tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post2133611987412385501..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Israel's New Challenge: Defeating The Third Intifada Freedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-56409228312793638662014-07-20T14:34:43.904-07:002014-07-20T14:34:43.904-07:00Anonymous 12:14 Am,
I'm afraid you're misi...Anonymous 12:14 Am,<br />I'm afraid you're misinformed about the water.<br /><br />In Gaza, the only natural source of surface water is the Wadi Gaza, which actually originates in Israel. Since the early 1970s, Israel has built dams to prevent that water being wasted and diverted that water for agricultural purposes within Israel,after which it proceeds to Gaza. So these Israeli shave total control over the flow.<br /><br />Also, over 50% of the Gaza households have installed ‘reverse osmosis’ (RO) units to desalinate water for drinking, but those units don;t run without electricity.<br /><br />So yes, Israel controls the water supply to Gaza and could bring this to a halt fairly quickly if it cut the water off.<br /><br /><br />Regards,<br />Rob<br /><br /> <br /><br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-17263638123212970882014-07-19T00:14:19.882-07:002014-07-19T00:14:19.882-07:00
Gaza should be annexed to Egypt. They know how to...<br />Gaza should be annexed to Egypt. They know how to deal with them.<br />In Area A they should all become Jordanian citizens , as most of the city dwellers are, with Israel controlling the area militarily<br />The water To Gaza is not provided by Israel . The electricity was already damaged partially by their own rockets.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-58112177522734806162014-07-14T13:40:43.462-07:002014-07-14T13:40:43.462-07:00Hi Anonymous ( Terry?),
I agree with you, Israel ...Hi Anonymous ( Terry?),<br /><br />I agree with you, Israel does not need a larger Arab population in Judea and Samaria, even in Area A. <br /><br />But they need them even less in Gaza.Harry Potter is not going to come along with his magic wand and make these people vanish into thin air.They have to go somewhere. You have a better idea?<br /><br />Far better for Israel to delineate clear borders for 'Palestine' and mark off the ground clearly instead of this vague BS. <br /><br />Giving the Pals a piece of Area A to call their own, where no Jews live, has a number of desirable effects. If Israel annexes Area c, the Jordan Valley (mostly populated by Jews) and strategic parts of Areas A and B you essentially have a clearly defined hostile Arab state on Israel's borders that Israel can control access to and the importation of heavy weapons, and that can be retaliated against for any and all acts of terrorism, including lawfare.<br /><br />Another benefit is that this would end international interest in the Palestinians. They aren't 'refugees' anymore, but just another failed Arab reichlet.And one without oil, whom the Saudis and Qatar would have to pay the upkeep for, which I doubt they would for long. <br /><br />It's not perfect, but since Oslo is already a fait accompli, it's the best solution I see out there. No more threat on Israel's southern borders, a resurgent, predominantly Jewish Gaza and a 'Palestine' that can be closely watched and dealt with if necessary.<br /><br />B'Shalom,<br />RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-83436415003786219132014-07-14T13:22:56.545-07:002014-07-14T13:22:56.545-07:00Hi Louie,
Here's the reality as I see it.Isra...<b>Hi Louie,</b><br /><br />Here's the reality as I see it.Israel gets judged by different standards. They simply can't carpet bomb Gaza, even if they wanted to.<br /> <br />A strategic consideration is that this is Hamas' home ground, in an Arab city. The IDF learned a lot from the fighting in Jenin, and some of that knowledge<br /> saved American lives when our guys went into Fallujah.<br /> <br />An Arab city traditionally is a rabbit warren of narrow, twisted streets, alleys and a disregard for what we might call normal building standards. It's a tough place for tanks and jeeps to maneuver. And it's an ideal place for an entrenched group of fighters to inflict heavy casualties on a conventionally equipped army, especially if they lay booby traps and are prepared to use human shields and suicide bombers. In other words, it's Hamas preferred turf.<br /> <br />OTOH If Israel shuts off the electricity, the line communications (no internet or phones) the water and the food shipments, Hamas is going to have to come out to play fairly quickly, especially if the siege is combined with air strikes and loudspeakers telling them to come out and surrender or at least let the civilians out.. How long could you live without water, Louie? They will try to break out. Even better, a number of civilians may make a break for it, depriving Hamas of human shields unless they start killing their own people to enforce 'discipline'. That kind of publicity works both ways.<br /> <br />The alternative is heavy casualties for the IDF, unless they do what the Marines did in Hue, blow the place apart first. The Red Army did the same to Berlin. Israel is constrained from doing that, by their own morality if nothing else.<br /><br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-26688673301678367442014-07-12T22:50:23.920-07:002014-07-12T22:50:23.920-07:00The sooner Hamas gets burned out of Gaza Strip and...The sooner Hamas gets burned out of Gaza Strip and into a mere footnote in history, the better.<br /><br />Fatah will also need to share the same fate too. <br /><br />It is interesting to note: When Palestine was granted statehood, all of its supporters were crowing about it. Now, hardly a chirp...UCSPanthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-81962921405709844102014-07-11T22:48:51.704-07:002014-07-11T22:48:51.704-07:00We don't need more Arabs in Judea & Samari...We don't need more Arabs in Judea & Samaria. Transferring Gaza Arabs to Area A of Judea & Samaria is a terrible idea.<br />Any idea which gives sovereignty to any kind of Arab entity in Judea & Samaria is opening Pandora's box.<br />Big, big mistake.<br />There are alternatives to a ground invasion but our gov't. isn't ruthless enough to implement them.<br />Case in point is the idiocy of gov't. lawyers (that means our moron Leftist A/G) in preventing shutting off Gaza's electricity & continuing to allow goods to enter Gaza via border crossings.<br />We need to dismantle the PA - that's the real issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-56349477089404959022014-07-11T19:16:28.366-07:002014-07-11T19:16:28.366-07:00i just don't agree with one of the tactics you...i just don't agree with one of the tactics you propose.<br /><br /><i>but to drop leaflets giving Hamas 24 hours to surrender and then cut off the water, electricity, food shipments and communications lines to the city while continuing pinpoint air strikes. This will eventually force Hamas to come out to fight on Israel's choice of terrain, not theirs. And Hamas will be defeated.</i><br /><br />doing this is meaningless.<br />a historical example if you will.<br />imo, what you have in gaza present day is okinawa. after the marines had defeated the japanese, the magnitude of the barbarism of the japanese was put on full display.<br />that is what you will have here if the above tactic is employed.<br />hamas fighters, or whomever they will call themselves, will starve the general palestinian population. then the pallywood people will take over. it will be a disaster, both humanitarian and diplomatic. it will last for year(s). israel diplomats will not be able to stand up to the outcry. <br />imagine if you will, the russians turning off the electricity to berlin, while thinking hitler would come out to fight them on their terms.<br />it simply won't happen.<br />abattoir is a word i was wanting to work into my explanation of gaza, but after re-reading my e-mail, i see that i was unable to do so.<br />hopefully, whatever israel does, it will give samantha power an embolism.louielouienoreply@blogger.com