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Women, children, elderly called to battle
Amid accusations Israel targeted innocent protesters at the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority has been calling this week for "women, children and elderly" to stand in front of Israeli bulldozers and tanks.
The call came despite the PA's knowledge Rafah was the site of armed battles between the Israeli army and Palestinian terrorists, reports Palestinian Media Watch, an Israel-based monitoring group.
Israel has apologized for injuring and killing civilians Wednesday during an army operation to search for terrorists and missiles the PA has smuggled from Egypt.
Palestinian Media Watch says the PA consistently has urged civilians to put themselves on the front lines in these military situations.
In this case, the PA-controlled daily newspaper Al-Ayyam called specifically for "women, children and elderly" to make an "impassable barrier" in Rafah.
Subsequently, "thousands of civilians marched into the heart of the battle, thus setting the stage for the accident," PMW said.
The Al-Ayyam report read:
"Ashraf Jumaa, principal of the Abu Iyad school for organizational staff in Rafah, said to Al-Ayyam that the [civilian] march will be an impassable barrier for the occupation bulldozers, and will prevent their progress to the Rafah neighborhoods. He called for all the citizens women, children and elderly to participate. He demanded of all the citizens of the Rafah district, who left their homes and abandoned them, to return to those homes and to stay in them to cause the failure of the occupations plans ."
Israel initially was accused of killing as many as 20 Palestinian civilian demonstrators, but the number has dropped to about 10. The Israeli govenment insists only seven were killed, including five armed terrorists.
Israel's ambassador to the U.N., Dan Gillerman, explained the situation to the Security Council before it passed a resolution Wednesday, 14-0, condemning the anti-terrorism operation. The United States abstained.
"Today, Israel stands at the gates of hell in the Gaza Strip," Gillerman said. "The southern city of Rafah serves as the arms smuggling gateway of the Palestinian Authority and the main pipeline of transporting weapons and ammunition to Gaza."
Originally posted by JohnGalt
who voted wich way?
The vote was 14-0 for condemning the attacks...although with the mockery that is the U.N. all that condemnation means is that Israel will get a stern frowning upon.
Nothing other than America would have been hypocritical. How can we fight a WOT and then tell Israel that they can't..... Hell, they are suffering from terrorists much more than we are.Originally posted by JohnGalt
ah, my bad.
Well, we do a good job of protecting our democratic allies.
Now, for my sake...what would a unanimous vote have meant to Israel?
Originally posted by freeandfun1
Nothing other than America would have been hypocritical. How can we fight a WOT and then tell Israel that they can't..... Hell, they are suffering from terrorists much more than we are.
Right NG.... I've been reading a lot lately. And you too are right John.... although some think that the destruction of Damascus has to happen before the peace treaty.....Originally posted by JohnGalt
That's when the bible says hell will break loose, literally.
That article you posted yesterday about the EU signing their constitution in Rome really does point to the prophecies. It won't be long now I believe.Originally posted by NewGuy
The whole world being against Israel means a LOT Biblically.
Originally posted by freeandfun1
Right NG.... I've been reading a lot lately. And you too are right John.... although some think that the destruction of Damascus has to happen before the peace treaty.....
Frankly, I haven't seen that one. I am still reading though. Frankly, I have been focused on trying to see what signs I need to watch for in the future and less about what has already happened. The scriptures are pretty clear though if people would read them So clear it is, frankly, scary. Well, scary unless you know where you sit with Christ.....Originally posted by Comrade
What part of the prophecy refers to the fall of Saddam's regime, and explicitely mentioned the murder of his sons.
I know I have seen this in the online text, but I lost my link.
When I referenced this it blew me away with the relevence.
Anyone?
Originally posted by JohnGalt
Yes, sounds reasonable, but being condemned by the whole world carries kind of an unpopular buzz, no?
Would the U.N. take action had the U.S. voted differently?
Originally posted by Comrade
What part of the prophecy refers to the fall of Saddam's regime, and explicitely mentioned the murder of his sons.
I know I have seen this in the online text, but I lost my link.
When I referenced this it blew me away with the relevence.
Anyone?
Originally posted by NewGuy
There is none.
You are refering to Christ and his two prophets which will come wearing sackcloth and prophecy while shooting flame from their mouths at people who try to kill them.
-The reference you have is often from another religion with a parallel but opposite view of end times which pits Christ as an evil demon and the two prophets as bad guys.
The BIBLE is CLEAR on the prophecies presented in Revelation and Daniel as far as the 2 prophets, a revived roman empire, and the world being against Israel.
