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Netanyahu’s Warning
by Stephen Lendman
Netanyahu represents lawless rogue leadership. He belongs in prison, not high office. Pre-election polls suggest he’ll retain power.
Israelis aren’t smart enough to spurn him. Palestinian suffering will continue. The new year began like 2012 ended. More on that below.
On December 22, Netanyahu warned he’ll hit Hamas “with a heavier blow” than Pillar of Cloud. He spoke on Israeli television.
“I suggest Hamas not celebrate,” he said. Israeli state terror remains ongoing. “We inflicted a very heavy blow,” he added.
“We destroyed almost all of their long-range rockets. But I’m telling you that the IDF is preparing to strike a still-heavier blow. Our account with Hamas is not closed.”
He discussed late January elections. “The public knows who will deal best with the security, regional and economic challenges. The public wants a strong prime minister with a strong party behind him.”
Despots say these things. Demagoguery reflects their style. It’s red meat for supporters. It works so it’s prioritized.
Most people aren’t wise enough to understand. They don’t know what they’re up against. They support what they should condemn and shun.
“On election day,” said Netanyahu, “the citizens of Israel will send a message not just inside the country, but to the whole.”
“Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah and Mashaal will want to know one thing: has the prime minister become stronger or weaker?”
“Because to them, it means that Israel has gotten either stronger or weaker. And they understand very well that the deciding factor is whether or not the prime minister’s party has gotten larger or smaller.”
“If it has gotten larger. Israel has gotten stronger, and that is the message that I expect and believe the citizens of Israel will send to our enemies around the world on election day.”
Settlement construction will continue, he stressed. Palestine’s UN upgrade was denounced. “They are the ones who simply tore all the agreements with us to shreds, going (to the UN) unilaterally,” he claimed.
“My friends, we are not going to just stand back and do nothing. Would I go and give away land so that Iran takes it over? I’m not prepared to do that.”
He vowed to entirely Judaize East Jerusalem. He’ll build in the sensitive E1 corridor. “What kind of future does Israel have” otherwise, he said.
“We will build in Jerusalem because that is our right.” He blamed Palestinians for failure to achieve peace. He omitted saying he spurns it. He did what political rogues do best. He ranted, raved, and lied.
He had unrevealed plans in mind. He began the new year with a bang. January began like December ended. Incursions, attacks, arrests, and destruction of Palestinian property followed.
Settlers raided Qusra village. It’s near Nablus. Dozens of olive trees were destroyed. Other property was damaged. Residents were assaulted. Nearby Israeli soldiers did nothing to stop them.
Settlers also invaded Beit Ummar village. It’s north of Hebron. A car and tractor were burned. Graffiti sprayed said “A good Arab is a dead Arab” and “Yitzhar revenge is on the properties today, and tomorrow will be on the souls.”
Soldiers invaded Beit Fajjar. It’s south of Bethlehem. Pre-dawn raids stormed homes, ransacked them, kidnapped residents, and detained them. Hebron district Beit Ummar and Sa’ir were targeted the same way. Nonviolent Palestinians were arrested.
Jenin residents were affected. So were nearby villages. Youths and children were arrested.
Roadblocks were installed in other Hebron neighborhoods. Vehicles were stopped and searched. Dozens of Palestinians were interrogated. Disruptive and violent methods used.
Silwan youths were arrested. It’s a predominantly Palestinian village. It’s adjacent to Jerusalem’s Old City. It’s south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
It’s home to about 45,000 people. It’s one of 28 Palestinian villages incorporated into East Jerusalem. For years, settler encroachment fueled controversy and conflict.
Israel is systematically destroying Silwan’s historical importance, archeology, and culture. It wants Jews replacing Arabs. It’s doing so disruptively and violently.
In Nablus, protesters clashed with Palestinian security forces. They’re longstanding Israeli enforcers. Demonstrations erupted over a recent PA decision to end exempting refugees from electricity costs.
They’re impoverished and can’t afford them. Abbas treats his own people disgracefully. He’s a longstanding Israeli collaborator. He bears much responsibility for Palestinian suffering. Simmering discontent threatens greater eruptions.
On New Year’s day, Israeli soldiers arrested other Palestinian youths pre-dawn. They were detained for interrogation.
Undercover Israeli forces raided Tamoun village. It’s south of Jenin. They were disguised as vegetable venders. They’re elite Mistaarvim (Arabized) counterterrorism members. They serve in various IDF divisions.
An unidentified military source said what began covertly went overt. Shin Bet operatives and auxiliary forces were involved.
They arrested Murad Bani Odeh. He’s a nonviolent Islamic Jihad activist.
Clashes followed. Palestinian youths threw stones. Israeli forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and live fire. Dozens of Palestinians were hurt.
The Red Crescent said about 100 were affected. Injuries ranged from light to severe. Israeli persecution continues daily.
The New York Times notoriously suppresses deplorable Israeli crimes. It runs cover for Israeli lawlessness. It conceals what’s vital to reveal.
It reported Tamoun clashes. It said they occurred “after an undercover Israeli force….arrest(ed) a wanted militant.”
Murad Bani Odeh is nonviolent and non-militant.
An unnamed IDF spokeswoman was cited. She claimed Odeh is “suspected of being a terrorist.” The Times called Islamic Jihad “an extremist organization.” It’s a legitimate Palestinian resistance group.
The Times consistently turns truth on its head. It suggested that Palestinian youths initiated clashes. Israeli forces responded defensively. It cited unnamed Israeli officials claiming:
“There has been a palpable rise in episodes of stone-throwing and firebombing by Palestinians against Israeli vehicles on West Bank roads, and an increase in localized clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and soldiers.”
On Monday, they added, “an Israeli bus carrying civilians south of Hebron was shot at.” No corroborating evidence was revealed.
“In the meantime,” said The Times, “the Israeli military says it has been trying to balance proactive counterterrorism measures – like widespread arrests of militants belonging to Hamas and other armed groups – with a policy of restraint when faced with rioters, to try to prevent Palestinian fatalities and a subsequent spiral of violence.”
Times reports exclude truth and full disclosure. Lawless occupation harshness is suppressed. Palestinians are blamed for Israeli crimes. Readers are betrayed. Managed news and misinformation substitute for what they most need to know.
It’s longstanding Times policy. Electronic Intifada contributor Robert Ross discussed it. He’s a Point Park University Global Cultural Studies Professor.
He focuses on Israeli/Palestinian/Lebanese/American political-economic geographies. He’s involved with the Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee and Israel-Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
“How The New York Times erases Israel’s Crimes,” he headlined.
TimesSpeak claims “no siege of Gaza, no occupation of the West Bank, and (no) Nakba.” Palestine’s democratically elected government is called militant and terrorist. Coup d’etat West Bank authority is called legitimate.
Articles, commentaries, and editorials reflect historical revisionism. Palestinians are blamed for Israeli crimes. Collective punishment goes unnoticed. So does Palestinian suffering and their legitimate liberating struggle.
Zionism is sanctified, not condemned. It’s corrosive, destructive, racist, undemocratic and hateful. It claims Jewish supremacy and uniqueness as God’s chosen people.
It’s repugnant, indefensible and malignant. It’s contemptuous of moral and ethical values. It spurns rule of law principles.
It espouses violence, not peaceful coexistence. It favors confrontation over diplomatic conflict resolution. It prioritizes strength through militarism, intimidation, and naked aggression.
It’s led by state terrorists posing as democrats. It harms Jews and gentiles alike. It menaces humanity. It should be explained and condemned, not supported.
Times reports whitewash truth. Ross calls its work “at best, delusional. At worst, it is intentionally misleading. (It) serves Israel’s interests by keeping the American public in the dark about the true nature of Israel’s occupation.”
New Year’s day continued December harshness. Every day is Kristallnacht in Palestine. Israeli security forces, PA enforcers, and radicalized settlers terrorize Palestinians with impunity.
Wanting to live free in sovereign Palestine is called terrorism. Mass arrests, torture, and gulag imprisonment reflect daily life. Praying to the wrong God is criminalized.
Fundamental civil and human rights are denied. Collective punishment is policy. So are crimes of war and against humanity.
Racist persecution persists without end. Monstrous crimes go unpunished. Netanyahu’s Israel is worst of all. It’s lawless, cruel, unjust and ruthless. Relief is nowhere in sight. When this ends, who knows.
About the Author: Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
His new book is titled “How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War”
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I hate to break this to you, but due to a variety of factors, the prospect of an Israeli strike on anybody – Iran, the Palestinians, Mel Gibson’s home – registers upon the America psyche right now somewhere below Australian bush fires or Robert Mugabe’s latest poetry. Gun bans, the collapsing dollar, drugs of all kinds, etc. etc. etc.
yup, mass murdering danger to himself and others nutty-yoohoo belongs in a psych ward.
who the hell does he think he’s kidding “our account with Hamas isnt done yet”..
friggin israeli govt created hamas to begin with to stop a PLO!
theyre mercenaries who throw cheese-azz rockets that rarely hit anything,
as justification for nutty-yoohoo’s blood feasts on innocents.
he’s ticked off that Ahmed said the luciferian regime should fade from the pages of history,
and twisted the words to be “wiped off the map”, is what HE is determined to do to Iran?
delusional rabid barking biting paranoid chihuahua, that any decent vet would euthanize.
ya got it now Bibi? I’m not “anti-semitic”, I’m anti-satanic, and thats YOU.
Netanyahu’s Palace
*******www.roitov.com/articles/caesarea.htm
I read yesterday that Bibi’s father had adopted the family name of ‘Netanyahu’, which means ‘God’s gift’ in Hebrew.
I suppose when your god is a bloodthirsty and egomaniacal psychopath like Yahweh then such ‘gifts’ are quite appropriate, though to who I’m unable to fathom.
Doesn’t it say in (the good book) that “gods Gift” is Lifeto all. yah it does, he a coward that would cry like a baby if you hooked him up to a 9 volt dc battery
In USA when he was a furniture salesman he went by the name of Phil Sullivan
Hey Avatar,went for a battle with the really confused chosenite Khazars on “Israpundit”.
Read that once in a while,so you can see what your up against.
Great fun,they call me a Nazi there,while here I’m a Hasbarist ,with the same theories.
Don’t worry about Rah,Nicodemus.
He likes to feel important.
This stuff of publishing photo and name,adress of “somebody” might get him into a lot of trouble.
I know that’s not you.
Rah/Nicodemus is like a little girl ,upset he doesn’t get enough attention from the boys,so he keeps on provoking ,hoping for attention.
heheheheheh!!!!!!
Nice take down Rah.
Hey Green, not my crew, he’s got the experts to track em down from Kapersky and Kroll.
BUT, yes, you should start writing a column on OperationRedPill.com. I found out it got 70,000 hits in July without me even touching it.
Rah shoot me a line, if you can, Jim or Duff will give you my email addy, Ive worked with a lotta banged up GIs in the past six years ( they are a loyal bunch) some of them are from UK. If need be can get in touch send someone over to (185 Braceby Avenue, Birmingham, UK) , just to do a little recon and sit rep.
Peace out Brother
always ready green. but youre gonna send people to the wrong address/hemisphere
i am down here in southamerica/venezuela and machetes are ready to cut some green stuff off. hell, thats what they were made for
so bring it on however old you are
can you walk?
Good luck with that. What baffles me is how can you make such claims and get away with it. Time will tell.
AVATAR: Let them dig their own hole.
Netanyahu is a very unlikable person,therefore it’s easy to throw shit on him.
Mr Lendman still hasn’t figured out that the more noise Bibi makes,the less he’s gonna do.
remember the “red line” speech in the UN.
how many wars and how many dead under Netanyahu as PM?(Check “doves” like Olmert and Rabin)
In international politics Bibi is finished,he’s too easy to be read.
Israel’s deterrence has been made up by bluff and letting the US do the dirty work.
The bluff doesn’t work anymore.
US has been ordered to drop Israel,and won’t do the dirty work anymore.
Therefore it’s time for a change of PM.
The bankers almost lost the US presidential elections,now they’ re gonna try to take back control of Israel.
Bennet,Livni,Lapid,Stanley Fisher are all placed assets,banker controlled.
Lendman is wrong,Bibi will not be PM anymore.
Before the elections ,the Syria war might spill over to Lebanon.
If it looks like Bibi will lose,Israel might have to do something desperate.
Likud will not hand over power to the bankers.
Keep an eye on Bulgaria,the govt is releasing info on the Mossad/CIA false flag in Burgas.
Who’s “alex” and who the flip are you,to call me so?
Hairy Potter eh ?
No one will ever know my details but hey good luck with that. Look forward to your calls.
You the simpleton who believed him so whatever you say from here on in I will take with a pinch of salt. I have asked VT if this kind of behavior is acceptable to them or not. I thought it would be against the T&C’s of any site.
Coherency is not your strong point is it gullible one
Patience can wear very thin when people try and slander obnoxious trolls who slander you for trying to stop their incessant stalking of commentators they do not like. It’s right over wrong. They start the offensive and then claim that of another poster when they are put down to size.
youre off the list, moneybags, mmmhmhm
I’m clean shaven.
And I’ve got a foreskin.
A quote from yet another wise VT reader, thank you Yukon Jack, hows the golod mining these days, just assuming, thats what most yukoners do.
Yukon Jack
January 2, 2013 – 9:41 am
Reptilian, Jesuits? How about hybrid lizard Catholic intellectuals? You are going to have a hard sell pushing shapeshifting lizard theory on hardened combat VT readers.
When people deny the reality of the worldwide international Jewry they have to come up with every crazy theory to explain who is behind the curtain pulling the strings. It is simply the Jews. Everything can be explained easily and logically by making them the conspirators, like Occam’s Razor, the simpiliest explanation is the best. They are behind the curtain, in front of the curtain, they are writing the speeches, setting the policy, bribing the political whores, commanding the troops, sending police in America to Israel for training, doing the false flags, attacking the USS Liberty, the World Trade Center on 911.
It was the Jews who came up with the STUXNET virus and a Dimona company Magna who was at Fukushima. If the banking establishment is being attacked the prime suspect would be Israel since they are known aggressive terrorists who create computer viruses.
. Plus Yukon there really is no “curtain” they are out there, in front, like a mack truck hood ornament for everyone to see, they don’t give two shits who can see what the fork they are doing cause everyone is in mental shackles
balls/guts/courage,
you can only blame the (guilty) perp. so far.
Where is the rest of the world to stand by the oppressed, victims, just like in new york city, people will just turn a head and walk by while, some drunk perverts,beat the crap of some, happen by innocent person.
So it seems there are many friends of PA. people, however they are all cowering at the thought of helping out.
Friends like that no one needs.