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UN official says Israel attacked during lull
Associated Press
Published: 30.12.08, 07:47
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1. The UN lies...
Steve   (12.30.08)
The United Nations can hardly be trusted to tell the truth on anything concerning Israel. Sorry to disappoint the UNRWA, but we are not going to announce 'hey, we're attacking now' and give Hamas a chance to prepare.
2. This is a preposterous lie by UNRWA
Jake   (12.30.08)
They know fully well that it was Hamas that formally announced that it would not be renewing the 6 month truce with Israel, while Israel announced a willingness to renew the truce. Under the circumstances, there is no such thing as a 'lull'.
3. What one Israeli leader spoke of such a lull?
Jake   (12.30.08)
4. Whatever you say
Jake ,   Norwalk, CT   (12.30.08)
Okee Do kee ! A quote from the UN thats against Israel ? and thats news ?
5. UNRWA are damn out right liars
Don Saliman ,   Nahal Oz, Israel   (12.30.08)
Shooting rockets into Israel is not a lull. UNRWA should be disbanded for they hide terrorist,they lie for the terrorists and I would not be surprised that many in UNRWA are terrorist
6. This woman out and out lied at the news conference
GZLives   (12.30.08)
She said the crossings were never opened. She said Hamas "strictly" enforced the cease fire. She said the cease fire was broken only after Israel attacked militants but never bothered to mention those militants were in the West Bank which was never part of the cease fire. She is a lying sack of UNRWA s**t like that entire terror club they call the UN. As we all know, as soon as the bombs fall on Hamas, suddenly EVERYONE in Gaza becomes a civilian. Suddenly there are no longer any Hamas military. That is how Hamas drives the PR - pump up the civilian body count. But the UN now only counts women and children as civilian deaths so they only reported 53 driving the Arab and Liberal press crazy because they clearly wanted to be able to report a large body count quoted by UN sources which then could be described as the usual "massacre" ... but so far they are unable to do so.
7. Lull? Hamas rockets which kill civilians are a lull?
Sheila ,   Jerusalem Israel   (12.30.08)
8. Attention to all those in the World who don't pay attention
Roxy ,   Israel   (12.30.08)
Hamas never had a ceasefire with Israel from Day 1 rockets were fired into Southern Israel on a daily basis.That is a violation of the so called Ceasefire.If you look up ceasefire in WEBSTER"S DICTIONARY it says a stop in all violence! The stress on the word ALL! Not well it is okay from time to time to fire upon the enemy. So wake up world and realize once and for all that the terrorists don't know the meaning of the word CEASEFIRE, that they don't play by the rules of war,their goal is to eradacate all non Muslims! This is a war for the very survival of all Western Civilization ,read the BIBLE! READ THE NEWSPAPERS see how all the violence in the world at this time is coming from the Radical Islamists trying to take over in different countries! EX SOMALIA,SUDAN,YEMEN,CHECHYNA,PHILLIPEANS, INDIA, It is the armed MUSLIMS killing the civillians noone else! Wake up before they start attacking EUROPE.BRITIAN ,USA,S. AMERICA,CHINA,JAPAN,AUSTRILIA AND EVEN RUSSIA!
9. Fightin Dirty... fight like men
R Hitchings ,   Methil   (12.30.08)
I have a ring side seat all warmed up.. Just want the IDF down there in the Pits with Hamas...
10. The crossings were not opened at all
eli ,   jerusalem   (12.30.08)
... because there were almost always missles during the "truce". Who is to blame ... for sure Israel. The UNRWA should try to educate the people in Gasa in history and democracy (and in reading) so that they are able to understand news and what their "gov." is doing, that they may understand what it means to bring murderers and terrorists into power. Let's have a look at Germany. It was once almost an enemy to everyone but it learned the lessons. Spreading of hatred is forbidden by law there now. ...
11. What a load of crap, the Hamass#oles are trying to
DANNY ,   America   (12.30.08)
To not look so stupid for depending on Israeli newpapers and TV for intel. I am just blown away by how well the Terror propaganda machine works so well and even in the west. We get pure propaganda from the AP wire service. Well Looks like the Hamassholes got a bit of there own propaganda tricks played on them. Lies in the news! Oh my imagine that. What is the best part of this story is how the islamist idiots used it for intel. Ha ha ha rotfl. Hey hamassholes the egyptions are paying Israel to kill you. lol No it's the French paying Iran to humiliate you by giving you false hope that your training in Iran is worth using against real solders. No wait, The UN is secretly destroying Islam by giving you false hope that the world cares about you and your little terror cell voted for by the Fatah terror cell. Hey your really winning this war, start handing out candy. The Internet wouldn't post something that wasn't true. Israel is almost out of bombs, you can charge them now! This is real good intel I am giving you trust me, really. Boobs, I hope you are show the mercy you show to Israel.
12. Is this the best the UNRWA can come up with???
Joe ,   Ramat Gan   (12.30.08)
After 3 days of scouring the law books to trump up charges on a technicality Israel "may" have violated, is this nonsense really the best the UNRWA can come up with??? This just proves that we are doing something right- kol haKavod l"Tsahal!!!
13. How are these comments helpful?
Talula ,   Israel   (12.30.08)
They are not - they are aimed at swinging international sympathy towards Hamas and the ‘starving’ Palestinians who voted for them. How are these Morons allowed to say something without explicitly explaining exactly what they mean. THERE WAS NO LULL!! Sue her for slander.
14. Violation of Truce by ISrael
An Arab ,   Aza   (12.30.08)
this is true. we were in the middle of a meeting with Iran and Syria and at the time were receiving shipments of grads through my uncles tunnel (he charges the least for passing goods through) when all of a sudden my third cousin twice removed (okay my wife) came back from a play where our kids had the leading roles in "let their heads role" and she exclaimed that while her brother (my father) was off in the fields playing with bottle rockets (you know the kind we fill with nails and fly over to the europeans in palastine. So he came back after it misfired and landed on the school play stage. It killed all the kids. Then the bombs started falling on our metal factories where we build pipes for plumbing purposes only. It was a mess. If only we can live in peace.
15. Karen Abu Zayd
Dark Side of the Moo   (12.30.08)
her name says it all . . . . Surely no bias, not from the 'United Notions' . . . nahhh
16. Some "lull"
ZVI ,   LA USA   (12.30.08)
Are missiles fired by Hamas at Yisrael a "lull"? Of course not. ! Only in anti-Jewish "Doublespeak" is such rubbish allowed. I say pay them back for their crimes against the Jews . Am Yisrael Chai
17. LOOOOL
(12.30.08)
BY FIRING QASSAMS AT US, THEY BROKE THE LULL LOOOOOOONG BEFORE US!!!! IDIOTTSSS!!!!! OMG!!!!
18. What can you expect
Ilana   (12.30.08)
Notice her last name. It's like a thief that slips on the floor of the house he is robbing and then tries to sue them. Absurd, unbelievable and yet true. "Fight like men" What kind of man uses his wife, mom and children as a human shield?
19. What practical steps can we take against UNRWA?
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (12.30.08)
Of course we all know they are liars & supporters of terrorists. But, we need to find practical ways to punish UNRWA. Just calling them liars is meaningless. Can we refuse entry visas to their personnel? Can we interfere with any financial activity with Israeli banks? Can we refuse to unload cargo at Israeli ports? Of course, I wouldn't suggest deliberately targeting their facilities in Gaza, but accidents happen.
20. Go go go go go go go go go go
daniel   (12.30.08)
Or do you want to live with rocket attacks for ever?
21. Israel has been breaching the truce; what do u expect?
observer   (12.30.08)
The Israeli government steadily sought to break down the ceasefire, not just in Gaza since early November, but also in the West Bank. Israeli forces have carried out an average of 33 incursions, 42 arrests or detentions, 12 woundings and 0.84 killings a week in the West Bank during the ceasefire. The tactic has been to continue attacking Hamas and other militants in the West Bank, provoking responses in Gaza, and to use the responses as the pretext for the massive attacks of the lately. Palestinians in Gaza actually fired rockets in retaliation for Israeli military attack on a tunnel between Gaza and Egypt in early November, which killed at least 6 people. The IDF at that point 'unilaterally violated' the ceasefire, and it was this action that led to the increase in rocket attacks on Israel. In addition, Barak shows that Operation 'Cast Lead' had been planned for up to six months and cannot be adequately explained as a response to Palestinian military strikes. ((Our Arab neighbors are not bound by any kind of moral code)) ... of course, that speech meant to be delivered from an Israeli high ground, high in the sky to strike Gaza people. is it legitimate to take F-16s and helicopters designed to destroy enemy tanks, and use them against cars and houses in one of the most heavily populated places in the world. Five sisters from one family were killed only because their house was close to one of five stricken Islamic mosques in Gaza. Is that purity of the weapon? do the made-in-USA F16s carry the ultimate trait of purity? The Al Shifa Hospital has been evacuated after Israeli threats that it is a target for the IAF, what a shame! >> today's joke: if you don't see my comment, you should be certain that a major change in Israel's morals has happened.
22. Only 1 rocket launched?!
SillyQuestion ,   San Diego   (12.30.08)
Only launched 1 rocket friday...right.. who are you kidding? a truce? NO WAY! Peace will be true..not some sham half-arsed guerilla war.
23. How long did the world expect for us to take this?
D   (12.30.08)
We are tired of HAMAS! Firing rockets against our children!!!!
24. Yes. We lied.
gershon   (12.30.08)
And very well that we did.
25. ?informal truce? They were shooting rockets EVERY day.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (12.30.08)
26. #21 observer your a liar also or
Don Saliman ,   Nahal Oz, Israel   (12.30.08)
is it ok to make up facts to fit your mentality?
27. #9 Waiting for you to have a few beers
(12.30.08)
and pass out.
28. Zayd is quite surprised!
Art D. ,   San Diego, USA   (12.30.08)
The woman sounds downright offended that Israel might have done something unexpected to defend itself from near constant missile barrages. The poor Hamastan people were just trying to live their lives, and fully believed Israel was observing a 48 hr. lull. All of a sudden, bam! Missiles started flying and can you imagine how upset that must have made them -- especially since Hamas had STRICTLY adhered, according to Zayd, to the 6 mo. ceasefire for at least 4 of the 6 months. Israel should not be so devious and just call the whole thing off. The chutzpah of those aggressive Jewish people.
29. UNRWA are well-known terrorist collaborators! IGNORE THEM!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (12.30.08)
UNWRA have no business analyzing the political and tactical situation - especially since they see it through heavily biased anti-Israeli eyes, and considering that ALL their staff in Gaza is manned by terrorist collaborators and foreign anti-Israeli anarchist organizations. To the point: we will not open or close the border crossings following Hamas decisions to bomb or not to bomb us. It is WE who decide waht to do with OUR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BORDERS - not Hamas or the UNWRA provocateurs. Hamas has been constantly bombing the crossings, bombing our citizens and using the corssings (when open) to pass terrorists into Israel for homicide bombings. Add to that the constant smuggling of heavy artilery and strategic weapons by Hamas over the years including instructors and terrorists from Iran, Egypt and Sudan. THAT was the real VIOLATION of the 'truce'. Hamas has already declared that the truce is over and been pounding Israeli citizens with Grad and mortars, expecting Israel to open the borders as nothing was happening. Under these circumstances Israel is not to be expected to abide to ANY tactical 'cease fire' declared by the enemy at its own convenience. Time has come for Israel to call the cards and make its own decisions over its own citizens lives. I am happy that this does not match the racist and violent agenda hamas and their UNWRA collaborators had in mind when they started their war of terror on Israel several years ago, Now it PAY DAY and UNWRA better take a hike and leave Gaza, together with their rocket-carrying "ambulances'.
30. it must be frustrating to be israeli
ali ,   los angeles   (12.30.08)
try as hard as you may to look like the victims, when in reality you are the oppressors. the differences between the palestinians and the israelis can be settled rather quickly and end the decades of violence and hatred, but there is no real political will on either side. israel wants the palestinians to surrender...this wont happen. the palestinians are not like some of their arab brethren. by months of blockading gaza, you have made the people hungry, and angry, and that which does not kill you only makes you stronger. the palestinians want the israelis to leave...by force or by agreement, and that is just not going to happen. rather than continue to kill each other (mostly israelis killing palestinians), each side should realize that the other side is part of humanity too, and once you humanize your enemy, and become empathetic and compassionate to their needs and desires, peace can be achieved. i read the comments of people posting talkbacks, and encouraging the continued bombing of gaza as if it truly is going to change anything. all it does is create more hatred and ensure a future of more violence. there is no military solution to the conflict...i had hoped both sides realized that by now but apparently people would rather see their neighbors dead than enjoying the glorious holy land together. what a shame.
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