel will take part in riots.
• Specific intelligence warnings regarding terror attacks that are being planned by Arabs in Judea and Samaria and elsewhere.
• The civil New Year’s Day which is often accompanied by drunken driving accidents and violence between celebrants.

Police are also on high alert. They have arrested 330 people for riots and disturbances since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157052/posts

“Gaza protests interrupt Obama’s paradise”
KTNV-TV / The Politico ^ | December 31, 2008 | Carol E. Lee
Posted on December 31, 2008 6:26:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

HONOLULU

[Cindy]

Note; Photo included.

RECAP - IN THE U.S.A.:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/12/31/a-jewcy-photo-caption-opportunity/

“A Jewcy photo-caption opportunity”
POSTED AT 4:00 PM ON DECEMBER 31, 2008 BY ED MORRISSEY