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Shin Bet foils Hamas-planned bombing in Israel
Yoav Zitun
Published: 22.11.18, 17:39
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1. why are we still allowing "patients" into Israel?
(11.22.18)
no gazans should be allowed into Israel until we get Goldin and Shaul back.
2. A few bad apples DO spoil it for everyone.
David ,   Hartford USA   (11.22.18)
Israel cannot allow anyone from Gaza into Israel, not adults, not children, nobody. They are not being 'used' by Hamas, they willing ACCOMPLICES and thus forfeit any opportunity to use Israel's medical facilities.

Had the bomber been successful, many Israelis would have died and been injured. The Gaza border should only work in one direction: into Gaza, never out from it.

By the women's actions, in times of war they would have been lined up against a wall and shot as spies. Israel doesn't need to do that: just send them back to Gaza and NEVER let them return. If Allah wants the sick sister to survive, it will happen, if not, it's not our concern.

Everyone in the west bank involved in this should be deported to Gaza and NEVER be allowed to return.

Again, the sisters weren't used, they were accomplices.
3. It is not enitrely clear to me why we permit anyone to....
Nadav Katz ,   Qatzrin   (11.22.18)
....enter the State of Israel from Gaza. Our border with Gaza ought to be totally closed. If the Arabs of Gaza seek assistance, let them do so by crossing the border and seek the assistance in the neighboring Arab state of Egypt. The State of Israel extricated itself from Gaza between the years 1994 and 2005 and out to keep the border closed, full stop.
4. Servile Israeli docs pressing for allowing access to hospita
ab   (11.22.18)
-ls in Israel to hateful Gazans should be arrested too
5. hamas and Shin Bet
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn Holland   (11.22.18)
Unfortunately this is the umptieth prove that hamas is an "islam", criminal and barbaric gang. Well done by the Shin Bet. DOWN WITH CRIME, TERROR, TERRORISM AND "islam".
6. Israel's leadership is suicidal
C   (11.22.18)
no normal country would allow in enemy civilians for any reason whatever.

it is outrageous that gazans are allowed into israel given that gaza is
an enemy territory whose leadership has vowed to eliminate the
sovereign jewish state of israel.
7. netanyahu unable to defend israel
jerold   (11.22.18)
idf can defend and attack. netanyahu cannot. he is paralyzed by fear which block his every move. Bennett for whatever reason made a huge mistake but it is not too late. bibi simply has not the steel in his bones to launch a war or major actions. of course he believes he does. he does not.

in this vein, he is quite similar to olmert. both are afraid of one drop of blood and panic under any kind of pressure.

idf has been too miserly in its actions. the secret commando group raiding gaza should have had protective cover 24/7 and not just when it was followed.

shaked and bennett should give bibi 30 days to show what plans he has to reinvigorate the idf. if he fails, collapse the govt.
8. so much for livni
marv   (11.22.18)
this is what livni will unleash on israel-hamastan on the west bank big time. Israel cannot afford to make peace with its eyes closed as peres infamously said.

livni was for gaza withdrawal-look what that led to.

she wants to do more in the belief that a Palestinian state on withdrawn lands will be a moderate partner. tsipi-do not trust or hope-look at reality with your eyes open.

9. ISRAELII PUBLIC HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN MAKING PEACE WITH THE
Iranian Jew ,   LALA LAND   (11.23.18)
ARABS. The event above shows as to why. It just shows that no one in the land Israel is more capable of governing g the land, but the government of Israel. Palis in Gaza or WB do not knwo and do not have the real means and goal to really govern a peaceful country on their own. The sooner the world understand this fact, the faster Palis can start to repair their problems, It is just a plane fact. Gaza to Egypt and WB to Jordan and end of the Chrade forever.
10. What is Green Line? Never accepted it as a real place!
(11.23.18)
11. Good Job! But not the end story.....
The Archives ,   Kuala Lumpur   (11.23.18)
If I were Israel's prime minister, I would launch a large scale military offense on Gaza just like how 300 rockets was launched at Israel by hamas at the uncovering of an Idf operation in Gaza. An eye for an eye.
12. bibi will not carry out preemptive strike on anyone
ed   (11.23.18)
saar , lieberman, gallant and erdan have called for more severe actions against Hamas;and preemption on nasrollah. bibi will of course do nothing of the kind.

actually bibi is a poster boy for haaaretz policy.something may have happened to him during his idf days that has rendered him unable to fight. sharon cleaned out west bank. begin hit osiraq. bibi has done nothing militarily of note. he has not signed off on any major action other than white flag ceasefires.

this lack of decision making filters down to the idf now. commandos tell us they wil get the barkan murderer. don't talk-get him.

as for legal restrictions, there is no question that goldstone issues plague the idf. who the hell directs one floor of a house to be destroyed but not the balance/ only legal dumbbells splitting hairs could come up with this.

terror accomplices , their families need to be held until the murderer is apprehended. and if any of them knew in advance, they need to be legally prosecuted.

the idf has been fighting wars on the backs of Israeli civilians.

lieberman saw bibi up close and said he did not have it. Bennett said likewise. it is not just them. i look at his conduct and agree with them 100%

he is miscast. he should be in economic o r tourism portfolio. he should have nothing to do with security.

when he allegedly said this is a sensitive security situation or hinted at major operation, he is lying his teeth off.
13. home front defense
jeb   (11.23.18)
because the idf will not equalize terror, Israeli communities bear the brunt of hamas attacks. the idf will not slam rockets into hamas areas or even hezbollah areas to create terrror and panic that Israelis feel. in this sense they have immunity as Lieberman correctly points out.

so it is time that israeli communities set up their rocket defense. in other words, you get rockets from hamas, you defend yourselves as it is your right. fire rockets into hamasland. this will be asymmetric vs asymmetric.

the idf has been blind in not stetting up a huge missile corp. lieberman initiated but bibi will likely close it down.

where bibi is headed is a 2 state eventually governed by Palestine. that is why you have to get him out of office. he is a very weak man.
14. diplomatic statements
mark   (11.24.18)
recently in an viewpoint, netanyahu said he would do almost anything to avoid war with Gaza. while one obviously would prefer peaceful settlement arrangements, one should not publicly state they would do almost anything to avoid war. neville chamberlain said that and 50 miliion died later because he was afraid of war. being afraid of war brings on war as it emboldens aggressors. this is what bibi fails to understand. he has emboldened hamas as lieberman correctly pointed out.

the middle east is the land of rough and tumble. it is not the place to make such a statement. Hamas hears bibi and concludes that he is scared of war and therefore all of Israel is afraid of war which it is not. however, the public can become depressed and forlorn with the govt inaction in the face of rockets.

olmert broadcast through his actions a similar message to Hezbollah by not committing to a well planned invasion in force.

in both cases the public showed great resilience and were booming their voices-finish it. in both cases, olmert and in several cases bibi stopped short.

now we have the fruits of bibi's ceasefire.thousands of Gazans protesting near the fence.

it is not only, as lieberman said, landing a harder blow against Hamas. it is devising and executing a plan that would put Hamas quite off balance with the loss of assets at the top and bottom.
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