Mossad is the intelligence service of Israel. Their policy is the same as Israeli policy. Which is not to harm anyone unless they are attacking Israel. Good grief. I want to see a credible news report that some large organization in Israel advocates killing Arabs or Palestinians this is what you claimed. But I never heard of it and I am well informed. So I don't believe you.

The unjust actions you refer to may be the killing of terrorists who have planned and carried out mass murder of Israelis. I think they should go after them just as we are going after Bin Laden. It is their duty to protect Israelis as it is the duty of our government to protect us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad

Kinda hard making CURRENT audio tapes when your dead, just sayin'

It is no more the Arabs historical homeland than the Israelis historical homeland. Israel is one of the first documented countries historically and Jews have lived there continuously since antiquity despite many conquerors and expulsions. It has NEVER been a documented Arab country.



The Israelis go out of their way to WARN women and children about any military action. Dropping leaflets, broadcasting on radio, even phone calls in areas where there are military operations!!

Compare that to Hamas tactics where they bomb buses, school cafeterias and restaurants and markets....Compare it to shooting rockets into cities indiscriminately TRYING mind you to actually kill as many people as possible.

Who teaches ethnic hatred in kindergarten, glorifying martyrdom against infidels and making antisemitic and violence glorifying cartoons for their children? Hamas and Hizbullah. Not Israel. Right.

Israel is doing an admirable job. Sure they have their problems.
But overall it is a free press, open democracy with complete freedom of religion and a place of equality for women. They have been surviving with the daily threat of 911 style terrorist attacks for decades and yet for the most part remain an optimistic and well adjusted society with incredible technical innovation, robust agriculture, and a growing economy. Much to admire there. I admire them. If the Palestinians put down their weapons they could prosper too - even as allies of the Israelis when they so choose.

As I see it the main obstacle is ignorance and prejudice with a radical Islamic fundamentalism which denies the equality of Jews and Christians and other religions as they seek to force their backward ways on everyone else.

Here's a hint ... "Barbary Pirates" ... google it - then use that as a starting point ... it's called 'research' ...

This is the most inane claim ever. Attacks by Arabs on Israel predates Hamas and Hizbullah. Goes back before the state of Israel's creation. The leaders of Hamas created Hamas and their primary objective is their own power and control of their own people. They believe in torture, extrajudicial killings, indiscriminate shooting of rockets into schools and homes.

Hamas teaches hatred and intolerance in their schools. This is not a creation of Israel. This is fascism and thuggery. People behaving like animals. Ignorant and violent and despicable, the history is well known and well documented. RP just doesn't know it.

Educate yourself and learn the truth:

http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=64336

Myth:

"Israel created Hamas."

Fact:

Israel had nothing to do with the creation of Hamas. The The organization grew out of the ideology and practice of the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood movement that arose in Egypt in the 1920s.

Hamas was legally registered in Israel in 1978 as an Islamic Association by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin. Initially, the organization engaged primarily in social welfare activities and soon developed a reputation for improving the lives of Palestinians, particularly the refugees in the Gaza Strip.

Though Hamas was committed from the outset to destroying Israel, it took the position that this was a goal for the future, and that the more immediate focus should be on winning the hearts and minds of the people through its charitable and educational activities. Its funding came primarily from Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

The PLO was convinced that Israel was helping Hamas in the hope of triggering a civil war. Since Hamas did not engage in terror at first, Israel did not see it as a serious short-term threat, and some Israelis believed the rise of fundamentalism in Gaza would have the beneficial impact of weakening the PLO, and this is what ultimately happened.

Hamas certainly didn't believe it was being supported by Israel. As early as February 1988, the group put out a primer on how its members should behave if confronted by the Shin Bet. Several more instructional documents were distributed by Hamas to teach followers how to confront the Israelis and maintain secrecy.

Israel's assistance was more passive than active; that is, it did not interfere with Hamas activities or prevent funds from flowing into the organization from abroad. Israel also may have provided some funding to allow its security forces to infiltrate the organization. Meanwhile, Jordan was actively helping Hamas, with the aim of undermining the PLO and strengthening Jordanian influence in the territories.

Though some Israelis were very concerned about Hamas before rioting began in December 1987, Israel was reluctant to interfere with an Islamic organization, fearing that it might trigger charges of violating the Palestinians' freedom of religion. It was not until early in the intifada, when Hamas became actively involved in the violence, that the group began to be viewed as a potentially greater threat than the PLO. The turning point occurred in the summer of 1988 when Israel learned that Hamas was stockpiling arms to build an underground force and Hamas issued its covenant calling for the destruction of Israel. At this point it became clear that Hamas was not going to put off its jihad to liberate Palestine and was shifting its emphasis from charitable and educational activity to terrorism. Israel then began to crack down on Hamas and wiped out its entire command structure. Hamas has been waging a terror war against Israel ever since.

It'd be nice to have problem-solvers rather than finger-pointers and blame-tossers workin' on the problem ...

No, it's just better reported now the the "Lord" is in the Oval Office.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177169

IDF: Global Jihad links on flotilla
By YAAKOV KATZ
01/06/2010
Fifty 'Mavi Marmara' passengers tied to global jihad network.

Dozens of passengers who were aboard the Mavi Marmara Turkish passenger ship are suspected of having connections with global jihad-affiliated terrorist organizations, defense officials said on Tuesday, amid growing concerns that Turkish warships would accompany a future flotilla to the Gaza Strip.

According to the defense officials, the IDF has identified about 50 passengers on the ship who could have terrorist connections with global jihad-affiliated groups.

During its searches of the Mavi Marmara on Tuesday, the military also discovered a cache of bulletproof vests and night-vision goggles, as well as gas masks. On Monday morning, at least nine foreign activists were killed during the navy’s takeover of the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The group of over 50 passengers with possible terror connections have refused to identify themselves and were not carrying passports. Many of them were carrying envelopes packed with thousands of dollars in cash.

The military is working to identify the passengers and is looking into the possibility that some of them have been involved in terror attacks. Some of them are apparently known Islamic extremists.

“This is the group that was behind the violent lynch against the naval commandos,” a defense official said. “They came on board the ship prepared and after they had trained for the expected navy takeover.”

Late Tuesday, there were reports that Issam al-Budur, Jordan’s consul in Israel, reached an agreement with Israel according to which another group of 124 detained flotilla activists would be taken by bus to Jordan and sent from there to their home countries. The detainees are Jordanian, Mauritanian, Moroccan, Kuwaiti, Pakistani, Indonesian and Syrian.

Meanwhile Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Israel not to test Ankara’s patience.

“Turkey’s hostility is as strong as its friendship is valuable,” he said. “Israel in no way can legitimize this murder, it cannot wash its hand of this blood.”

This comment, officials said, could signify a change in Turkish military posture in the event that another flotilla is dispatched to the Gaza Strip. One official said that the chances that Turkey would send navy ships were slim – due to its membership in NATO – but that the issue was of great concern.

“This is a definite possibility that we need to prepare for,” a senior defense official said.

The flotilla that arrived late on Sunday night comprised six ships, and another two ships, including the Rachel Corrie, are expected to attempt to enter Israeli waters in the coming days.

Greta Berlin of the Free Gaza Movement, which organized the flotilla, said that two vessels, one a cargo ship and another carrying about three dozen passengers, would arrive in the region late this week or early next week.

“This initiative is not going to stop,” she said from the group’s base in Cyprus. “We think eventually Israel will get some kind of common sense. They’re going to have to stop the blockade of Gaza, and one of the ways to do this is for us to continue to send the boats.”

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen described the Rachel Corrie as Irish-owned and said it should be allowed to finish its mission, according to Reuters. The ship was carrying 15 activists, including a northern Irish Nobel Peace laureate.

“The government has formally requested the Israeli government to allow the Irish-owned ship... to be allowed to complete its journey unimpeded and discharge its humanitarian cargo in Gaza,” Cowen told members of parliament in Dublin.

Navy sources said that the ships sailing toward Gaza would be intercepted the same way the flotilla was stopped on Monday morning, although it had yet to be decided if the operation would be carried out by Shayetet 13, the navy’s commando unit.

“We are tracking the ships and are under orders to stop them,” a top navy officer said.

According to the sources, in a future operation, the navy would use more force.

“We boarded the ship [the Mavi Marmara] and were attacked as if it were a war,” one officer said. “That will mean that we will have to come prepared in the future as if it were a war.”

So does it make you feel nice and safe hiding here as an illegal alien like you have posted in a previous thread? And I suppose the people I know who have been there are lying? I suppose Israel fires rockets at themselves? I also suppose that the SCUDs landing on Israel during Desert Storm was a lie too?

They lie, you like, everyone is lying. I suppose other (proudly legal) immigrants who I have spoken with from the area all say the same thing in varying twists are lies too. Also why is Egypt part of the blockade? Weapons smuggling mayhap?

Israel has a good reason to be paranoid. Iran could EASILY give Hamaas a nuke and some nutcase out there will happily sit on it and detonate it car bomb style in the name of Martyrdom and Jihad. But Israel is tired of the training bases hiding in Palestine. They are tired of Car Bombs. I take it you feel terrorist attacks on Israel are acceptable or something?

Likes of me heh? There are things about Israel I don't approve of but Palestine has done nothing to earn my respect.

How about what China has done to Tibet? I bet money that "People Like You" could care less about what happened to the poor Tibetans.

So how about enlightening me about what really goes on over there?

OH! I bet that would be too much work.

The only thing the Czars are is a way of getting friends or people he owed favors to appointed to his cabinet without Congress approval.

Ummm

It does not matter where the boat came from. It matters who hired it. Israel is serious about their blockade and will intercept ANY humanitarians to make sure they are not smuggling weapons like the rockets Hamas likes to fire into Israel from Palestine.

Do you know why Israel has held the Gaza Strip for so long? I suppose you would say they are just mean doo doo heads. Back in the mid 1970's Hamas used ARTILLERY and shelled Israel from the high ground in Gaza!!

It was a BLOODY battle for Israel to stop the artillery from shelling them. Israel since then has been taking ground used to attack them from. Gaza has a nice view overlooking Israel, a perfect place to rain death down on someone from with cannon!

I bet you want to call me a liar too! Hamas AND the PLO have a LONG history of antagonizing Israel with bloodshed and terrorism and now Al-Quieda wants in on the act.

Sorry, no sympathy here!