Amira Hass
HaaretzTue, 13 Jan 2009 23:48 UTC
The testimonies of Gaza Strip residents are revealing new details about the Israel Defense Forces' mode of operation there. In the past two days, Beit Lahia residents forced from their homes said soldiers were posing as members of Hamas' armed wing while advancing on the ground.
The daily pauses in bombing allow Gazans to meet with the displaced - most of whom are housed in an UNRWA school - and hear their stories.
Gaza resident S. told Haaretz he heard several people say they saw armed men wearing the uniforms and symbols of the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, who "called out to each other in Arabic, as if they had caught a collaborator, and then, with the element of surprise, went into the houses.
A Gaza radio station warned that troops posing as locals were driving a vehicle normally used by paramedics. Residents said the radio broadcaster listed the vehicle's license plate number and color
Haaretz has also learned that one of the army's methods for evacuating a home is to fire a missile toward its upper level. That is how B.'s house in Sajaiyeh was destroyed. It was bombed just a few minutes after a missile struck and 40 shell-shocked family members walked out of the house
The IDF has also forced at least 40,000 people to leave their homes in agricultural and border areas. In Rafah, most of the 20,000 people removed from their homes were lodging with relatives and not in UNRWA facilities
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So let's think about this for a moment; There are groups of Israeli agents running around Gaza dressed very convincingly as members of a Palestinian militant group that is claimed to be behind the firing of Qassam rockets from Gaza into Israel. Add to that the fact that Hamas has on
several occasions in the past
claimed that they did not know who was firing the rockets into Israel, suspected that agents of the state of Israel were behind the firing of rockets at very sensitive times, and appealed to whoever was doing it to stop, and we have are led to a very interesting tentative conclusion:
Israel is now and has been for many years taking steps to ensure that peace never breaks out with the Palestinians. This is a very reasonable and logical conclusion because it is clear to all with eyes to see that without an enemy against which to fight, the illegality of the present state of Israel would be clearly exposed for all to see.
Comment: This story has since been scrubbed from Haaretz's page. However, it is still available on Google cache.
Just in case it disappears forever, an archived screen shot can be seen at this link.
So let's think about this for a moment; There are groups of Israeli agents running around Gaza dressed very convincingly as members of a Palestinian militant group that is claimed to be behind the firing of Qassam rockets from Gaza into Israel. Add to that the fact that Hamas has on several occasions in the past claimed that they did not know who was firing the rockets into Israel, suspected that agents of the state of Israel were behind the firing of rockets at very sensitive times, and appealed to whoever was doing it to stop, and we have are led to a very interesting tentative conclusion:
Israel is now and has been for many years taking steps to ensure that peace never breaks out with the Palestinians. This is a very reasonable and logical conclusion because it is clear to all with eyes to see that without an enemy against which to fight, the illegality of the present state of Israel would be clearly exposed for all to see.