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Yesterday, the Israeli Defense Forces publicly stated, “air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip.”
Israel Defense Forces
@IDF
IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip.
5:22 PM · May 13, 2021
Turns out, it was a military trick to make Hamas identify where their tunnels were as Hamas responded to what they thought was an attack coming in on the ground. Which then exposed them to getting hit from the air by IDF. //
Daniel Pipes دانيال بايبس
@DanielPipes
The @IDF apparently faked a ground assault on Gaza by making announcements & moving troops. This brought #Hamas troops out of their tunnels & exposed them to a heavy air attack.
- That's the IDF of old–clever & innovative
- Go Chief of Staff #AvivKochavi //
A pretty neat military trick. They then became identifiable for the fighter jets. //
Israel Defense Forces
@IDF
The target: The Hamas ‘Metro’ tunnel system in Gaza.
The operation: 160 aircraft, tanks, artillery and infantry units along the border.
We struck 150 targets and damaged many kilometers of the Hamas ‘Metro’ network. //
Soldiers and tanks with drones equipped with night vision lay in wait for survivors as they surfaced, hitting them with aerial and ground fire. Snipers and missile units were also waiting for them on the ground as the IDF said it had carried out a ‘complex’ operation to destroy Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza City, which the military refers to as ‘the Metro’. //
The Original John Doe
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8 hours ago (10 AM California time and 8 PM Israeli Time on Friday 5/14) according to the "Times of Israel" live blog "Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal tells a Turkish news agency that the Gaza terror group is ready for a ceasefire but has not received a response from Israel."
This means Hamas is running out of rockets. If Hamas runs out of rockets before a ceasefire they can't claim victory like they always do. This is also why Biden was holding off on asking for a ceasefire because Hamas wasn't ready for one. Now watch as Biden the UN and all other nations bend to Hamas and pressure Israel into a ceasefire.
Now is not the time to stop. When they run out of rockets, it is the time to send in the ground troops and take them out once and for all. Political ramifications be damned. Cease fire now and in 5 years they will be right back at it.
Daily Caller
@DailyCaller
NEW: President Trump releases a statement on the conflict between Israel and Gaza:
"Under Biden, the world is getting more violent and more unstable because Biden's weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies."
Jordan Schachtel
@JordanSchachtel
They kicked Donald Trump off of Twitter. Meanwhile, the leader of Hamas is on this platform celebrating "the bombing of Tel Aviv."
Daily Caller
@DailyCaller
Does the leader of the terrorist organization Hamas celebrating rocket attacks against Israel violate your terms of service @TwitterSupport? https://twitter.com/IsmailHaniyyeh/status/1392214479363051520
6:57 PM · May 11, 2021
Curtis Houck
@CurtisHouck
Don't worry, folks. Joe Biden has got this situation in Israel under control. 🙄
Psaki say's he's "directed his team to engage intensively with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials" and are in "support of de-escalation" while also "candidly" telling off Israel on settlements. //
It’s absolutely disgusting to draw an equivalence between what the Palestinians are doing and what Israel is doing, yet that’s what Psaki does here on behalf of the Biden administration. Israel spent decades litigating those settlements. They didn’t just walk in and throw people out. They gave the people squatting a chance to pay restitution and stay. They refused to do so and were removed. That is in no way comparable to Palestinian terrorists indiscriminately launching hundreds of rockets at Israelis, already killing several. Further, Israel retaliating with airstrikes to an act of deadly aggression is also not comparable.
HOT TAKES: The Left is Incensed That Andrew Yang's Standing With Israel Against Terrorism – RedState
Information about these deaths hasn’t been confirmed and it’s possible they’re being exaggerated for political reasons. It’s also quite possible that this is true, but that has nothing to do with Israel being evil and everything to do with Hamas using citizens as human shields. The death of Palestinian civilians is worth as much as the deaths of Israelis to Hamas because then Hamas can use these civilian deaths on their own side as PR fodder.
Using children as human shields, in particular, is an old tactic of Hamas’s. A 2015 UN report stated that Hamas hid mortars and rockets in at least three UN schools and fired on Israel from at least two of them. They know that if Israel fires back, they’ll be firing on the school itself and the ignorant and gullible left in the western world will gnash teeth and rend clothing in rage over it.
Case in point, Andrew Yang can’t even condemn a terrorist attack by terrorists who use children as human shields without inducing screams and tantrums from the left on Twitter.
Perhaps the left should start condemning Hamas for the children’s deaths instead of Israel who can’t just let terrorists attack innocent civilians, including children, in perpetuity. It doesn’t make the deaths of children any less tragic, but if the left really wants to help these children, they’ll stop standing by and defending terrorist groups who harm children.
The Palestinians had not fired a rocket at Jerusalem since 2014 until this week. What changed, exactly? Well, Biden’s handlers decided to reinstate “aid” payments to the Palestinians. They are emboldened, knowing that Donald Trump isn’t there to push back anymore while Biden is happy to play into his own weakness, coddling the terrorists who are currently killing Jews in the streets.
And speaking of Trump, could you imagine the gnashing of teeth that would occur if he just disappeared the day Israel basically went to war and hackers shut down gasoline distribution to the Southeast and East Coast? He’d be accused of being derelict in his duty. Yet, no one in the media seems to even be concerned that Biden is MIA during one of the most consequential, complicated weeks the country has seen in quite some time. In fact, they seem to be far more obsessed with fluffing Liz Cheney than the fact that the jobs market is stagnating while inflation remains out of control.
There are consequences to electing a senile old man to a job that requires at least some level of coherence. The country is receiving those consequences good and hard right now. Voters should take note because this isn’t going to get better. The only way to turn this around is to stop voting with your emotions and start paying attention to the things that really matter.
Israel Defense Forces
@IDF
After terrorists in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets at central and southern Israel over the past few hours, we just struck 3 Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
We hold the Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza accountable for this serious aggression against us.
Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
Israeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism.
Palestinians deserve protection.
Unlike Israel, missile defense programs, such as Iron Dome, don’t exist to protect Palestinian civilians.
It’s unconscionable to not condemn these attacks on the week of Eid.
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
The open hostility to Israel from across the Biden administration is as appalling as it is unfortunately typical of the progressive left that controls this administration.
Adam Kredo
@Kredo0
JUST IN: State Dept's controversy-prone spokeswoman singled out & blamed Israel for Palestinian violence. The State Dept now tells me that was a mistake -- Latest gaffe for spox who claimed cops are America's biggest national security threat https://freebeacon.com/biden-administ
Earlier today came this story from Politico about a huge spike in violence during Monday between Israeli Defense Forces and Palestinian terrorists operating out of the Gaza Strip, requiring the use of the “Iron Dome” by Israel to intercept rockets fired out of Gaza.
This incident involves an April 29 EL AL flight from New York to Tel Aviv. Flight LY2 was operated by a Boeing 787-9 with the registration code 4X-EDH, which is a roughly two year old aircraft that was delivered to the airline in October 2018.
While flying over Spain, the EL AL pilots informed air traffic control that they suspected a bomb had been planted on the aircraft. As a result, NATO made the decision to dispatch fighter jets, which intercepted and escorted the aircraft. Fighter jets from four different countries took part in this:
Spanish fighter jets escorted the aircraft from Spain to Italy
Then Italian fighter jets escorted the aircraft from Italy to Greece
Then Greek fighter jets escorted the aircraft through Greek airspace
Then when the plane entered Cyprus airspace, Israeli fighter jets escorted the aircraft back to Israel
Fortunately the plane landed safely in Tel Aviv about four hours after the original call was made to air traffic control about a bomb, and just under 10 hours after departing New York. The plane hasn’t flown since. //
Roman says:
May 1, 2021 at 2:14 pm
Fighters allow camera coverage in case a detonation occurs during flight, helps with investigation as to location on aircraft of explosive placement. Betting there is more to the story but will not allow another aircraft to be used again as a missile into a populated area after 9-11. Would have been ready to shoot down over water if intelligence warranted.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry, now President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, briefed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on hundreds of Israel’s covert attacks on Iranian interests in Syria, according to leaked audio reported by The New York Times on Sunday. This revelation echoes reports that Obama officials saved the life of terrorist and Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani by notifying Iran about an Israeli plot to assassinate him in 2015.
Israel's F-15 "Baz" fleet is specially modified and appears to fly with an eclectic mix of air-to-air weaponry while patrolling the homeland. //
The story of Israel's F-15A-D Eagles is a very different one than that of their American counterparts. Early on, the IAF adapted their most capable air superiority fighter into a long-range strike platform. Since then, the service has continued to morph the Baz fleet into something that's all its own. Today, these are truly multi-role aircraft and they are treated as prizes by the IAF even many decades after the type first entered service. You can read all about the Baz fleet's fascinating past in this previous feature of mine. In fact, the IAF continues to get second-hand, well-used examples from the United States and carefully rebuilds them and deeply upgrades them into indispensable national assets, some of which get loaded with the best networking capabilities the force has to offer.
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-amazing-saga-of-how-israel-turned-its-f-15s-into-mu-1701606283
Through the Abraham Accords & expanding normalization, Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco & Sudan made the courageous decision to pursue long lasting peace in the region. Now they can establish embassies, exchange ambassadors, & cooperate on tourism, trade, healthcare & security.
If you need to fly between Cairo and Tel Aviv, you will likely find yourself on an unmarked white Airbus A220, operated by little known Air Sinai. Having recently launched a web site for the first time it is now easier to book tickets. But the airline has quietly operated since 1982 as part of the peace deal between Egypt and Israel.
Steve Guest
@SteveGuest
This is only possible because of @realDonaldTrump:
🇮🇱 🇦🇪 Israel-UAE peace deal.
🇮🇱 🇧🇭 Israel-Bahrain peace deal.
🇷🇸 🇽🇰 Serbia-Kosovo economic normalization.
🇮🇱 🇸🇩 Israel and Sudan make peace and normalize relations.
Today, 🇮🇱🇲🇦Israel and Morocco normalize ties.
10:21 AM · Dec 10, 2020
Trump said Israel and Morocco would restore diplomatic and other relations, including the immediate reopening of liaison offices in Rabat and Tel Aviv and the eventual opening of embassies. U.S. officials said it would also include joint overflight rights for airlines.
The White House said Trump and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI had agreed in a conversation that Morocco would “resume diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel and expand economic and cultural cooperation to advance regional stability.”
The U.S. will also recognize the country’s claim over Western Sahara, the former Spanish North African territory that has been a long-running dispute that has confounded international negotiators for decades, the White House said in a statement.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways announced today that it would launch daily scheduled flights to Israel’s primary city Tel Aviv. Flights between the Gulf state and Israel represent more than just a symbol of peace between them. These daily flights and the new relationship between the oil producer and the Jewish homeland will present plenty of business opportunities for both nations.
Andrea Mitchell
@mitchellreports
.@brhodes: "Mike Pompeo seems to be looking out not just for complicating the Biden presidency but his own political interests-These things seem designed to appeal to some American voters rather than addressing pressing national interests of the United States." #AMRstaff
Mike Pompeo
@mikepompeo
FACT CHECK: the real reason @brhodes is so upset is because we brokered peace in the Middle East. He gave pallets of cash to terrorist regimes in the Middle East. Our approach worked. His didn’t.
Good foreign policy doesn’t complicate anything.
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DansDeals shares that one of its readers wanted to fly to Tel Aviv from Newark after Yom Kippur ended. The Day of Atonement is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. //
Notably, on the US’ East Coast, the holy event runs from approximately 18:43 on Sunday, September 27th until 19:23 on Monday, September 28th. Moreover, airlines can’t fly to or from Israel during Yom Kippur. //
The airline’s flight in the evening from Newark to Tel Aviv used to take off at 22:50. However, this time was amended to 20:05 due to the pandemic, which caused scheduling changes that are in place until October 23rd. //
Subsequently, DansDeals reader Miriam W wrote to United CEO Scott Kirby and executive chairman Oscar Munoz asking if their airline could return to the 22:50 departure to allow passengers that are observing Yom Kippur to have time to make the trip. It wouldn’t be possible to do so with the revised time. In the past, she had taken the 22:50 flight. //
Wendy, an employee in United’s offices, phoned Miriam and thanked her for the message. She said that the carrier had addressed her request and would be changing the schedule during its weekly updates. Therefore, last Saturday, it was revealed that United’s flight to Tel Aviv from Newark had been updated to 22:50.
For decades, foreign policy experts—the blob—assumed much about the Middle East that has turned out to be completely wrong.
By John Daniel Davidson //
Writing earlier this year in the Texas National Security Review about the Good Friday Agreement that ended Northern Ireland’s civil war, James B. Steinburg, a former deputy national security advisor and State Department official in the Clinton administration, noted the importance of what he calls “ripeness” in international diplomacy and conflict resolution. In the case of Northern Ireland, the parties adopted in 1998 what they had rejected in 1973. Changed circumstances, says Steinburg, played a major role, but so did the recognition that circumstances had changed:
While policymakers are often limited in what they can do to create the conditions that make a conflict ripe for settlement, it is a vital tool of statecraft to be able to spot an opportunity when it is emerging. It is equally important to understand when a conflict is not ripe for negotiation: It can be argued that the premature effort leading to the Sunningdale agreement in 1973 actually contributed to prolonging the conflict.
For the longest time after the Camp David Accords, relations between Israel and Egypt could only be described as “coldly correct,” each side exactingly adhering to the terms of that particular treaty. It took the Persian threat along with that posed by Al Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood, to move both Egypt and Israel from coldly correct to active, positive, nay enthusiastic (if covert) intelligence sharing and full cooperation. This brings us to the recently changed relationships between Israel and United Arab Emirates & Bahrain—and Saudi Arabia. //
You can easily imagine how difficult it is for the Royal Family to make open and notorious gestures towards a nation that many of their religion believe has no right to exist. This new set of diplomatic advances was accompanied by the Saudi government publicly allowing (and announcing that fact) direct flights starting or ending in Israel to overfly its territory. That is a far cry from clandestine meetings between the Saudi Intelligence Service Agents and Mossad Operatives. //
There was something different about Tuesday’s event. I was watching the faces…and also the body language…especially during the part where each party had to sign multiple copies of the treaty…one in English, one in Hebrew and one in Arabic (2nd ceremony had two in Arabic). Netanyahu was asked by his Arabic counterparts where to sign on the Hebrew version, while he in turn asked them the same on the Arabic one. The same thing occurred on President Trump’s end of the table, except he needed help from both an Israeli and an Arab.
I realize that I’m not a State Department Professional, but there was something different. The vibe I was getting was almost that of 4 or 5 guys who get together regularly for poker or golf. These leaders looked happy to be there, doing what they were doing and most importantly, doing it with others they wanted to be doing it with. I credit President Trump for this.
With the Camp David Accords, President Carter was the only one who was trusted by all sides, hence the long period of coldly correct relations. In fact, one of the Egyptian demands, was that every two years, the United States must conduct military exercises in Egypt as a deterrent to possible Israeli attack. Thus was born operation BRIGHT STAR. This agreement starts at a point decades further than Camp David. //
There is important reason these are called the Abraham Accords. Christians, Jews and Muslims are all descendants of Abraham. This breakthrough, if followed by a majority of the Arab League (especially Saudi Arabia) is a giant leap towards bringing about a lasting peace between Judeo-Christianity and the Arab world.