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Security Council schedules emergency consultations
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UNITED NATIONS The United Nations Security Council has scheduled emergency consultations to address the escalation of violence in Gaza.
The decision to hold consulations Saturday night came after Israeli tanks and infantry rolled into Gaza in a ground offensive in the widening war against Hamas.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged key world leaders to intensify efforts to achieve an immediate Israeli-Hamas cease-fire that includes international monitors to enforce a truce and possibly to protect Palestinian civilians.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several Arab foreign ministers are flying to New York over the weekend to urge the Security Council to adopt an Arab draft resolution that would condemn Israel and demand a halt to its bombing campaign in Gaza....
First force Israel to respond, then cut them off:
Security Council schedules emergency consultations - Yahoo! News
Abbas shows his colorful feathers too:
Have the 'rockets' stopped falling in Israel? Pretty easy to stop this, you know?
Just like any modern endeavor, the air can't do it all. The ground troops are needed to take out the enclaves that are sending the missiles. Robert-there's been quite the lose of life in Israel in the past week, not to mention 2 schools hit, the fact that kids weren't there is not the fault of Hamas.Well from what I've read, no. But I haven't heard of the rockets doing any damage, which is probably why you haven't heard about it alot.
My point being, if we've supposedly destroyed all their military bases and security compounds then all that is left to do is invade.
Does anyone not get the following basic concept about war?
Artillery (in this case missiles) will not solve the entire damn problem.
Just like any modern endeavor, the air can't do it all. The ground troops are needed to take out the enclaves that are sending the missiles. Robert-there's been quite the lose of life in Israel in the past week, not to mention 2 schools hit, the fact that kids weren't there is not the fault of Hamas.
I thought it you who didn't understand what you had written, my bad.
The fact Israel hasn't invaded like they should of done a long time ago speaks volumes. They KNOW the only way to solve the problem is a ground invasion, yet never gone through with it.
And it's not like they haven't had their chances. The U.S. would delay any UN Resolution or Veto any UN Resolution trying to condemn Israel. That's why Israel had free reign on bombing last time when the U.S. held up the UN Resolution that would tell Israel to stop.
They did in '06, US and UN made them pull back, same will happen now. You agree, they shouldn't? That's what it seems you're saying.
How many civilians are in the land known as Palestine? If they voted for Hamas, a terrorist organization, wouldn't the majority of them be considered terrorists or terrorist sympathizers? People say Hamas uses civilians as human shields, but maybe these 'civilians' want to be human shields to support Hamas. And if you didn't support Hamas, wouldn't you leave?
I'm going against the grain here, even my own take for the most part. I think those that voted for Hamas, were voting for a lesser Israel and greater Palestine. Granted the later didn't and doesn't exist, but that is where their hope lay. Some are 'committed' to destruction of Israel, true believers, I hope most were just wanting better for themselves and children.
How many civilians are in the land known as Palestine? If they voted for Hamas, a terrorist organization, wouldn't the majority of them be considered terrorists or terrorist sympathizers? People say Hamas uses civilians as human shields, but maybe these 'civilians' want to be human shields to support Hamas. And if you didn't support Hamas, wouldn't you leave?
Israel must not be stopped. This must be seen through to the finale.
Exactly. Which is why the UN needs to butt out and let Israel do it's thing.Israel must not be stopped. This must be seen through to the finale.
