[lbo-talk] Israel plans to attack Gaza to decimate Hamas

[Bryan Atinsky]

But--however much it means--all day on the Israeli news today, the
Israeli government has been ridiculing the Times article, saying it is
badly researched, highly misinformed, that there is no plans for any
largescale attack at present, and that they have no idea where this
misinformation came from.

I called a relative today who would be called up if anything is
immanent, to see if he got any info and he said he didn't get any calls
so far...so I would somewhat confidently say that it isn't in the
immediate future (as in next few days)...

And if the Israeli gov. says it just ain't so, it must not be the
case...I guess... after all, with a man of peace like Barak taking over
as Defense Minister, they couldn't possibly be preparing
anything...except maybe negotiations...

That is why they had to hurry Peretz out of the Defense Ministry and
install Barak...how could you accuse them of having any other reason?

Bryan Atinsky wrote:
> http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=23051
>
> Bethlehem – Ma'an – British newspaper the Sunday Times reported that
> Israel's new defence minister and Labor party leader, Ehud Barak, is
> preparing to attack the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks in order to
> decimate the Hamas leadership that have recently seized control.
>
> The plans laid out by the new defence minister, call for a short-lived
> high-impact war, in which 20,000 Israeli troops will be deployed to
> destroy much of Hamas' military capability within days.
>
>