Friday, August 19

"While my President Gently ... Vacations."

Sounds like ole King Netanyahu is instituting a new Israeli policy over in his fiefdom. No worries, mate. I'm sure what they do over there has no consequences for us "gotch yer back no matter what" allies, safely protected behind our own defensive borders, over here, eh?

"I have decided on a principle – when you hurt Israeli citizens we respond immediately and with force. This principle was implemented today,” he said in a televised address. “The people who gave the orders to murder our citizens and then hid in Gaza are no longer among us."

Netanyahu commended the IDF and Shin Bet for a Gaza strike carried out earlier, which killed six people in Rafah, among them two top leaders of the Popular Resistance Committees.
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Senior Fatah official Saeb Erekat warned Israel Thursday night against ‘irresponsible’ retaliation in the Gaza Strip in the wake of the terror offensive in southern Israel earlier in the day.

“We are warning Israel not to launch an offensive or impose collective punishment against the civilian population,” the senior Palestinian official said.
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The explosions in Gaza were clearly heard in southern Israel communities as well, with many local residents reporting the blasts to Ynet via the Red Email. Southern resident Shani wrote: “I just heard three explosions reminiscent of what we hear when mortar shells land here…I don’t know what’s going on.”

At least they got a "decider" for a president anyway. We seem to have a reactor-in-chief, and no, that's not a nod to Mr. Reagan.