Islamic Jihad (click here) on Saturday took responsibility for the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip overnight and threatened further launches, as the Israeli military accused the Palestinian terror group of carrying out the attacks on behalf of Iran and Syria....
There were no Iranian and Syrian troops involved. The United Nations has a Small Arms Treaty. I suggest israel begin with that and move before the UN Security Council to record these incidents and begin investigations to violations by Iran and Syria in supplying small arms to militias in the region.
October 27, 2018
The Islamic Jihad (click here) announced Saturday that a cease-fire has been reached with Israel after a night of fighting. The Israel Defense Forces struck targets in Gaza overnight Friday, as a slew of rockets were fired in Israel's south. Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire earlier Friday in Gaza border protests, and another in the West Bank.
The cease-fire was brokered through Egypt, Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shihab said. The Israel Air Force said it struck 95 targets Friday and Saturday, including 87 Hamas targets and eight Islamic Jihad. Thirty-six rockeEarts were launched at Israel's south.
According to an IDF spokesperson, dozens of fighter jets and other IDF aircrafts carried out the strikes in Gaza. Among the sites attacked were two major weapons manufacturing locations and five military compounds, as well as a building that serves Hamas' general security forces in Gaza City, according to the IDF....
Earlier this month a Palestinian woman was brutalized and she succumbed to that act. The stoning of the family in their car is stated to be a revenge attack. The problems arise because of the movement into Palestinian lands by Israeli settlers approved and sometimes not approved by Israel's government. The investigation of this incident will be conducted by Israeli police. They will completely ignore the fact these are SETTLERS VS PALESTINIANS. The investigators will concentrate on perpetrators and whether or not it was an aggravated incident.
This is what occurs and there needs to be an end to the aggression and hatred. At least Egypt is trying to end the killing. At least there is some movement to stop the loss of life. But, there needs to be a greater effort to end the conflicts altogether.
The USA is not seeking a peace, they are aggravating the situation by ending a Palestinian consulate and placing it in the basement of the new Israeli consulate in Jerusalem. The USA is being aggressive in it's own way and it is not helping the region whatsoever. At least Egypt is beginning to overcome these acts of violence to bring about stability and end the killing. No one should live like this; not Israelis, nor Palestinians. The USA needs to be helpful, not aggressive or dismissive to any act in this region which results in a movement toward peace and the protection of life.
By Samuel Osborne
Initially (click here) this was reported as a car crash in some media. The honest reporting is a movement with honor all by itself.
A Palestinian woman (click here) has been killed after being struck in the head by a stone allegedly thrown by Israeli settlers.
Aisha Rabi, 48, was travelling with her husband and two daughters to their home in Bidya in the northern West Bank early on Saturday night when their vehicle was pelted with stones, a relative said.
Her cousin, Isam Rabi, said she was struck in the head and rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
He said her husband saw a small group of settlers nearby.
Israeli police have said they are investigating.
The area is near several ultra-nationalist Jewish settlements.
It had recently seen several attacks on Israelis, raising the possibility Ms Rabi was killed in a revenge attack.
Last Sunday, a Palestinian assailant killed two Israelis in a nearby settlement and on Thursday, a Palestinian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier.
The Palestinians use the waters off Gaza to fish. There are Palestinian fishing boats. But, they are not allowed to move goods into or out of a harbor. The Isralis believe such movement of goods would result in movement of military armaments. That has been Israel's position for decades. This is 2018 and still today there is no hope for change to allow movement of goods in a Palestinian port. There must be answers to insure a greater peace, prosperity and a hope for both sides of this maintained hatred of each other.
The Trump White House through Jared Kushner is not doing anything productive except allowing old paradigms of aggression to march forward. It is refreshing to see Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife traveling to Middle Eastern neighbors to begin efforts of peace, cooperation and prosperity. The Prime Minister has started a new movement and that should continue until the region is peaceful, harmonious and propsperous again. Israel is losing land this week because there is little hope for peace and that is not a reasonable place for any government policy by Israel.
