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Commentary;
For context, last Thursday, this blog posted a piece; Gaza Operations: For Naught for Lack of Will to Win?
And so, these comments by Moshe Feiglin beare repeating as they best express the Israeli political governing mindset;
If Israel cannot define a real goal for this war, it cannot win. All the IDF’s professionalism and the arduous training with which the new Chief of Staff has equipped the army are ineffective if Israel’s leaders cannot define the goal of the fighting. He who cannot define the goal cannot win. And if you can’t win – it is best not to start fighting.
The inconclusive results of Operation Cast Lead, with Israel’s unilateral ceasefire under-fire, are a predictable product of Israel’s morally and spiritually corrupt and bankrupt political governance and regime. When they come to investigate this war, the results can’t be buck-passed to the IDF and the IDF Chief of Staff. The grave responsibility for further loss of Jewish lives and property rests squarely with the regime. MB
Cabinet Passes Unilateral Ceasefire
PM Says All Israel’s Goals in Cast Lead Have Been Attained, by Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
Three Kassams Land in Western Negev [Sha’ar HaNegev, Sdot Negev Regions]
IDF Strikes Rocket Launcher [Which Fired Rocket at Kiryat Gat]
Rocket Strikes Near Kiryat Gat
Air Force Hits Rocket Launchers Launched Rockets at Sderot Sunday Morning]
Three Mortar Shells hit Eshkol
Six Rockets Launched at Sderot
Late-Night Rocket Barrage Slams South [Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beersheva, Kiryat Gat], By Shelly Paz, Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)
Rocket Lands Near Beersheba; No Injuries
Grad Gockets Fired at Ashdod Cause Power Outages; No Casualties Reported
Palestinians in Gaza Fire 2 Rockets at Ashkelon; No Casualties Reported
5 IDF soldiers Wounded, 1 Seriously, by Anti-Tank Missiles in Gaza
40 Gaza Terrorists Killed [in Gaza City Sat. Nite, Four IDF Soldiers Wounded in the Fighting]
Excerpt;
“It is estimated that some 400 tunnels were operative before the just-ended Operation Cast Lead began three weeks ago, and that close to 300 have been destroyed since then. The tunnels served to smuggle into Gaza warfare experts, money, terrorists, arms, explosives, and more.”
IDF Arrests Two Terrorists in Shechem
Arab [Terrorist] Arrested in Hevron
Eye for an Eye: Arab Attacker Killed by his Own Rock, by Maayana Miskin (Israel National News)
Police Attacked in Jerusalem [Neighborhood of Shuafat, Attackers Threw Stones, Firebombs]
Full Text;
“A Border Police force was attacked by Arab residents of Jerusalem in the neighborhood of Shuafat on Saturday night. Attackers threw stones and several firebombs at the force. No injuries were reported.”