OPERATION DEFENSIVE EDGE - Harry Fear Live from Gaza

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Published on Jul 10, 2014
Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hitting hundreds of Hamas targets. A military spokesman said more than 300 Hamas targets were struck overnight, focusing on underground tunnel networks and rocket launching sites.





Gaza Skyline Feeds – Operation Defensive Edge | Harry Fear's Blog

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Explosion just now in background...




Israel has launched its latest attacks on Gaza, dubbed Operation Defensive Edge.
To witness the conflict evolve, tune in to one of the live video streams,
broadcasting from the roofs of media centers in central Gaza City.

LIVE Gaza Skyline Feeds – Operation Defensive Edge

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OPERATION DEFENSIVE EDGE DAY 1: IDF Targets 50 Gaza Terror Sites in First Night of Campaign to End Rocket Fire (LIVE UPDATES) | The 5 Towns Jewish Times

PREAMBLE: 6:52 am: Early in the morning Israel launched Operation Defensive Edge aimed at stopping "the constant terror activity that Hamas is aiming at Israeli civilians." The major Gaza initiative comes in response to a significant increase in rocket attacks against Israeli targets over the past weeks.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, more than 30 rockets were fired in a major escalation on Monday evening which struck major cities Ashdod and Ashkelon. Four rockets were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome  missile defense system and 16 landed in open areas near Beersheba. According to Israeli media reports, more that 70 projectiles were fired at Israel.

"Since the beginning of the year, #Gaza terrorists have fired more then 450 rockets at#Israeli civilians #ItMustStop," the IDF tweeted.


7:25 am – Overnight Israeli planes targeted 50 terror related targets in Gaza in the first salvo of the operation.

The IDF said in a statement:
In combined efforts of both aerial and naval forces, the IDF targeted overnight approximately 50 terror sites and targets across the Gaza Strip, commencing operation 'Protective Edge' – aimed to retrieve stability to the residents of southern Israel, eliminate Hamas' capabilities and destroy terror infrastructure operating against the State of Israel and its civilians.

Among the targets are 4 activity sites utilized by Hamas operatives who are responsible for numerous rocket attacks and were involved in various terror activities against the State of Israel.

The activity sites that were targeted were utilized by the following operatives:
      Ei'ad Sakik, a Hamas terrorists in Gaza, involved in rocket terrorism against the State of Israel.

      Abdullah Hshash, a Hamas terrorist in Rafah, involved in rocket terrorism against the State of Israel during the past few weeks and in the past as well.

      Samer Abu Daka, a Hamas terrorist in Khan Yunis, involved in terrorist activity against the State of Israel.

      Hassan Abdullah, a Hamas terrorist in Khan Yunis, involved in rocket terrorism against the State of Israel during the past few weeks.
      
The IDF targeted dozens of terror sites across the Gaza Strip, including concealed rocket launchers, launching infrastructures, a weapon storage facility,training bases, terror tunnels' shafts and further targets.

Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, IDF Spokesman: "In the past weeks, residents of southern Israel were forced into an unbearable reality – a situation they haven't encountered in these scales since November 2012.

In light of these circumstances, the IDF commenced operation 'Protective Edge'. We are determined to lay a significant blow on Hamas' terror capabilities and infrastructure, eliminate any threat on Israeli sovereignty emanating from the Gaza Strip and restore stability to the southern region.

Terrorists perpetrating the aggression against Israel have a personal price to pay and will bear the consequences of their actions."

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Gigas, Hamas knows that when they mess with Israel, they will have Hell to pay, and as these photos show, they are paying heavily!

We do all need to have the same regard, for our response(s) when terrorists choose to attack, however they choose to attack. In my opinion, when one life is taken by terrorists, the recompense in terrorist lives should be only limited by their willingness to concede, to the very last one if necessary!

Wars should be fought to win, not just to trade shots and lives!

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Gigas, Hamas knows that when they mess with Israel, they will have Hell to pay, and as these photos show, they are paying heavily!

We do all need to have the same regard, for our response(s) when terrorists choose to attack, however they choose to attack. In my opinion, when one life is taken by terrorists, the recompense in terrorist lives should be only limited by their willingness to concede, to the very last one if necessary!

Wars should be fought to win, not just to trade shots and lives!

If you owned land from the beginning of biblical time and another tribe came in and took what they wanted and pushed you off your land, what would your feelings be. Welcome the thieves with open arms or resist the take over.

Than that bunch who took your land now expands further into your land and pushes you farther off your land with constant skirmishes and made up victimization of their phony reason to exist and take what they say is theirs.

Would you stand by and allow this to happen.

Seems we just had another similar event right here where the government tried to take land and push people off and 1 of those people resisted and for that, a weaponized response was immediately formed on one side which triggered an equal response from the other side.

Palastine is under occupation and their land is being stolen from them. So if this were you, would you stand by and watch it all with a smile on your face.

Who is to say who these hamas fictions are and who actually pays them since some of us know how the world actually works.

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Hi Gigas. I am not going to debate your points, as history is what it is, and open to individual understanding and perceptions. But, I will address this:

"If you owned land from the beginning of biblical time and another tribe came in and took what they wanted and pushed you off your land, what would your feelings be. Welcome the thieves with open arms or resist the take over."

Assuming you are trying to make reference to Israel and Palestine, that just doesn't work. Look it up. There never in history has been a nation, country, or state called "Palestine" - that is according to most all replies to the question on the subject. But now terminology doesn't make any difference, and any lasting determinations will only be decided by war of the opposing sides, which is ongoing right now. I certainly hope it is allowed to continue, until, "it is finished"!

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Yes, israel is a military occupation force in Palestine performing genocide.

But, that don't matter I guess.

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My thoughts, until the British cut that part of the world up into countries, there were no real boarders. Since there are boarders they fight over them. So now it is my land, no my land, bang, MY land. Everyone wants to be let alone but not where they are. They want to be left alone on the other guys property. This is never gonna end pretty. Eventually they will fight to the death. With the weapons they have today it won't even last 6 days this time.

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My thoughts, until the British cut that part of the world up into countries, there were no real boarders.

Are these areas still under British control, some people would
say just the opposite.

Not trying to cause a stir, but what is the truth the of matter?

ETA: From whom did the British gain these areas way back
then, pre 1948?


ETA: The British gained Israel through the Crusades?

Ironic ....

The history of Israel encompasses the history of the modern State of Israel, as well as that of the Jews in the Land of Israel. The area of modern Israel is small, about the size of Wales or half the size of Costa Rica, and is located roughly on the site of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah except that these ancient kingdoms also included what is now the West Bank. It is the birthplace of the Hebrew language spoken in Israel, and of Judaism and Christianity. It contains sites sacred to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Druze and Bahá'í Faith.

Although coming under the sway of various empires and home to a variety of ethnicities, the area of ancient Israel was predominantly Jewish until the Jewish–Roman wars after which Jews became a minority in most regions, except Galilee. The area became increasingly Christian after the 3rd century and then largely Muslim from the 7th century conquest until well past the middle of the 20th century. It was a focal point of conflict between Christianity and Islam between 1096 and 1291, and from the end of the Crusades until the British conquest in 1917 was part of the Syrian province of first the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and then (from 1517) the Ottoman Empire.

So....the area once belonged to the Jewish people, until the Romans,
then the British.

And, some people say there that All Roads lead To Rome!

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Published on Jul 12, 2014
Medical officials in Gaza say about three quarters of all Palestinians killed in Gaza this week are civilians.

Among them, 24 children.

Israel insists it's only targeting Hamas militants and their facilities.
With Israel readying for a possible ground invasion, locals expect the worst
- as Harry Fear reports.

On air — RT

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FOR THE RECORD
"Fair & Balanced"

PART 1

Tomer Nuni - Hamas terrorists KILL PALESTINIANS - PART 1

Hamas terrorists KILL Palestinians to terrorize and force
the war with Israel on the Palestinian people and in their name
- a RARE documentary video of an Arab condemns Hamas !!!

A MUST WATCH VIDEO!!! share the truth about Hamas!!!


PART 2


Tomer Nuni - Hamas terrorists KILL PALESTINIANS - PART 2

Hamas terrorists KILL Palestinians to terrorize and force
the war with Israel on the Palestinian people and in their name
- a RARE documentary video of an Arab condemns Hamas !!!

A MUST WATCH VIDEO!!! share the truth about Hamas!!!

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Greetings:

Being in 'the business', we find the following to be of interest.

Directly as a result of the threat of incoming Hamas rockets launched minutes before from Gaza, many - if not all - live concert events have been or may be necessarily postponed or outright cancelled for the safety of the artists and concert-goers.

One such cancellation is Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse, who were scheduled to perform at Tel Aviv's riverside Yarkon Park on 17 July 2014.

The Yarkon Park is a large urban park (3.8 km²) in Tel Aviv, Israel, host to 16 million visitors annually. bounded by Rokach Boulevard on the north and Bavli on the south, the park includes extensive lawns, sports facilities, botanical gardens, an aviary, a water park, two outdoor concert venues and artificial lakes.

A week before the show, Roger Waters was so upset that Young was performing in "a colonial apartheid regime, largely settled from Europe, that seeks to confine the native people of the land, either in exile or in second class status in reservations and ghettos..." that he penned a poignant missive to Neil that had nothing to do with his concern for Young's safety in a hot war zone.

Rather, he was imploring Young to reconsider his decision to lend his tacit support to the Israeli political regime.

The text, which Waters posted on Facebook, follows:


Dear Neil Young,

There are rumors flying about that you are considering doing shows in Tel Aviv this year.

The picket lines have been crossed in this last year by one or two lightweights from our community but no one of your stature. Woody Guthrie would turn in his grave. Neil Young! You are one of my biggest heroes, you are one of a very short list, you, John Lennon, Woody Guthrie, Huddy Ledbetter, Harry Belafonte, Sam Cooke, Billie Holiday and, like some others, but not many, your songs have always been redolent of love and humanity and compassion for your fellow man and woman. I find it hard to believe that you would turn your back on the indigenous people of Palestine. That you would lend support to, and encourage and legitimize, with your presence, a colonial apartheid regime, largely settled from Europe, that seeks to confine the native people of the land, either in exile or in second class status in reservations and ghettos.

Please, brother, tell me it ain't so.

As I recall, back in the day, along with the rest of us (Stevie van Zandt, Bruce, Led Zep etc etc etc etc) you would not "Play In Sun City" I am asking you to stand on the same moral ground now. The late, great, Nelson Mandela lives on in us, we cannot let him down. He was explicit in his position and I quote, " We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians". It is time for "Rock Against Racism" to show some of it's muscle by refusing to lend our names to the whitewashing of the illegal colonization of Palestinian land and the systematic oppression of its indigenous people.

Unfortunately the opposition lobby has a lot of muscle too. They spend millions on their "Hasbara"(If like me you have no Hebrew)"Explaining" or to you and me "Propaganda". The propaganda machine is well oiled and ruthless. We, on the other hand, have only our commitment to non-violent resistance to lie down in front of the IDF caterpillar tractors that would raze the native people from the land of Palestine. We stand with those people, and with all the brave people of Israel and Palestine, Jewish and Arab alike who oppose The Israeli Governments brutal policies.

We stand with Rachel Corrie, the young American woman who gave her life under the caterpillar's tracks. Please join me and countless other artists all over the world in solidarity with the oppressed and the disenfranchised. It is time to heed the peoples call. People like The Bedouin, the nomadic people of the Negev in the arid south of Israel, please research their plight, one village, Al-Araqib has been destroyed 63 times by IDF Bulldozers. If you are in doubt about any of this, I will go with you to Palestine, and Israel, if they'll let me in, you will see what I have seen, and then let us figure out the right thing to do.

By the way I watched your Bridge School concert on YouTube last year, it was very moving, you were, of course magnificent. You had asked me to perform, and as I explained to your management, I would have gladly done so had I not already been committed to The Wall Tour in Europe and Stand Up For Heroes in New York. This year I will be pleased and proud to come and support you if you call.

With respect, and love.

Roger Waters.




Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Upcoming events that may be affected:

Full Moon party @ The Dead Sea

In the style of the famous full-moon parties of the Far East, the first ever full moon party in Israel will be held at the Dead Sea this July. Taking over a private beach at the lowest spot on Earth, you might be further from the moon than anyone else, but it won't feel that way, because, just a thirty minute drive from Jerusalem, the urban light pollution has cleared and the black night sky will be illuminated by the beauty of the moon. The Full Moon Party at the Dead Sea will feature three DJ's who will spin the night away, a chillout pool, and huge dance floor under the stars. Tickets, including optional transportation and overnight camping, are available now from NIS 65.

Paul Anka Concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. July 24 and 26, 2014

Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka will perform in Tel Aviv, Israel in July 2014. He returns to Israel following four sell-out concerts in recent years, most recently in 2011 at Tel Aviv's Nokia Arena. Paul Anka is a 1960?s teen idol whose most successful hits include "Diana", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder". Paul Anka will perform at Tel Aviv's Bronfman Auditorium on July 24 and 26, 2014.

Backstreet Boys in Raanana, Tel Aviv, Israel. July 29, 30, and 31, 2014

The Backstreet Boys, the best-selling boy-band in history will give three concerts in Raanana, just outside Tel Aviv, Israel, in July 2014. The Backstreet Boys career began almost twenty years ago, during which time they have sold over 130 million records worldwide, including major hits such as "I Want It That Way", "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)", and "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)". The Backstreet Boys concerts will take place at the Raanana Amphitheater, just twenty minutes from Tel Aviv, on July 29, 30, and 31, 2014.

July 29 and 30 are sold out, tickets for the July 31 concert will be on sale soon.

Free Opera in Tel Aviv. July-August 2014

Special free opera performances in Tel Aviv will be taking place throughout July and August 2014. The performances will take place every Wednesday evening between July 16 and August 20 at sunset, and each week will see the performance of a different work at the newly renovated Levant Fairground next to the Port of Tel Aviv. The opera performances will begin at 21:00 and will last one hour. Each week will have a different theme, with the performances including works from some of the most iconic operas of all time, including Carmen and Phantom of the Opera, as well as operatic performances of classical Hebrew songs.

Sinead O'Connor in Israel. August 2014

Irish singer songwriter, Sinead O'Connor is expected to give a concert in Israel in August 2014. O'Connor is responsible for one of the biggest hits of the 1990?s, her version of ""Nothing Compares 2 U", and has a host of other semi successful songs, as well as winning and being nominated for numerous Grammy, Golden Globe, and MTV Video Awards. Sinead O'Connor is expected to head to Israel for a concert in August 2014.

Isle of Dreams Festival, Sea of Galilee, Israel. August 7-9, 2014

The Isle of Dreams Festival at the Sea of Galilee in Israel in August 2014 will be the biggest music festival ever seen in the country. Bringing 24 of the world's top DJ's to Israel, including Avicii, Steve Aoki, Nervo, Axwell, Afrojack and Alesso, Isle of Dreams Israel will be a three day festival on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in Northern Israel. The Isle of Dreams Israel will take place from August 7-9, 2014, and tickets are on sale now!

Wyclef Jean Headlines Boom Box Festival in Hadera, Israel. August 14, 2014

Wyclef Jean will headline a sunset to sunrise festival in August 2014 in Hadera, about 30 km north of Tel Aviv. The festival will take place at the Hadera River Park, next to the beach in the city, and as well as Wyclef Jean, the legendary founder of the Fugees and Grammy award winner, the line-up includes Femi Kuti, the Bucovina Club Orksetar, J.Viewz, and a number of the biggest names in the Israeli groove scene – Red Band, Boom Pam, Mosh Ben Ari, Dudu Tassa, and Idan K. The Boom Box Festival featuring Wyclef Jean will take place from sunset on August 14, 2014, until sunrise the next morning.

Idan Raichel Concerts in Israel, Summer 2014

Idan Raichel is one of Israel's most prominent musicians. As such he gives regular concerts across the country, and has one upcoming in Jerusalem. Famous for his 'project' in which he fused the music and sounds of cultures from across the globe – both those which comprise the diverse mosaic of Israeli society and now, beyond. He has consequently become one of the top musicians in the 'world music' genre in the world, performing with his troupe around the world.

Upcoming Idan Raichel concerts:

      August 11, 2014 in Ein Hozim, Merom Hagalil (near Safed).
      August 14, 15, 16, 2014 at the Tel Aviv Opera House.

Raichel's music fuses sounds from around the world, with themes include Hebrew texts, Ethiopian lullabies, and Arabic poetry. His music is unique, and is a great symbol for coexistence which has been embraced both within Israel and beyond.

Red Sea Jazz Festival, Eilat. August 24-27, 2014

The Red Sea Jazz Festival will take place in 2014 for the twenty-eight time, first happening in 1987 and running every year since in the last week of August. The Red Sea Jazz Festival is a four day international festival with 8 to 9 concerts per evening, 6 clinics with guest artists and nightly Jam sessions, featuring a showcasing a broad spectrum of jazz music from New Orleans jazz to the contemporary, including Latin and World music. The festival draws performers and visitors from across Israel and the world to Eilat. In 2014, the Red Sea Jazz Festival will be taking place between August 24-27, 2014.

Lady Gaga will be performing at Yarkon Park on September 13, 2014 as part of artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball. The park will be decorated with giant statues of Greek Gods to fit the theme.

Tony Bennett in Tel Aviv, Israel. September 14, 2014

Legendary American singer, Tony Bennett, is heading to Tel Aviv for a concert in September 2014. Bennett, whose career, spans over 60 years, is one of the most well recognized musicians in history, having won 17 Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards, and sold over 50 million records worldwide. Among Bennett's most iconic songs are  "I Left My Heart in San Francisco",  "Body and Soul", and "Rags to Riches". Tony Bennett will perform at Tel Aviv's Bronfman Auditorium on September 14, 2014.

Cee Lo Green in Jerusalem, Israel. August 19, 2014

Cee Lo Green is heading to Jerusalem, Israel to headline a festival which will include a number of big name Israeli stars. Cee Lo Green rose to fame in recent years spurred by a number of hits which were initially successes on YouTube including "Forget You" and "Bright Lights Bigger City", and, as part of duo, "Gnarls Barkley", "Crazy". Cee Lo Green has won five Grammy Awards, a BET Award, a Billboard Award and a Brit Award, and will perform in Jerusalem in a festival which will also feature big local names, Mercedes Band, Marina Maximillian, Red Band, and Ninet Tayeb. Cee Lo Green will perform in Jerusalem's Independence Park on August 19, 2014. -

(Rocking at the Woodstock Revival. Image Sharon Shapira)

Jerusalem Woodstock Revival. August 28, 2014

The Jerusalem Woodstock Revival is now a firm part of Israel's summer-time event calendar. Whilst the original Woodstock festival happened more than 45 years ago, the 60?s & 70?s music is loved by all ages. Jerusalem's six-hour music marathon tributes the rocking hits of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, The Rolling Stones and many others by some of the biggest names in the rock scene. Entertainment for the whole family includes juggling, facepainting, hulahooping and much much more. The Jerusalem Woodstock Revival 2014 will take place on August 28, at the Kraft Stadium.


The impact on just the music touring industry is sure to send ripples throughout the empire.

So, how do we capitalize (of course, for the good of humankind) on the now 'free time' that these artists now have do to the cancellations in the war zone?

Hec'el oinipikte  (that we shall live)

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Smoke rises from buildings following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike, as Palestinians search for victims under the rubble of a house which police said was destroyed in another Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 11, 2014 (Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)


Israel's assault on Gaza is 'collective punishment of the Palestinian people' — RT Op-Edge

July 11, 2014

The Israeli establishment cynically uses murderous assault in order to pursue the pre-existing agenda, which is an imperialist agenda aimed at undermining Hamas, former Irish Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy told RT.

RT: Israel pushes on with its Gaza offensive, despite civilians being killed. Are civilian casualties inevitable?

Paul Murphy: I think they are inevitable when you have a murderous assault being pursued by the Israeli establishment. You have a completely cynical use of the tragic death of the three Israeli teenagers in order to pursue the pre-existing agenda, which is an imperialist agenda, which is about undermining Hamas, and which points towards a new ground invasion.

So it's not the matter of the Israeli establishment crying crocodile tears and saying "Oh well, some civilians deaths are inevitable", they are certainly inevitable whenever you have an open-air prison camp like Gaza and when you subject it to hundreds of bombardments with the highest technological level weapons on a daily basis.


RT: Israel says Hamas is using civilians as human shields. How much of a responsibility for the civilian casualties does the organization have, in your opinion?

PM: I think the responsibility for those killed by Israeli weapons lies with the Israeli government. It is inevitable when you have 1.6-1.7 million people crammed into a very small space, when they are supposedly pursuing so-called legitimate targets that they are going to kill Palestinians civilians.

Let's not pretend that it isn't the aim or that it's something extraneous that is happening. The policy here is of collective punishment of the Palestinian people and of the people of Gaza in particular. That's the policy that repeatedly has been pursued by the Israeli establishment, and let's remember the invasion in 2009, the invasion in 2012, let's remember the massive numbers of civilian deaths.

But let's also remember that the aims that are portrayed to the Israeli population of achieving security for the Israeli population, they were not achieved by those wars and they are not going to be achieved now. It is a cynical use of the deaths of the Israeli teenagers.


RT: At least 18 children were killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza this week. Do you think the issue is getting enough international attention?

PM: No, absolutely not. It is quite striking. It is even worse than the previous occasions in the Western media how that has been portrayed. You have an approach of balance and equivalence, or even in some cases like at the BBC who have talked a bit about Israel retaliating against rockets coming from Gaza.

The whole thing is entirely distorted; it is of course distorted by the establishment in Europe, the likes Catherine Ashton, the likes of Obama who insists on justifying the right to defense by the Israeli establishment against the rockets.

The aggressor here is very clear here. What we need across Europe, around the world is massive protests to say that people are completely opposed to this Israeli offensive and solidarity with those significant Palestinian protests that are happening in Israel but also joint Palestinian-Jewish protests happening at the moment.


RT: The UN is sounding the alarm, saying the region can't afford a full-blown war. How much influence does the international community have? What can it do to help to stop the violence?

PM: I think right now the best international solidarity that can be shown is by significant protests, by protests also aimed at our own leaders, the leaders of the European establishment, the US establishment, calling for an end of the support for the Israeli assault, calling for a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. But I certainly think that people going to Gaza or attempting to go to Gaza highlights that this blockade is continuing at the moment, it is also very important.

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