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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGZgKLZE8hk]12 Sleepless Gaza Jerusalem.mpg - YouTube[/ame]
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ISRAEL AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Israel secured an agreement to stop the persistent rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel without launching a ground invasion into Gaza or losing the support of its international allies. Netanyahu's bid for re-election in January could be vastly strengthened by the operation and by the killing of Hamas militant leader Ahmed Jabari on the first day of fighting. Netanyahu got the backing of President Barack Obama during the fighting, a significant achievement after their already shaky relationship grew colder when Netanyahu was perceived to favor Republican nominee Mitt Romney during the recent U.S. election. Israel also secured a commitment from the U.S. to help stop weapons smuggling into Gaza.
HAMAS
The Islamic militant group that rules Gaza gained significant international credibility, with Arab and Turkish diplomats pouring into the Palestinian territory to show support. Though it has been branded a terror group by Israel and the United States, it was treated as an equal partner with Israel during indirect cease-fire talks in Egypt. In those talks, it secured a commitment for the freer movement of people and goods into and out of Gaza. Hamas also proved its ability to fire rockets as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem despite being battered with airstrikes. As the Arab Spring brings Islamists to power across the region, Hamas' influence is on the rise.
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS AND FATAH
Abbas, who lost control of Gaza to Hamas five years ago, might be the biggest loser. He had no seat in the cease-fire negotiations and was largely sidelined during the crisis. Hamas' ability to stand up to Israel and survive could also diminish Palestinians' patience with their president's so far fruitless efforts to push for a negotiated solution to the conflict with Israel. Abbas' Western-backed government only rules in the West Bank, and his dreams of reconciling the rival Palestinian territories seems more elusive than ever.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI
The former Muslim Brotherhood leading figure emerged from his first major international crisis with enhanced prestige and proved his government can mediate between the two sworn enemies, something the United States cannot do because it considers Hamas a terrorist organization and doesn't allow contacts between its members and American officials. Egypt's sponsorship of the cease-fire ensures Morsi a central role in the future of the region.
THE UNITED STATES
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the man, from the village of Taybeh in Israel, was connected to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups. A Palestinian militant cell based in the West Bank village of Beit Lakiya sent the man to put a bomb connected to a mobile phone on the Tel Aviv bus Wednesday, Rosenfeld said.
After he planted the bomb, the man, who police declined to identify, left the bus and called his handlers, who remotely detonated the explosive by calling the phone, he said. `'He admitted to carrying out the terrorist attack," Rosenfeld said.
Attacks by Israeli Arabs are rare, though they have happened in the past. The attack brought back harsh memories of frequent bus bombings during last decade's violent Palestinian uprising.
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yeah SO? No one in gaza has starved to death-------MILLIONS of Biafrans died as a result of a starvation siege for the glory of islamic imperialism----thousands died in Jerusalem during the starvation siege inflicted on east jerusalem in 1947 for the GLORY OF ALLAH
The Palastinians are lucky as hell that Israel doesn't smash them to bits and take everything. I wish they would. The world doesn't need those vermin.
The Palastinians are lucky as hell that Israel doesn't smash them to bits and take everything. I wish they would. The world doesn't need those vermin.
and if I where an Arab I would fly a plane into your house...
The Palastinians are lucky as hell that Israel doesn't smash them to bits and take everything. I wish they would. The world doesn't need those vermin.
and if I where an Arab I would fly a plane into your house...
The Palastinians are lucky as hell that Israel doesn't smash them to bits and take everything. I wish they would. The world doesn't need those vermin.
and if I where an Arab I would fly a plane into your house...
The Palastinians are lucky as hell that Israel doesn't smash them to bits and take everything. I wish they would. The world doesn't need those vermin.
and if I where an Arab I would fly a plane into your house...
If you were an Arab or a Palestinian Arab? Remember, Arabs have 21 countries, some of them very oil-rich, to choose from.