Operation Protective Edge - The Israeli Palestinian-Terriorist War

[rdunk]

IDF starts Gaza ground invasion

The ground fight has begun!!!!!!!!!!

IDF ground forces began to move into the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, the prime minister's office confirmed.

"In light of Hamas' continuous criminal aggression, and the dangerous infiltration into Israeli territory, Israel is obligated to act in defense of its citizens," a statement from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office said.

The statement said that Operation Protective Edge, now in its 11th day, will continue until its goals are reached: restoring quiet for an extended period of time,and delivering a significant blow to Hamas and the other terrorist organizations in Gaza.


Prior to the commencement of the ground invasion, the IDF launched a massive wave of combined air and artillery strikes on Thursday night.

The ground invasion comes hours after a Hamas assault squad of thirteen highly armed terrorists attempted to carry out a massacre of civilians at Kibbutz Sufa, near the border, before being blocked by the IDF.

Infantry, Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, artillery, and intelligence units are taking over various areas in Gaza, and are all working with one another and the air force. They are operating in northern, central, and southern Gaza, where Hamas has dug an extensive terrorist tunnel network.

The IDF's Southern Command is overseeing the ground offensive.

The units involved have undergone intensive training recently ahead of their missions, Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz, IDF spokesman, said on Thursday night.

"The operation has reached its ground phase," Almoz said. "Large numbers of forces began a focused effort to destroy tunnels in Gaza.

We are in a new stage," he stated. At the same time, the air force is continuing with air strikes against Hamas and Islamic Jihad around Gaza.

The Ground Forces are currently engaging terrorist infrastructure, and the operation "will be expanded as needed," Almoz said. "They're moving now in various areas of Gaza. We will continue to attack in every location we think needs to be struck," he warned.

The IDF is currently calling up more reserves, Almoz added.

Palestinian sources said strikes occurred up and down the Strip, adding that one strike targeted a motorcycle apparently carrying members of a rocket launching cell on their way to an attack on Israel.

At around 10:00 p.m. rocket sirens sounded in the Tel Aviv area, and in the Shfela. Iron Dome made a number of interceptions in the Tel Aviv area.

More:
http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/IDF-intensifies-Gaza-attacks-with-artillery-fire-air-strikes-363289

[robomont]

israel wasnt too smart ,warning gaza ahead of time.if it happened in my town.there would be a bomb every step they took.israeli bodies piled high.i hope the gaza residents tear them a new one.
bring on ww3 !!!

[petrus4]

All kidding aside, look into this expose, past the somewhat fruity bits, for facts that share with us who invented usury...

http://www.reformation.org/moneychangers.html

of course, as for money proper as coins and tender, it was the bullheads...the Phoenicians.... who brought money about in such form....this time.

Bullheads = Bull = Taurus, which was the first of the three 2,150 year periods of the Kali Yuga, which is basically when this whole mess began.  The story of Adam and Eve, and the fall, was set at the beginning of Taurus.



This was also the symbolism behind the golden calf, within the book of Exodus.  The Israelites brought two symbols of Taurus together, (a bull, and gold in this case representing wealth) and Moses destroyed it with anger and fire, both of which correspond with Aries.  Aries also corresponds with the number one, (monotheism) war, and the eagle which was used as a symbol for the Roman Empire.  Yahweh was one God, and he appeared in one pillar of fire.

Hitler was born in Aries, and he often used the eagle as an emblem of Nazism.  Hitler also adopted standards (banners) very similar to those of Rome; he was essentially trying to bring the Roman Empire back, in many ways.  A big part of the reason for his failure was the fact that we are no longer in Aries, so the energy was not conducive to it. 

The United Nations, however, is an acceptable form of empire for Aquarius as an epoch, unfortunately.  Then again, empire itself is not really appropriate within Aquarian energy.  The United Nations survives as an imperial organisation by clothing itself within Aquarian correspondences; the blue and white flag, and the pretense of universal equality.  Make no mistake about it, however; the UN is the Aquarian re-invention (or disguise) of the Roman Empire, just as Catholicism was during Pisces.  The Piscean current was successfully hijacked by Christianity, and the Aquarian current is also being hijacked by fundamentalist atheism.

Barter, as wonderful as it seems, was basically using animals land or other tangible goods for exchange, but it was and is still using such "money" as a tool.

Once humans decided they had the rights to anything, rock, paper or scissors, that is where the greed and chase began.

Wealth (or in reality, food, because that is real wealth) = Taurus.  I have natal Jupiter in Taurus in the second house.  While I am not a millionaire, I virtually never go hungry.

This happened as a result of agriculture, which again, has Taurean correspondences.

We are victims of our forefather's quest for power and control, indeed, yet as modern humanity, we cannot survive without money...unless of course you wish to live off of berries in the park and sit on a bench there all day reading Eckhart Tolle quotes.

The Taurean astral energy flow is mirrored in physical space by food, animals, and agriculture.  In Aquarius its' physical representation is information.  Think on that for a while; consider the implications.

In a sense, this article is incorrect.  Money is not the lifeblood of civilisation.  Money is a physical representation of the energetic current which primarily corresponds with the earth signs; Capricorn and Taurus in particular.  If you look at Aries for example, however, what was really important back then was swords, shields, spears, and armor; weapons of war. 

Again, with Aquarius it is information.  This is also the entire reason why money and media files (mp3s, computer games, software) do not mix.  Money is the measure of Taurean energy.  Information in the form of software, however, is the Aquarian measure.  At this point, we should be paying for food with files; not the other way around.  Within Aquarian energy, it is the files which are the center of gravity; food production is relatively trivial.

[Sinny]

I love how you always bring something new to the table Petrus.

[petrus4]

I love how you always bring something new to the table Petrus.

Thank you, Sinny.

While I apologise for the slight diversion, it is within this context that post-scarcity economics should really be understood.  The idea is not necessarily even that everything should be free, so much as it is that information is the Aquarian form of currency.

To relate this to the Taurean paradigm so that it becomes comprehensible to you, I will say that in the present age, we should not be farmers of crops or animals directly, so much as we should be farmers of information; which is, of course, primarily what the users of this site do. 

Animal husbandry is important, but at this stage in the game, it is truthfully far better for us to allocate the animals an appropriate amount of good land, make sure they have sufficient food and water, (which can be taken care of robotically) and then let them take care of the rest of the business by themselves.  If you enjoy living among them, then by all means; but where animals are concerned, the Aquarian imperative primarily calls for non-interference, or at least no interference in negative or destructive terms.

If you are wondering how you are to earn your proverbial bread, however, then the most appropriate answer would be to do that which we are doing here, right now; and this is exactly what Jeremy Rifkin talks about, when he mentions prosumers.  We had the right idea on IRC back in the 90s; a person's hard drive is their treasure trove, and books and media are the treasure.

File sharing, therefore, is not a crime, but a necessity.  If the MPAA and RIAA were sane, they would recognise The Pirate Bay as the great bazaar of the twenty first century.  That is the new Phoenicia.  It should not be fought; it should be joined, and profited from, but not in money.

The new wealth is not golden, but blue in colour.



Within that spirit, let me offer you a small piece of it.  A piece of music, which I consider very much in the Aquarian key.  This is what we call psytrance.  It is best enjoyed with headphones, if you have some; the lower notes tend to get lost with speakers, and can thus give a less accurate impression.

[Amaterasu]

Brilliant posts all, Petrus.  GFY.  I am so glad You're back!

[rdunk]

"Yadlin: Hamas won't voluntarily demilitarize, IDF must do it for them"

"This is their ideology, what they believe in, their resistance," he added. Amos Yadlin
Amos Yadlin Photo: REUTERS Asking Hamas to demilitarize Gaza is like asking a priest to convert to Judaism, former military intelligence head Amos Yadlin said Sunday.

"This is their ideology, what they believe in, their resistance," he added. "They will not demilitarize Gaza voluntarily. The only one who can demilitarize them is the IDF."

Yadlin, who is currently the head of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, said that Israel needed to apply "much more military pressure" on Hamas' military wing, which he acknowledge has been "beaten," but not hard enough.

Neither Hamas' leaders, nor its "main terrorist fighters," have been killed, Yadlin said in a conference call organized by The Israel Project.

The only way to achieve a durable ceasefire and a political arrangement in the long run "is either by weakening or even destroying Hamas," he said.


http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Yadlin-Hamas-wont-voluntarily-demilitarize-IDF-must-do-it-for-them-369099

[Littleenki]

Agreed there Amy, howdy Petrus, thanks for the bullish breakdown!LOL!

Rdunk that quote shows all the problems within keywords pertaining to the battler between insane religious factions such as jews and muslims...

"Yadlin: Hamas won't voluntarily demilitarize, IDF must do it for them"

"This is their ideology, what they believe in, their resistance," he added. Amos Yadlin
Amos Yadlin Photo: REUTERS Asking Hamas to demilitarize Gaza is like asking a priest to convert to Judaism, former military intelligence head Amos Yadlin said Sunday.

"This is their ideology, what they believe in, their resistance," he added. "They will not demilitarize Gaza voluntarily. The only one who can demilitarize them is the IDF."

Yadlin, who is currently the head of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, said that Israel needed to apply "much more military pressure" on Hamas' military wing, which he acknowledge has been "beaten," but not hard enough.

Neither Hamas' leaders, nor its "main terrorist fighters," have been killed, Yadlin said in a conference call organized by The Israel Project.

The only way to achieve a durable ceasefire and a political arrangement in the long run "is either by weakening or even destroying Hamas," he said./quote]

words tossed around like....

ideology

resistance

military intelligence(LMAO)

military pressure

terrorist

fighters

ceasefire

political arrangement

destroying

kind of shows an agenda in there, eh?

[Ellirium113]

The units involved have undergone intensive training recently ahead of their missions, Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz, IDF spokesman, said on Thursday night.

"The operation has reached its ground phase," Almoz said. "Large numbers of forces began a focused effort to destroy tunnels in Gaza.

We are in a new stage," he stated. At the same time, the air force is continuing with air strikes against Hamas and Islamic Jihad around Gaza.


The Ground Forces are currently engaging terrorist infrastructure, and the operation "will be expanded as needed," Almoz said. "They're moving now in various areas of Gaza. We will continue to attack in every location we think needs to be struck," he warned.

Gaza City - At least 100 Gazans have been killed in Israeli bombardment on Tuesday, Gaza officials have said, hours after shells hit the enclave's only power station.

A thick column of black smoke was seen rising from the power station on Tuesday, mingling with other plumes sent into the air by Israeli shelling.

Gaza officials said the death toll from the invasion had now reached 1,178, with at least 100 killed since midnight on Tuesday. More than 6,800 Gazans had been injured. The AFP news agency reported that one air raid alone in northern Gaza had killed 10 people on Tuesday.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/israel-strikes-gaza-only-power-plant-201472911383591718.html

When there IS no more Gaza or people in it, Hamas will STILL be around. When has anyone EVER been able to destroy an idea militarily? How many Hamas fighters have been killed? Any as of yet?

Neither Hamas' leaders, nor its "main terrorist fighters," have been killed, Yadlin said in a conference call organized by The Israel Project.

Perhaps they just need to step up to bigger bombs if they are simply going by the numbers game. Meanwhile Hamas has fired hundreds of rockets back at Israel and caused heavy casualties of 2 Israeli Citizens and a Thai worker. Sounds like a winning campaign on both sides. 

[rdunk]

Operation Protective Edge - Day 23

3 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza on Wednesday
By YAAKOV LAPPIN
LAST UPDATED: 07/30/2014 19:06
 
Latest fatalities bring IDF death toll in Operation Protective Edge to 56; an additional 27 soldiers injured in Gaza on Wednesday; IDF official says destruction of tunnels to be completed in a matter of days.

Three IDF soldiers were killed during operations in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

The latest fatalities brought Israel's military death toll in Operation Protective Edge to 56.

The IDF stated that an additional 27 soldiers were injured in Gaza on Wednesday.

Operation Protective Edge intensified after the deaths of 10 soldiers in Palestinian cross-border attacks on Monday; Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned of a long conflict ahead.

OC Southern Command Major-Gen. Sami Turgeman said Wednesday evening that regarding destruction of Hamas's terror tunnels, the IDF's "mission will be completed within a number of days."

More:

http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/2-IDF-soldiers-killed-in-booby-trapped-tunnel-in-Gaza-369455

[rdunk]

From the Jerusalem Post, here is : "A Live Blog: Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza". This is a minute by minute by hour by day detail progression of this conflict between Israel and the hamas/Palestinians.

The main thought for posting this is, it does give us far more insight into some of the nitty gritty detail of how this war is progressing through actions on both sides. I will post a few of the latest additions here for example, and will post a link to the complete data file.

Monday, August 4 

6:10 p.m. The Erez Crossing between Gaza and Israel was closed on Monday afternoon due to a security alert, the IDF confirmed.

6:02 p.m. Rocket sirens went off in Ashkelon and in the communities bordering Gaza.

5:29 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.

5:16 p.m. Rocket alert sirens went off in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.

5:09 p.m. Three Gazan rockets hit the Sdot Hanegev Regional Council in open areas. No injuries or damage were caused.

5:03 p.m. Rocket alert sirens sounded in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.

5:00 p.m. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday that Operation Protective Edge would continue until quiet was restored to the citizens of Israel. 

"The operation in Gaza continues. What is left to be done before it ends is for the IDF to deal with the Gaza attack tunnels. But the operation also won't end until quiet and security are returned to the citizens of Israel for an extended period of time," Netanyahu said in a written statement.

Netanyahu convened a security meeting at Southern military headquarters with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, and other security personnel on Monday.     

"We have no intention to harm civilians in Gaza. It is clearly Hamas who has harmed these civilians and who has also prevented humanitarian aid from reaching them," the prime minister added. 

4:50 p.m. Two rockets fell inside communities in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. There were no injuries or damage reported.

4:45 p.m. Four rockets hit the Sdot Hanegev Regional Council and lightly injured one person. One fell within a kibbutz and did not cause damage nor injury. Another hit the entrance to the region. The rest of the rockets fell in open areas.


http://www.jpost.com/Defense/LIVE-BLOG-Israels-Operation-Protective-Edge-in-Gaza-361892

[Ellirium113]

"We have no intention to harm civilians in Gaza. It is clearly Hamas who has harmed these civilians and who has also prevented humanitarian aid from reaching them," the prime minister added. 

Now by "We" does he mean he and his wife only?


Palestinian youths 'executed' in Gaza town

Witnesses tell Al Jazeera six youths were taken to a bathroom in a house in Khuzaa and executed by Israeli forces.




Israel and Palestinian groups are blaming each other for violating a 72-hour truce that broke down just hours after coming into effect on Friday.

 
An Al Jazeera team arrived at Khuzaa in Khan Younis to find people retrieving decomposing bodies from homes.

Witnesses said six youths had been taken to a house and executed by Israeli forces. The bodies were left there for several days.

One man said: "It is a mass execution of six Palestinian youths who were brought to this bathroom. Look at the gunshots on the wall."

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2014/08/palestinian-youths-executed-gaza-town-201481224957305224.html

Hamas made them do it so it is ok. 

[ArMaP]

One thing I don't understand in this situation: if the tunnels enter Israel why do they need to get out of Israel to destroy them?

[robomont]

i doubt they blew up the tunnels on israels side.that way they can store more wine and food for the armageddon.plus it fits in with there expansionism policy.think of all the realestate underground they just gained.

[rdunk]

Another try for an initial short peace agreement!

Israel, Hamas agree to 3-day truce to take effect Tuesday


Israel accepted an Egyptian cease-fire proposal on Monday night that is to go into effect Tuesday at 8:00 a.m.

Senior diplomatic officials pointed out that from the early stages of the Gaza operation Israel had accepted the Egyptian proposal.

They stressed that the ceasefire was unconditional and pointed out that its acceptance came after Israel finished destroying the terror tunnels.

The officials said Israel was preparing for the possibility that Hamas would violate the cease-fire, as it has done in the past, and also cautioned the Israeli public to continue to be vigilant as Hamas could try to carry out a major attack for a final "victory picture" before the cease-fire goes into effect.

It was not immediately clear when an Israeli delegation would head to Cairo for indirect talks on a long-term agreement.

The officials said that if the cease-fire was honored there would be no reason for a continued IDF presence inside the Gaza Strip.

The members of the security cabinet were informed of the decision, but there was no reason for a vote.

More:
http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Israel-will-consider-cease-fire-if-proposal-meets-its-goals-of-long-term-quiet-370057