Israeli leaders vow to topple Hamas
Telegraph.....
IS this part of Dubya's Middle East peace plan or just rhetoric from two would be learders ??????????
Telegraph.
Israel has threatened to launch a major offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The two frontrunners in the race to become prime minister after a snap election in February both vowed to topple Hamas, which has run Gaza since violently seizing power there in June 2007.
Militant rocket and mortar fire continued on Sunday, the Israeli army said, reporting that one person was slightly wounded.
Israel launched two air raids targeting rocket launchers and an unidentified armed Palestinian group, a military spokesman said. Palestinian hospital sources said three activists and a child were wounded.
"Israel must topple the Hamas rule in Gaza and a government under my command will do just that," Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, leader of the governing Kadima party, was quoted as saying by Israeli media.
"Israel must react when it is fired upon, must re-establish its force of dissuasion and stop the rockets."
Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the right-wing Likud party which is leading in opinion polls, echoed the sentiment.
"In the long run, we have no choice but to topple Hamas rule," he was quoted as saying by the Ynet news website as he toured the southern Israeli town of Sderot, which has borne the brunt of militant rocket attacks from Gaza.
"Right now we have to go from passive response to active assault."
Senior defence officials said after the weekly cabinet meeting that Israel was preparing to take action to halt the rocket strikes.
"We are preparing our response to the Hamas threat, with the decision yet to be taken on the timing and the scale," Amos Gilad, a senior adviser to Defence Minister Ehud Barak, told public radio.
A senior Israeli defence official said that a major military confrontation in the besieged territory was unavoidable.
"It is obvious where we are heading in Gaza. The situation is intolerable but clear. The army's considerations are the only thing that is deciding when events will unfold," he said.
What are you on about..
These are quotes from both "would be" leaders.. It has nothing to do with media bias..
Well said Ochiha. Well said.
But some people despite seeing the truth denies it and would rather listen to lies forged by this great enemy which is the media. Media is instrumental to chaos in society. Instead of paving way for peace, they kind of propagate evil thoughts and brainwash people.
After watching Al Jazeera TV here, I must admit the latter is quite different from BBC, CNN etc. The programs it shows will never be shown on BBC Channels despite UK is a democracy.
Just the name Israel turns my stomach upside down.Israel the source of all problems.
They say where there is a will there is a way but I notice where there is money there are ways!!!
Rabbits in the glare of car headlights and about to be taken out..
rabbits.
2 rabbits
Whilst the palestinians can't unite amonsgst themselves, what do you expect the others to do ??
The Israeli leaders see this as a chance to kill two birds with one stopne..
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
"Israel will go in and finish off hamas once and for all"!!!!!
you ignorants see the world from one angle only; the angle in which the media wants you to see. You dont seek the why and the who.
there will come a day that you will understand it the hard way believe me.
and as you said interesting times ahead... Just keep watching...
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killing in the name of peace, heh. well Hamas is just another name and they know that.
Interesting times ahead. Israel will go in and finish off Hamas once and for all.