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In reply to the discussion: Might be surprised- Turns Out Hamas Likely Didn’t Kidnap and Kill the 3 Israeli Teens After All [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)40. See my comment and link above.
That links to another person's comment under another OP, and excerpts part of a report from an Israeli think tank that discussed how Israel bombed and killed 6 members of Hamas, and that the rockets were a response to those bombings. If there was an 'act of war' to start things off, it appears to be the IDF bombings that immediately preceded the first of those rockets.
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Might be surprised- Turns Out Hamas Likely Didn’t Kidnap and Kill the 3 Israeli Teens After All [View all]
bigtree
Jul 2014
OP
And so, who is scheduled to speak to this on Sunday News shows? I guess, no one. nt
kelliekat44
Jul 2014
#95
Exactly, if it hadn't been this incident it would have been another. I doubt they were going
A Simple Game
Jul 2014
#69
Israelis refer to "Cutting the Grass", equating slaying humanity with landscaping
BlueStreak
Jul 2014
#71
Didn't the Israeli government also have knowledge those poor kids were already dead?
Scootaloo
Jul 2014
#8
Yes, people that oppose Israel's unprovoked mass-murder against the Palestinians
cpwm17
Jul 2014
#17
Think about that a minute - just what would suffice as evidence? The only source for such
Flatulo
Jul 2014
#114
Not that it matters much, because the region is a powder keg that any spark will ignite...
BlueCheese
Jul 2014
#20
The article at first attempted to link the Gaza rocket firing to an Israeli invasion of Gaza....
George II
Jul 2014
#99
They've killed hundreds of children, shameful, criminal and anyone who even tries to defend
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#47
"First rocket fire in more than 19 months"? Bullshit. Nearly 200 attacks before July
7962
Jul 2014
#60
The article said 1st rocket fire in 19 months. Thats not true. Thats what I posted.
7962
Jul 2014
#82
The first rocket fired by Hamas in 19 months. And they had embraced the peace
Karmadillo
Jul 2014
#84
It is no coincidence that the Palestinians agreeing to a unity government in early June
cpwm17
Jul 2014
#51
That is it, in a nutshell, and some in his cabinet make Bibi look like Ghandi. n/t
Jefferson23
Jul 2014
#77
I figured it was not Hamas. Made no sense. Not sure why Israel has come clean now of all times.
McCamy Taylor
Jul 2014
#52
how do we know that? this look likes ifthar celebrations or something else quite innocuous
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2014
#72
you do know of course Israel kidnaps Palestinians all the time and are holding hundreds of them?
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2014
#83
oh that is ridiculous - when you take noncombatants away without any legal charge or any need to
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2014
#91
Anyone recall the Nazis' use of a false flag operation to justify invading Poland?
Divernan
Jul 2014
#75
it is implausible that any serious Israeli security personnel ever thought it was. They would know
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2014
#86