Netanyahu: The time has come to ‘take the gloves off’ against Hamas
Netanyahu: The time has come to ‘take the gloves off’ against Hamas | JPost | Israel News.
07/08/2014 11:25
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the time had come to “take off the gloves” against Hamas.
Netanyahu was speaking ahead of military consultations that he was holding with security officials at the Kirya Military Headquarters in Tel Aviv.
“Hamas chose to escalate the situation and it will pay a heavy price for doing so,” the prime minister said.
Following the launching of Operation Protective Edge to extinguish Hamas rocket fire, Israel declared a “special situation” in all areas of the South within 40 kilometers of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.
A special situation is a legal decree that allows various authorities to safeguard public safety through a variety of means reserved for times of conflict.
The decision came after Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon completed a security evaluation meeting with the Home Front Commander, Maj.-Gen. Eyal Eizenberg, as well as other civil defense chiefs, in which they examined the latest developments in the clash with Hamas.
“We are prepared for a campaign against Hamas, which will not end within days. Hamas is leading the current confrontation to a place in which it seeks to exact a heavy price from our home front. There is a need for patience,” Ya’alon said at the end of the meeting.
The defense minister called on the public to behave in accordance with Home Front Command safety instructions, adding that it is vital that the Israeli home front not sustain casualties.
“In recent hours, we have struck with force and hit dozens of Hamas assets. The IDF is continuing with the offensive effort, in a manner that will exact a very heavy price from Hamas. We will not tolerate missile and rocket fire on Israel, and we are prepared to expand the campaign through all of the means available to us, to continue striking Hamas,” he continued.
“I’d like to send my support to residents of the South and to local government leaders there, who are displaying leadership and responsibility, and are allowing us to continue with the offensive efforts,” Ya’alon added.
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WarSclerotic 
July 8, 2014 at 1:55 PM
Imagine that Brighton were Gaza
http://www.madisdead.blogspot.co.il/2014/07/imagine-that-brighton-were-gaza.html
July 8, 2014 at 3:17 PM
You can bet that just about everything bad taking place in the Mideast today has got Iran written all over it. Therefore I submit, Iran needed cover while dealing with ISIS and the ongoing political donkey show that is laughingly referred to as nuclear negotiations. As a result, Israel needed a distraction. Once again, Tehran gets a pass and makes fools of us all.
It’s not about Israel’s perceived reluctance to protect her citizens. It’s not about any supposed failure in Israeli leadership. And most of all, it not even about Israel’s mistaken inability to respond effectively. It’s all about the target. A target with a rich future of peace and prosperity for much of the Mideast, Israel included. It’s called Tehran and ironically, they are taunting us all to take a shot.
Of course, that’s just my opinion. I’m not going to sit here in the comfort and safety of my home here in the USA thousands of miles away and holler for enemy blood. That’s a call the good people of Israel must make and when they do, they deserve all the support we can muster.
Being Catholic, I believe in angels. I’m particularly fond of St. Michael, therefore, I offer this prayer for my Israeli friends…
Blessed Michael, Archangel,
defend us in the hour of conflict;
be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God restrain him, we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God, thrust, down to hell, Satan,
and with him the other wicked spirits
who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen