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Cabinet approves measures to prevent Gaza arms smuggling
Roni Sofer
Published: 23.01.09, 10:41
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1. will never succeed
observer   (01.23.09)
because far less than minimal civilians, to guide the targeting, you can find there.
2. This is either a deliberate deception ....
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (01.23.09)
Or our trio of losers are just plain stupid & naive. I personally go for a combination of both - deliberate deception + a lot of self-deception & sheer stupidity. NO serious analyst believes arms smuggling can be stopped. No one believes Egypt will make any serious effort to stop smuggling. Even the US, with all the resources at their disposal has never been able to stem arms smuggling ANYWHERE in the world. Make-believe & pretend wishful thinking do not make for sound policy. I would add that Livni the lawyer is enamoured of pieces of paper, believing somewhat like a belief in magic, that a signed piece of paper represents reality.
3. Europe, Russia and China should allow Arms selling to Gaza
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (01.23.09)
Europe, Russia and China should allow and sell anti-aircraft missle systems, anti-tank rockets to Gaza to help them protect from Israeli bombing Unless they defend themselves from israili warplanes, this massacre will repeat, No sense to rebuild, no sense to send food and other aids, as long as they are under treath of Israeli airbombing. SECURITY FIRST FOR GAZA
4. IDA for IDF
observer   (01.23.09)
will he secure army defense attorney (IDA) for each of his soldiers? Flagrantly illegal orders must not simply be disobeyed but actively opposed. The commission of war crimes should not simply be refused but actively prevented!
5. Roads blocksblocked by whom ? .
Nora ,   Tel Aviv   (01.23.09)
What about the Egyptian soldiers and police that guard the road blocks who are daily bribed by the Sinai Bedouin , Egyptian-Rafah Palestinians, Gaza-Rafah clans and of course Hamas ? What about them ?
6. Palliative and wrong measures.
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (01.23.09)
Once again Israel falls in enemies' trap. It is more than proved that enemies do short term "alliances"with Israel in order to keep it lulled untill a final ,blow. Israel should not make deals with enemies but carry in its own hands the solutions. Israel should not withdraw from Egyptian borders and take in its own hands the preventing of smuggling. The same way,Israel should keep tight track in the reconstruction of Gaza and do not let it be through Israel's borders. As long as Israel does deals with enemies it will fail. Israel must resolve this question of arms smuggling by itself. Moreover,what is going to change if ,hypotetically ,this Egypt "preventing"smuggling funtioned? The population in Gaza would keep without solution and would keep being fueled either by Hamass or by Abass,if ,by some way ,foreigners are succesfull in pushing to Fatah "solution"-or do somebody think that the population in Ramallah,Jenin and all other Israeli cities populated by arabs love Israel and the "sionists"? The solution of this Israeli trio is another piece of BS -one more piece in the way of "piece solution"to nothing.
7. Egyptians can't be trusted
Steve   (01.23.09)
I'd be ok with this but we can't trust the Egyptians. The soldiers/police can be bribed easily as well. They need NATO soldiers manning checkpoints, and Egypt needs to agree for IDF observers to make sure they keep their side of the deal.
8. Too stupid to return to Philadelphi route.
Marcel ,   Florida   (01.23.09)
The only way to end the smuggling Israel is too weak and fearful to do and instead depends on the wolf Egypt to do the job for them. The mental illness of the left gets progressivly worse.
9. And Osama Bin Laden should head our Homeland Security Dept.
LEE ,   NY, USA   (01.23.09)
10. BELT OF PERMANENT OCCUPANCY
Carlos H. Nehring   (01.23.09)
Israel must include The Philadelphia Corridor and keep a belt of permanent occupancy with a minimum width of 500 meters
11. Impossible
Wise Man ,   USA   (01.23.09)
The Egyptian do not want and can not sto the smuggling. They do not have enough security forces and for many Egyptain this looks like a heroic act aginst Israel. The last thing is that the corruption in Egypt is the way of life and with bripes you can smuggle any thing you want.
12. #3
Yaron ,   USA   (01.23.09)
Right after we do the same for the Kurds and the Armenians in Turkey who are being subjected to the Turkish Holocaust.. What don't you understand about the barbarians of Gaza? THEY continue to reject peaceful coexistence, THEY fire rockets, THEY build Qassams instead of hospitals and roads, THEY started this war.....yet YOU continue to be biased and ignorant of the facts. Inform yourself before posting and demonstrating your ignotrance and lack of understanding of the conflict.
13. 7 u have to reoccupy Gaza to implant NATO soldiers on border
observer   (01.23.09)
14. The Egyptian Game
Shlomo The Homo ,   Tel Aviv   (01.23.09)
Why Egypt should stop the smuggling ? Egypt have no reaseon to do that. Smuggling is serving Egypt very well because Egypt will look like the main player and the main brocker while disturbibg the main enemy Israel. ASlso smuggling will take some pressure of the Governemt whi is acussed of being pro Israel. Do not count on Egypt.
15. Ms. Livni's signing peace treaties like this one should
Rivkah   (01.23.09)
not be a problem with the Lord. But she must not sign a peace treaty regarding God's Mountain, Jerusalem. The ELS Codes at www.arkcode.com in the Livni matrix indicate she will die if she signs a peace treaty. I don't think that is this minor agreement, but rather trading more land for peace that upsets the Lord. Negative ELS code messages do not come to pass if one factor is changed in the matrix of warnings. She should postpone signing any agreement on land for peace deals. Let President Shimon Perez sign it since there is not a warning about that for him if such a treaty cannot be avoided. I hope it can be avoided because dividing God's land will lead the Armageddon, the Prophet Joel said.
16. 9 Lee: He does in a manner of speaking...
Rivkah   (01.23.09)
Janet Napolitano is so stupid or anti American that she protected the pathways of millions of illegals across Arizona borders and the several feet deep human excrement that they left on ranches in Cochise County. She told the ranchers they would be disturbing a crime scene and would be prosecuted if they cleaned up the many tons of human manure. NOW she is Home land Security head. Why? Barak Obama appointed her because she is on his side is my guess. What side is Obama on? The ELS Bible codes at www.arkcode.com give a clue. In the Obama matrix, revealing words intersect with "President Obama" like "Muslim", "Traitor", and "Barak" in addition to "The Lord will bring a NATION against you from afar, from the ends of the earth."
17. Prevent arms smuggling - a joke !
DT ,   TA Isr   (01.23.09)
That alone should loose them their parties the election as an idiot knows that Egypt would NEVER stop the arms smuggling
18. Israel only choice: cooporate with Egypt on this
Egyptian3569   (01.23.09)
Right now Camp David allows 750 Egyptianā€¯ POLICE FORCES ' to control the Egyptian Gaza Borders. Egypt asked to be increased and it was increased to 1500 only. This is clearly insufficient to control smuggling, but Israel refuse to increase it more or allow military personnel West of the Suez Canal. Egyptian political interests are against Hamas. as they are an offshoot of Moslem brotherhood and Iran. Egypt respect Israel rights to live in peace and kept the peace treaty for 30 years. Borders are long and include both land and sea. Hamas is a parasite and need to be removed but the problem is that many Gazans civilian support them. In politics you deal with every one, and count on yourself
19. I have a tunnel to sell you,...
Gideon Reader   (01.23.09)
As per usual; Terry,(#2) in lovely sun drenched Eilat, is absolutely correct. This is ALL Bee Ess for the masses who are asses enough to believe it. The Shelosh Stooges are pumping smoke in the direction of everyone's tuches's faster than Steamboat Willy. Scary though are the chooices of stupidity or self-deception. Neither brighten my day as these dullard sub-standard performing polititurds are still running the country. And running it into the ground at that. Hmmm.Maybe they can open their own tunnel. Call it: "Tunnel Visions, Inc." Ccontracts are good only if the Ccontracting Officer is Luca Brassi. I am sure that Adon Olmert already has his eye out on a "profitable enterprise".
20. smuggling is not illegal, even has to be encouraged
observer   (01.23.09)
The UN affirms the inalienable rights in Palestine of the Palestinian people, the right to self-determination, and to national independence and to establish its own independent sovereign State. UN General Assembly Resolutions call upon all Member States to contribute to the achievement of Palestinian rights and to support modalities for their implementation. So, if resistance to occupation and struggle to gain sovereignity needs arms supply, its the duty of UN member states to secure to the Palestinian people by any means.
21. #18 another foolish forty
observer   (01.23.09)
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