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It seems Youtube has buckled to Zionist lobbying and has removed this video ! Israel's deputy defence minister has said Israel will have "no choice" but to invade Gaza if Palestinian militants step up rocket attacks. Matan Vilnai said Palestinians risked a "shoah", the Hebrew word for a big disaster - and for the Nazi Holocaust. Mr Vilnai made the comments after rockets hit the city of Ashkelon, 10km (six miles) from Gaza. His colleagues insisted he had not meant "genocide". Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said it was ready for a large-scale Israeli attack. Israeli air strikes have killed about 30 Palestinians in the past three days. The string of attacks came a day after a rocket fired by Hamas killed an Israeli student on the outskirts of Sderot, about a mile from Gaza, the first such death in nine months. 'No choice' The barrage continued on Friday with militants aiming several Grad rockets at Ashkelon, home to 120,000 people. The Iranian-made rockets are said to have a range of about 22km (14 miles). One rocket hit a block of flats in the city, breaking through the roof and slicing through three floors below, while another landed near a school, wounding a 17-year-old girl. It is the first time Israeli officials have ordered Code Red sirens to be sounded in Ashkelon and reports say soldiers from the Israeli military's Home Front Command have been hanging posters around the city instructing residents on what to do when the warning sounds. "It's a city with large facilities - a huge soccer stadium, and a basketball stadium, and a beach. No-one is ready for this," Ashkelon mayor Roni Mehatzri told Israel Radio. Israel's leaders have been under pressure in some quarters to launch a ground invasion of Gaza to end the rocket fire and although they are reluctant, Mr Vilnai admitted on Friday that they will have "no other choice". Speaking on Israel Army Radio, Mr Vilnai said if Palestinians increased rocket fire, they would bring upon themselves a "shoah". The BBC's Katya Adler in Jerusalem says many of Mr Vilnai's colleagues have quickly distanced themselves from his comments and also tried to downplay, them saying he did not mean genocide. "We're getting close to using our full strength. Until now, we've used a small percentage of the army's power because of the nature of the territory," he added. Separately, the chairman of the Knesset's defence and foreign affairs committee, Tzachi Hanegbi, said Israel "must make a strategic decision to order the army to prepare quickly". A recent opinion poll has indicated a majority of Israelis favour a truce with Hamas. 'Crazy war' The Islamist movement, which seized control of Gaza in June, has said it will cease fire if Israel stops its military operations in Palestinian areas and ends the blockade of the territory which has cut essential supplies to its 1.5m inhabitants. Addressing a crowd of around 2,000 Hamas supporters at a rally held after Friday prayers in Gaza City, Mr Haniya, a former Palestinian prime minister, said Israel was deluded if it thought it could now remove his group. "Gaza today faces a real war, a crazy war led by the enemy against our people," he said. "What does a large-scale raid mean? You were in the Gaza Strip and you quit because of the resistance. What does assassination mean? If some leaders are assassinated, would the cause be assassinated?" he asked. Mr Haniya, who was dismissed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas ousted his Fatah movement in Gaza, said any Israeli attempt to invade would "end in terrible failure just like all the other rounds have failed". Source: BBC News Readers have left 8 comments.
Riaz Ahmed:
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I know people who have been directly been victims of these crimes by Isreal.
I invite reps from Mpac on my Radio show - on Islam Radio, and help promote to lobby cllrs etc - in this matter. I want the listeners to be tought - how to campaign etc. Please reply - asap!! Jazakalla
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2008-03-01 23:14:58
Brian Hogan:
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Re: Hamas Attacks
Jews and Gentiles have the right to embrace Biblical Christianity against Islam when they are threatened and attacked by Islam
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2008-03-02 04:54:46
Jennifer:
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I have felt that Israel has used strong-arm tactics in the past. This time it has gone way too far. We need, here in the UK, to get our government to support an end to the violence and an end to the genocide that is going in Gaza. Are there any protests happening?
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2008-03-02 17:40:32
jo:
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A religion should not be judged by the opinions and attitudes of its biased foe's. Neither should it be judged by the behavior of some of its nominal followers because there are bad people among every religious group, and making a judgment based on those people is misleading as they may be violating their religion. A religion should rather be judged by its teachings as well as the effects of these teachings on its real followers. Brian
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2008-03-02 17:53:26
dave:
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The answer to this problem is easy: if Hamas stop firing rockets, then Israel stops responding.
I think Israel should set up an automatic system. When IDF computers detect a Hamas rocket attack on Israel, an Israeli rocket is automatically launched at Gaza (with the same random targeting that Hamas have become famous for). The system can be transparent to ensure fair play. This puts the destiny of Gaza (carnage or peace) directly, unequivocally ...indeed AUTOMATICALLY in the hands of Hamas. Of course it already is - I mean if Hamas stopped firing rockets, then Israel wouldn't be taking military action in response. But at least this way, every realises the direct cause and effect. The clear answer: stop punching and your fist will stop hurting.
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2008-03-02 21:02:05
F. Cockburn:
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Top man Riaz Ahmed of Islam Radio.
But you need to encourage others to become presenters on mainstream TV and radio channels. As for Brian Hogan, he needs to stand with a Palestinian toddler under an Israeli F1 and see if he can still give the same pompous speech. The poor child will probably lend Brian a pair of nappies.
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2008-03-02 22:57:40
Barbarossa:
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The answer to this problem is easy: if Hamas stop firing rockets, then Israel stops responding. — daveI think Israel should set up an automatic system. When IDF computers detect a Hamas rocket attack on Israel, an Israeli rocket is automatically launched at Gaza (with the same random targeting that Hamas have become famous for). The system can be transparent to ensure fair play. This puts the destiny of Gaza (carnage or peace) directly, unequivocally ...indeed AUTOMATICALLY in the hands of Hamas. Of course it already is - I mean if Hamas stopped firing rockets, then Israel wouldn't be taking military action in response. But at least this way, every realises the direct cause and effect. The clear answer: stop punching and your fist will stop hurting. i AGREE! we need a system. Everytime Israel shoots a Palestinian child with an american weapon,, the americans can shoot and Israeli. This way its fair. We can go further, every time the Israeli's bull doze a palestinian home, the English would come and blow up an Israeli one, but lets go futher, since Israel (now with 200 nuclear weapons) has the advantage over home made rockets - Iran should be given 200 weapons by Germany. Also lets not forget the 4 billion in military aid America gives, which also needs to be balanced, by 4 billion pounds for the Hizbollah. That way Israel will realise that it can no longer act like a thug, and will start to behave like a normal members of the civilised world. Thanks Dave!
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2008-03-03 13:58:47
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