Nadene Goldfoot
April 16, 2001, the first rocket was fired from Gaza into Israel.
On November 14, after 12 years of having been shelled by Gazan terrorists, Israel warned, begged help from the UN, and were ignored by the world. They were forced to retaliate with Operation Pillar of Defense, and as a result killed 178 Palestinians.
Only 169 of the casualties were ever identified. It was found out that 101 were terrorists, with 71 of these affiliated with Hamas. 17 were affiliated with Islamic Jihad, 6 were members of the Popular Resistance committees, 3 were Fatah terrorists, 2 belonged to the Army of Islam, 1 was a PFLP terrorist and 1 was a Salafist terrorist, which are the most extreme Muslim faction.
68 people were civilians. This amounts to the fact that 60% were terrorists What these terrorists do is place their launching pads for their rockets, mortars and missiles among civilian population in order to have further ammunition against Israel by saying, "See, they hit our civilians." Civilized countries do not put their civilians in harm's way, regardless.
Even in this the terrorists are still terrorizing Israel by misconscrewing the numbers. The terrorist groups published a smaller number of actual terrorists and made the civilian number larger just to defame Israel. Then they had the chutzpa to add the names of those who died in other circumstances to the death list in order to vilify Israel.
Since 2001, the terrorists have fired 12,800 rockets and mortars into Israel. 44 Israeli civilians were killed since 2006 and 1,687 were injured. In 2006, 9 were killed and 371 injured; in 2007, 10 were killed and 578 injured; in 2008, 15 were killed and 611 injured. By December 27, 2008, Israel had enough and followed up with Operation Cast Lead. 63% to 75% of the Palestinian casualties were men of combat age. Total casualties amounted to 1,400 in the 22 days that Israel had to go into Gaza. . 308 of them were under age 18. 5,000 were wounded. The terrorists managed to kill 10 IDF and 3 Israeli civilians.
The Palestinian terrorists were unperturbed. In 2009, 2 were killed and 11 injured; in 2010, 5 were killed and 35 injured; in 2011, 3 were killed and 81 injured. Then in 2012, 1,822 rockets, mortars and missiles were fired into Israel.
March 9-14, 2012, Israel held Operation Returning Echo where they pinpointed Zohair al-Qaisi, the Secretary General of the Popular Resistance Committees. Along with him, another terrorist companion was killed as well as a nearby civilian. This led to the Palestinian retaliation with the terrorists shooting 300 plus Grad missiles, Qassam rockets and mortar shells into Israel. 177 of them hit Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beersheba. 23 civilians were injured. Israel shot down 56 rockets out of 71 attempts.
Israel takes all the steps possible to protect their citizens while the Palestinians put them in harm's way on purpose. This is why there is a difference in fatalities. Israel may have suffered less deaths, but have been under attack since 2001 with indiscriminate shelling coming into civilian populations without anyone stepping up to stop it such as the UN. It happens to be against international law. This has been war.
I note that the Palestinians have been accepted into the UN under a nonmember observer state while the Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as a state. Is this their reward for shelling Israel and not making peace for the past 12 years?
In Bethlehem, which is in Judah (West Bank and under Fatah rule), thousands of Christian tourists are celebrating the birth of Jesus, and the Muslims are celebrating the UN's recent recognition of an "independent Palestinian state." Considering how the Christians are being treated in Egypt under their new Muslim Brotherhood politics, it won't be long before things change for the few Christians in Bethlehem. I don't know why the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, the Palestinian Archbishop who was born in Jordan, mentioned that the road to actual freedom was still long, but....the birth of the state of Palestine. I have a feeling he is expecting more attacks on Israel, especially for Jerusalem, as it is a telling statement. For a religious man, he is not hiding his political feelings.
Reference: http://www.idfblog.com/facts-figures/rocket-attacks-toward-israel/
http://www.dailyalert.org/ Arutz Sheva: 60% of Palestinian Casualties in Recent Gaza Fighting Were Terrorists;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2012_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes
http://www.ict.org.il/ResearchPublications/CastLeadCasualties/tabid/325/Default.aspx
http://imeu.net/news/article0021968.shtml
Oregonian newspaper 12/25/12 Front page, In Bethlehem, two reasons to celebrate by Dalia Nammari, AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/palestinian-un-recognition-vote-passes_n_2213980.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezF3GN09jA IDF going into Gaza by Ariel Siegelman, an IDF, possibly in Operation Cast Lead, uploaded in 2010.
Added 1/7/13 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whole-truth-about-the-Israeli-Palestinian-conflict/338446719503483
April 16, 2001, the first rocket was fired from Gaza into Israel.
On November 14, after 12 years of having been shelled by Gazan terrorists, Israel warned, begged help from the UN, and were ignored by the world. They were forced to retaliate with Operation Pillar of Defense, and as a result killed 178 Palestinians.
Only 169 of the casualties were ever identified. It was found out that 101 were terrorists, with 71 of these affiliated with Hamas. 17 were affiliated with Islamic Jihad, 6 were members of the Popular Resistance committees, 3 were Fatah terrorists, 2 belonged to the Army of Islam, 1 was a PFLP terrorist and 1 was a Salafist terrorist, which are the most extreme Muslim faction.
68 people were civilians. This amounts to the fact that 60% were terrorists What these terrorists do is place their launching pads for their rockets, mortars and missiles among civilian population in order to have further ammunition against Israel by saying, "See, they hit our civilians." Civilized countries do not put their civilians in harm's way, regardless.
Even in this the terrorists are still terrorizing Israel by misconscrewing the numbers. The terrorist groups published a smaller number of actual terrorists and made the civilian number larger just to defame Israel. Then they had the chutzpa to add the names of those who died in other circumstances to the death list in order to vilify Israel.
Since 2001, the terrorists have fired 12,800 rockets and mortars into Israel. 44 Israeli civilians were killed since 2006 and 1,687 were injured. In 2006, 9 were killed and 371 injured; in 2007, 10 were killed and 578 injured; in 2008, 15 were killed and 611 injured. By December 27, 2008, Israel had enough and followed up with Operation Cast Lead. 63% to 75% of the Palestinian casualties were men of combat age. Total casualties amounted to 1,400 in the 22 days that Israel had to go into Gaza. . 308 of them were under age 18. 5,000 were wounded. The terrorists managed to kill 10 IDF and 3 Israeli civilians.
The Palestinian terrorists were unperturbed. In 2009, 2 were killed and 11 injured; in 2010, 5 were killed and 35 injured; in 2011, 3 were killed and 81 injured. Then in 2012, 1,822 rockets, mortars and missiles were fired into Israel.
March 9-14, 2012, Israel held Operation Returning Echo where they pinpointed Zohair al-Qaisi, the Secretary General of the Popular Resistance Committees. Along with him, another terrorist companion was killed as well as a nearby civilian. This led to the Palestinian retaliation with the terrorists shooting 300 plus Grad missiles, Qassam rockets and mortar shells into Israel. 177 of them hit Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beersheba. 23 civilians were injured. Israel shot down 56 rockets out of 71 attempts.
Israel takes all the steps possible to protect their citizens while the Palestinians put them in harm's way on purpose. This is why there is a difference in fatalities. Israel may have suffered less deaths, but have been under attack since 2001 with indiscriminate shelling coming into civilian populations without anyone stepping up to stop it such as the UN. It happens to be against international law. This has been war.
I note that the Palestinians have been accepted into the UN under a nonmember observer state while the Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as a state. Is this their reward for shelling Israel and not making peace for the past 12 years?
In Bethlehem, which is in Judah (West Bank and under Fatah rule), thousands of Christian tourists are celebrating the birth of Jesus, and the Muslims are celebrating the UN's recent recognition of an "independent Palestinian state." Considering how the Christians are being treated in Egypt under their new Muslim Brotherhood politics, it won't be long before things change for the few Christians in Bethlehem. I don't know why the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, the Palestinian Archbishop who was born in Jordan, mentioned that the road to actual freedom was still long, but....the birth of the state of Palestine. I have a feeling he is expecting more attacks on Israel, especially for Jerusalem, as it is a telling statement. For a religious man, he is not hiding his political feelings.
Reference: http://www.idfblog.com/facts-figures/rocket-attacks-toward-israel/
http://www.dailyalert.org/ Arutz Sheva: 60% of Palestinian Casualties in Recent Gaza Fighting Were Terrorists;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2012_Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_clashes
http://www.ict.org.il/ResearchPublications/CastLeadCasualties/tabid/325/Default.aspx
http://imeu.net/news/article0021968.shtml
Oregonian newspaper 12/25/12 Front page, In Bethlehem, two reasons to celebrate by Dalia Nammari, AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/palestinian-un-recognition-vote-passes_n_2213980.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezF3GN09jA IDF going into Gaza by Ariel Siegelman, an IDF, possibly in Operation Cast Lead, uploaded in 2010.
Added 1/7/13 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whole-truth-about-the-Israeli-Palestinian-conflict/338446719503483
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