Israel rejects French proposal for 48-hour ceasefire http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/31/content_10586949.htm
China calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/30/content_10582162.htm World leaders condemn escalation of violence in Gaza http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/29/content_10575955.htm EU, Arab nations push ceasefire, aid for Gaza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnM4UR0iPmw Israel allows 100 aid trucks into Gaza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znthoJyCYRM Peace and best wishes. Xi On Dec 30, 4:04 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Israeli offensive against Gaza may renew violence > cyclehttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/28/content_10569214.htm > > by Ma Xiaoyan > > JERUSALEM, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military offensive > against Gaza, currently ruled by the Islamic Hamas movement, can never > be a final end to the conflict between them but may renew their > violence cycle, said political analysts. > > Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out massive air strikes > against dozens of targets in Gaza early Saturday, reportedly killing > more than 200 people and injuring another several hundred in response > to Hamas ongoing cross-border rockets attacks. > > Dubbed as "Operation Cast Lead", the ongoing military action, > which possibly involve potential ground operation, could be the first > climax in a new round of violence between the Jewish State and Hamas, > the analysts worried. > > About 80 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warplanes and helicopters > took part in the Saturday assault and over 100 bombs were dropped on > scores of Hamas compounds, bases and weaponry storage facilities, > leaving 205 people dead and hundreds wounded. > > This is the harshest Israeli assault on Gaza since the territory > was captured during the Six-Day War in 1967. Prime Minister Ehud > Olmert announced Saturday evening that the operation was aimed at > restoring calm to the lives of Israel's southern residents. > > Some Israeli experts held that the military offensive was pushed > by the public anger over Hamas' incessant rockets attacks. > > "The public's anger pushed the politicians to make up their mind > of launching this massive military operation," Klieman Aharon, senior > research associate in Jafee Center for Strategic Studies, told > Xinhua. > > "Israeli government intends to restore a prolonged lull along the > Gaza border as well as to abolish the Hamas regime, which has fired > more than 3,000 rockets, missiles and mortars at Israeli targets in > the southern Negev region during the past year," Aharon said. > > Nearly 200 Katyusha, Qassam rockets and mortar shells have been > fired at the southern part of Israel since Hamas said it would not > renew the tahadiyeh, or lull, with Israel that had expired on Dec.19. > > In fact, the decision of launching the massive assault was > approved in Israeli cabinet meeting on Wednesday. > > Till Saturday morning, a final decision on the precise timing of > the operation was made after consultations among Prime Minister Ehud > Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and the IDF Chief of Staff Gabi > Ashkenazi and army generals. > > Inbar Efraim, Director of Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies > in Bar Ilan University, also held that the domestic pressure mounted > from the Qassam rockets attacks. > > The Israeli government is eager to stop any Qassam threat to its > civilians to bring quiet to the people living in the south after the > Egyptian-brokered six-month ceasefire with Hamas ended this month, he > said, adding that the Israel can no longer put up with the ongoing > fire of Qassams from the coastal Gaza Strip. > > In the wake of the launch of the military operation against the > Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Israel's three main parties announced that > they suspend their election campaigns. > > Barak said he is halting his involvement in the Labor Party's > election campaign ahead of the general election in February, adding > that he will focus the entire attention on defense activity. > > Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Chairwoman of her Kadima party, > pledged that "there is no other option than a military operation." > > Likud party also decided to suspend its election campaign that was > scheduled to start on Sunday in order to offer its support to IDF > soldiers and commanders. > > "The politicians, showing a rare solidarity in military actions in > the Gaza Strip, are all under pressure of the public opinion, but > everything is measured for the political benefit," said Aharon. > > On Saturday evening, the IDF was beefing up forces around the Gaza > Strip in preparation of a possible ground operation, while Barak and > Ashkenazi were holding consultations on the army's next step of > action. > > Barak told a press conference earlier in the day in Tel Aviv that > the IDF would deepen and widen its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza > Strip as much as needed. > > In a quick response, the international community have called for > Israeli restraint, though Livni instructed diplomats stationed abroad > to immediately mount public relations campaigns in an effort to garner > support for its military operations. > > However, Alpher Yossi, Professor of Political Science in Tel Aviv > University, considered that "the military operation will stop the > rockets attacks for a while, but in the end, we have to go back to > negotiations with Hamas." > > "There is no military solution to the violence cycle," he > stressed. > > On Dec 29, 3:22 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Israeli raids continue Monday, bringing death toll to 310 > > > Israeli airstrikes resume, killing > > continueshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBiL7Mv4yes > > > Ehud Barak: Gaza operation to be widened, deepened if > > necessaryhttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/29/content_10576720.htm > > > World condemns Israeli attackshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmCM93sT2u8 > > > UN General Assembly president condemns Israeli > > airstrikeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Zbk0CKIYQ > > > Humanitarian supplies unable to reach > > Gazahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-q0TgwplWw > > > On Dec 28, 11:20 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > yes. i read your reply after watching your message about dolphins. > > > > how beautiful is the planet where we were invited to live. > > > > how can we waste life, wealth, time with wars, aggressions, insanity, > > > fears, fights, threats, insults, etc.? > > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > > Xi > > > > On Dec 28, 7:48 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you for the videos. > > > > > People can/do become temporarily insane if they pick up thier child > > > > that was blown to pieces, I don't blame such people for any actions > > > > they will do in the near future, for I would do the same no doubt > > > > about it. > > > > > On Dec 28, 9:28 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/28/content_10571949.htm > > > > > > Story:http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/blst/index.htm > > > > > > Russia Today > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BO0Rw7EIaY > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZERDspeWfm8 > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM15T_qgY5k > > > > > > CCTV > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_MehKcB7-Q > > > > > > CCTV Insight > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1thIYq4OmqE > > > > > > Peace and best wishes > > > > > > Xi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. 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