Israel Watch: Israeli War with Hamas Inevitable?
A Palestinian miltant from Hamas stands guard in front of a mural showing the late Fatah leader Yasser Arafat outside his former compound and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office that was taken over two days ago by Hamas, in Gaza City, Saturday, June 16, 2007. The United States strengthened its offer of support for President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, telling him an international aid embargo against the Palestinians would end as soon as he forms a new government without Hamas, aides to Abbas and a Western diplomat said.
ISRAEL’s new defence minister Ehud Barak is planning an attack on Gaza within weeks to crush the Hamas militants who have seized power there.
According to senior Israeli military sources, the plan calls for 20,000 troops to destroy much of Hamas’s military capability in days.
The raid would be triggered by Hamas rocket attacks against Israel or a resumption of suicide bombings.
Barak, who is expected to become defence minister tomorrow, has already demanded detailed plans to deploy two armoured divisions and an infantry division, accompanied by assault drones and F-16 jets, against Hamas.
Israel cannot tolerate an active terrorist Hamas on its border.
And who is responsible for encircling Israel, america’s ally in the Global War on Terror with aggressive terrorist supporting states – Hezbollah in the North and Hamas in the West and Syria?
