Posted on 01/01/2009 8:52:55 AM PST by fella
Jan 1, 2009 12:59 | Updated Jan 1, 2009 14:28 Egyptian MP: Hamas abandoning Gazans By JPOST.COM STAFF
Stepping up the rhetoric in what has escalated into an all-out verbal war between Hamas and Egypt over the Gaza government's perceived responsibility for the devastating results of Operation Cast Lead, a senior Egyptian parliamentarian on Thursday accused Hamas leaders of abandoning the Palestinians of Gaza to their fate.
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City.
"Where are the Hamas leaders now, when the residents of Gaza are getting killed? All of Hamas's leadership is in bunkers," Muhammad Bassiouny, the head of the parliament's foreign affairs and defense committee, charged in an interview with an Egyptian television channel.
Hamas leaders have largely gone underground since the IAF began its extensive bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and on Wednesday, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yuval Diskin said that many members of the organization's leadership echelon were hiding out in mosques and hospitals, some of them disguised as doctors and male nurses.
In a televised address to the Palestinian public on Wednesday evening - the first such appearance since violence flared six days ago - Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh derived confidence from his conviction that "the Arab people have proven the Palestinian issue is in their hearts."
Bassiouny, a former ambassador to Israel, scoffed at Haniyeh's faith in the Arab world's support, saying, "No one cares if all of the Palestinians are destroyed; what kind of talk is this?"
Bassiouny was also highly critical of Hamas for killing an Egyptian border guard on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram reported Thursday that Egyptian security forces were in pursuit of a Hamas terror cell that had recently infiltrated Egypt - for fear of a terror attack on Egyptian soil. According to the report, Egyptian authorities were also concerned over the possibility that the cell would try to target security forces along the Gaza border.
The paper reported that Egyptian forces had arrested 59 Palestinians in the city of Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya in the northeast of the country. The fugitives from Gaza were unarmed, the report said, but authorities were nevertheless taking steps to return them to the Strip.
Every ounce in a while the truth seeps out of islamic world.
I've been away from the T.V. and Radio for a while. Is this pronounced "Leeed" or lead like a fishing weight?
...Yuval Diskin said that many members of the organization's leadership echelon were hiding out in mosques and hospitals, some of them disguised as doctors and male nurses.Ismail Haniyeh: Male Nurse
Who knew that Hamas leaders moonlighted as gay porn actors?
This follows on the heels of an analysis from yesterday that stated the IDF goal is to show Gazans that Hamas leadership is weak and unable to protect the public in an effort to discredit Hamas in the minds of the public.
Egyptians realize what a pestilence Hamas is and are apparently assisting in the psychological process of discrediting Hamas.
I think it has been clear for some time out here in the real world, that the Palis have had value only as a club with which to beat on Israel, but it may be discouraging new information for the morons themselves.
They never cared about the Palestinians. They just care more about Jews being alive ANYWHERE, followed by any Christians.
Whoa! Get back under the bus, Gazan. /sarcasm
They will crawl out from under their rocks and start shooting more rockets and missiles when Israel withdraws.
Now a smart population that wanted peace would run them out when they emerge. I guess that’s why I feel little sympathy for the Palestinians. They know how to gain peace all they have to do is stop these people from instigating war, but they just stand by and watch it start all over again.
This is actually quite a change from holding Palestinian women and children in front of them while they attack innocent Israeli women and children.
I don’t know about gay porn but I’d bet the farm you could find tape of them engaging in beastiality.
What do you call a collapsed bunker full of trapped terrorists?
It's a start,....
Many Egyptians want to steer clear of Gaza trouble
AlertNet / Reuters | Alaa Shahine
Posted on 01/01/2009 9:39:58 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157226/posts
Iranian reformist daily: Hamas hiding forces in nurseries and hospitals
Palestinian Media Watch | January 01 2008
Posted on 01/01/2009 5:41:48 AM PST by knighthawk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157139/posts
IAF VIDEO : attack on Gaza mosque full of rockets. 31-12-08
liveleak | 12 31 2008 | IAF
Posted on 01/01/2009 7:05:16 AM PST by dennisw
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157172/posts
In Beersheba, rockets bring Arab, Jewish neighbors together (worth reading)
Jerusalem Post | Jan 1, 2009 2:46 | ABE SELIG
Posted on 01/01/2009 2:31:58 AM PST by ksm1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157118/posts
Israel Demands Monitor As Part Of Gaza Truce
TIME | January 1, 2009 | By AP / Ibrahim Barzak and Matti Friedman
Posted on 01/01/2009 5:45:44 AM PST by Fennie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157141/posts
-even though Israel’s gov’t sez they’re *not* trying to destroy Hamas-
The assault on Gaza offers the best hope of peace:
Israel is right to seek the destruction of Hamas
The London Telegraph | January 1, 2009 | Con Coughlin
Posted on 01/01/2009 9:52:26 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157233/posts
Stepping up the rhetoric in what has escalated into an all-out verbal war between Hamas and Egypt over the Gaza government's perceived responsibility for the devastating results of Operation Cast Lead, a senior Egyptian parliamentarian on Thursday accused Hamas leaders of abandoning the Palestinians of Gaza to their fate. "Where are the Hamas leaders now, when the residents of Gaza are getting killed? All of Hamas's leadership is in bunkers," Muhammad Bassiouny, the head of the parliament's foreign affairs and defense committee, charged... Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yuval Diskin said that many members of the organization's leadership echelon were hiding out in mosques and hospitals, some of them disguised as doctors and male nurses... Bassiouny, a former ambassador to Israel, scoffed at Haniyeh's faith in the Arab world's support, saying, "No one cares if all of the Palestinians are destroyed; what kind of talk is this?"What he said.
Bassiouny was also highly critical of Hamas for killing an Egyptian border guard on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram reported Thursday that Egyptian security forces were in pursuit of a Hamas terror cell that had recently infiltrated Egypt... The paper reported that Egyptian forces had arrested 59 Palestinians in the city of Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya in the northeast of the country.Al-Ahram op-eds tend to support Hamas.
Egypt knows what mad dogs they are. Egypt wants nothing to do with Gaza and their fellow Muslims
Israel has a green light. From Egypt. From the U.S. From Europe.
They should use it.
Neither one, it is pronounced lead as in bullets fired at Hamas by the IDF.
I wondered that myself since I’ve only read of it not heard it spoken but I think its lead like the fishing weight. “Cast Lead” as in “throwing iron”.
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