KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
THIS IS JUST MAKING ME SO MAD HOW THE MEDIA SPIN IS IN THE FAVOUR TOWARD THE PALESTINIANS AND HAMAS WHO STARTED THIS WAR IN THE FIRST PLACE.CBC WENT FOR AN UPDATE FROM AN NBC REPORTER.AND INSTEAD OF SAYING ISRAEL HAS KILLED 29 PALESTINIAN MURDER TERRORISTS AND 10 CIVILLIANS.THE NBC COMMENTATOR COMES ON AND SAYS ISRAEL HAS KILLED 39 PALESTINIANS INCLUDING 8 CHILDREN AND 2 WOMEN.AND NOT EVEN MENTIONING THE 29 MURDER TERRORISTS THAT ISRAEL HAS TAKEN OUT.ONLY 1/3 OF THE CASUALTIES IN GAZA ARE CIVILIANS.IF THIS WAS REVERSED IN ISRAEL.YOU CAN GUARENTEE THAT ABOUT 30 OF THE 39 DEAD WOULD BE INNOCENT ISRAELI WOMEN AND CHILDREN.OH MAN THIS MAKES ME SO MAD AT THE MEDIA WHEN POOR INNOCENT ISRAEL GETS THE BLAME WHEN ALL THEIR DOING IS PROTECTING THEIR LAND AND CIVILLIANS FROM 13,000 ROCKETS SHOT AT ISRAEL BY HAMAS AND THE PALESTINIANS SINCE 2006.1,800 ROCKETS SHOT INTO ISRAEL IN THE LAST YEAR.AND IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE AT LEAST 500 ROCKETS SHOT INTO ISRAEL.THIS IS AN OUTRAGE TOTALLY.AND WE WHO SUPPORT ISRAEL BETTER START GETTING THE TRUTH OUT TO THE WORLD.BECAUSE 3/4 OF THE MEDIA AROUND THE WORLD HATE ISRAEL AND STICK UP FOR THE PALESTINIANS WHO ARE NOTHING BUT A MURDER FACTORY TRYING TO ELIMINATE ISRAEL FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.SO THEY CAN STEAL JERUSALEM AND CLAIME IT AS THEIR CAPITAL.LIKE TAMAR YONAH ALWAYS SAYS AT ISRAEL NATIONAL RADIO.FIRST THE ARAB/MUSLIMS COME AFTER THE SATURDAY PEOPLE (ISRAELIS), THEN THEY GO AFTER THE SUNDAY PEOPLE (CHRISTIANS AND THE WEST OVERALL).AND MOST OF THE WEST STICKS UP FOR THE ARABS/HAMAS IN GAZA INSTEAD OF STICKING UP FOR THE TRUE INNOCENT PARTY IN ISRAEL..THE ISRAELIS.WHY IS THE WORLD ALWAYS SAYING THAT ISRAEL IS OCCUPYING THE PALESTINIANS LAND.WHEN ISRAEL CAPTURED THE LAND IN WAR.WHICH MEANS THAT ITS ISRAELS LEGAL LAND,NOT NO BUNCH OF MURDERING PALESTINIAN ARAB/ MUSLIMS WHO ALWAYS WANT SYMPATHY WHEN THEY START SHOOTING ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL TO START A WAR.THEN CRY FOUL THAT ISRAEL IS KILLING THEIR INNOCENT CIVILLIANS.MEANWHILE THE ARABS/HAMAS USE THEIR CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS AGAINST ISRAEL THESE MURDERERS ARE JUST A BUNCH OF COWARDS.AND STILL ISRAEL ONLY KILLS 1/3RD IN CIVILLIANS AND 2/3RD MURDER TERRORISTS INCLING THE CO-LEADER WHO CREATED HAMAS.ISRAEL IS EXACT WITH THEIR SHOTS.THE PALESTINIANS/HAMAS ROCKETS HIT SCHOOLS, CIVILLIAN HOMES,SHOPS,AND ANYWHERE THERE STRAY ROCKETS FALL ON INNOCENT CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MEN IN ISRAEL.PUT THE OUTRAGE WERE IT SHOULD BE AGAINST THE ARABS AND HAMAS.NOT AGAINST ISRAEL FOR JUST PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM ROCKETS,MISSLES.WE BETTER GET OUR MORALS STRAIGHT AND STICK UP FOR ISRAEL AND QUIT SAYING ISRAEL IS OCCUPYING ARAB LAND WHEN ISRAEL GOT THE LAND.WOULD AMERICA ALLOW MEXICO TO SHOOT 13,000 ROCKETS INTO TEXAS AND AS FAR AS NEW YORK AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT OVER A 7 YEAR PERIOD.JUST PUT UP WITH IT.WELL WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS NO.SO WHY DOES ISRAEL HAVE TO GET 600 ROCKETS SHOT AT IT IN THE LAST 4 DAYS AND NOT AIRSTRIKE THE MURDER ARABS/HAMAS BACK.GET YOUR HEADS OUTTA THE SAND WORLD AND SUPPORT ISRAEL.THANK GOD OUR PRIME MINISTER IN CANADA STEVEN HARPER STICKS UP FOR ISRAEL AND SAYS ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF.
AND WHAT ABOUT SYRIA.ASSAD MURDERING AT LEAST 6,000 OF ITS OWN CIVILLIANS AND IMMIGRATING 500,000 TO GET AWAY FROM BEING MURDERED IN SYRIA.WERE IS THE OUTRAGE HERE YOU HEAD IN THE SAND WORLD.BUT ISRAEL DEFENDS ITSELF AND IS HATED WORLDWIDE....REDICULAS.
AND HERES WHY ISLAM ARABS/HAMAS SHOOTS ROCKETS AT ISRAEL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0laSClunkM&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0SgCdx5Cvz8
Iran, Ahmadinejad, & the 12th Imam
Mahdi was born around 868 A.D. at a time of large persecutions of Shiite Muslims. In order to protect him, his father, the 11th Imam, sent him into hiding. Mahdi appeared briefly in public as a child, but when his father died, he went back into the shadows. Even today, Shiites believe he continues to guide Muslims. Mahdi’s followers are often called ‘Twelvers’. Some devout Shiite Muslims believe him to be a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed.The president of Iran, Ahmadinejad, is a deeply committed Shiite Muslim and has spoken often and openly about praying for the return al Mahdi, his savior. But not in a way Christians speak about their savior Jesus Christ returning to earth, as you will soon discover. Ahmadinejad believes that the 12th Imam is coming soon and that he is the chosen one. Chosen by Allah himself to hasten Mahdi’s return; which wherein is where the problem lies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0laSClunkM&feature=player_embedded
At a recent speech at the United Nations, Ahmadinejad prayed to his [false] God asking him to “hasten the arrival of the Imam Mahdi”. At another UN speech, he begins by saying,"O mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergenceof your last repository, the Promised One,that perfect and pure human being,
the one that will fill this world with justice and peace."When he returned to Iran, Ahmadinejad claimed that when he began saying"In the name of God the almighty and merciful,"someone saw a light around me, and I was placed inside this aura. I felt it myself. I felt the atmosphere suddenly change, and for those 27 or 28 minutes, the leaders of the world did not blink, they were rapt. It seemed as if a hand was holding them there and had opened their eyes to receive the message from the Islamic republic"He “was in an aura of light” and “felt a change in the atmosphere during which time no one present could blink their eyes”. Unbelievable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0SgCdx5Cvz8
Let’s pause and recap for a moment. At the very least, we clearly have an unbalanced man, most likely a psychopathic killer, who is the leader of an oil rich nation where money is essentially endless. His scientists are working around the clock to develop nuclear weapons. If unable to produce, he has the resources to purchase them along with biological weapons or E.M.P. devices from a friendly rogue nation. As a fanatical Muslim, he hates all non-Muslims especially Christians and Jews, which he openly states. Ahmadinejad is also someone who believes he has been told by the prophet Mohammed that he is the chosen one to hasten the return of the Muslim’s messiah by creating chaos throughout the world. Combine all of this with a world full of countries, except for Israel, who is unable or unwilling to stop this madman and we have all the ingredients of a very serious situation.Even with the overwhelming inarguable evidence stated above, many world leaders and decision makers still dismiss this dangerous man as some lunatic in a 3rd world country that is all bark but no bite. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Should Chairman Mao, Hitler, Che Guevara, or Joseph Stalin have been taken more seriously before they murdered tens of millions of people? Yes! Should Iran be treated seriously? Yes, because the Bible tells us so.
http://www.arewelivinginthelastdays.com/com/iran.html
When compared side by side, the picture becomes clear. Beyond any doubt, the 12th Imam is Christianity’s antichrist. The Twelver’s evil is our good; their good is our evil. Both Christianity and Islam have a very well-defined eschatology, or period of the last days; both of them cannot be correct.
In our article titled ‘How We Know We Can Trust Biblical Prophecy’, we present why the Holy Bible is the infallible word of God, how dozens of detailed, specific Old Testament prophecies about the life of Christ was accurately fulfilled centuries later in the New Testament and why Christianity’s eschatology is precisely the way the next few years will transpire. Jesus warned us about people like Ahmadinejad, inspired by Satan, spouting false beliefs in the name of a religion…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jeak9cqi7Dc
Ahmadinejad has virtually unlimited funds. His scientists are building atomic weapons. Iran and Israel are only several hundreds of miles apart, so it is very likely he will attack Israel as soon as it is militarily advantageous to do so.As Christians, we know time is short before we’re whisked off to Heaven to be with our Lord and loved ones during The Rapture. This is the season and we are the generation that will see it. Around the time of The Rapture, a defining battle will take place around Israel called the War of Gog and Magog. Persia (present day Iran), along with Russia and other Arab countries will be the attacking force, converging on Israel to annihilate the Jewish people and steal the country’s riches, before being annihilated themselves by the hand of God themselves.In his misguided quest to execute Mohammad’s desires to pave the way for the 12th Imam, Ahmadinejad is actually fulfilling a portion of Christianity’s end-time prophecy by bringing his armies against Israel. At the time of this writing, February of 2010, with world events such as they are, it’s hard to imagine that Ahmadinejad is only a few months or at most a few years away from launching his attack on Israel. And isn’t it a blessing that as Ezekiel wrote down God’s words thousands of years ago that we would be alive to see it transpire.Ahmadinejad said that the world is witnessing a revolution managed by Imam Mahdi, the 12th infallible imam who disappeared in the 10th century and who, it is believed, will return to usher in a rule of justice. "The final move has begun … we are in the middle of a global revolution managed by the dear (12th Imam). A great awakening is unfolding. One can witness the hand of the imam in managing it."
Emergency actions for Gaza are being called in dozens of cities around the world http://t.co/nKgCYZYS #GazaUnderAttack
150 strong in downtown SF, in front of Israeli consulate to protest #GazaUnderAttack http://t.co/tf2ud0BE
THIS IS JUST MAKING ME SO MAD HOW THE MEDIA SPIN IS IN THE FAVOUR TOWARD THE PALESTINIANS AND HAMAS WHO STARTED THIS WAR IN THE FIRST PLACE.CBC WENT FOR AN UPDATE FROM AN NBC REPORTER.AND INSTEAD OF SAYING ISRAEL HAS KILLED 29 PALESTINIAN MURDER TERRORISTS AND 10 CIVILLIANS.THE NBC COMMENTATOR COMES ON AND SAYS ISRAEL HAS KILLED 39 PALESTINIANS INCLUDING 8 CHILDREN AND 2 WOMEN.AND NOT EVEN MENTIONING THE 29 MURDER TERRORISTS THAT ISRAEL HAS TAKEN OUT.ONLY 1/3 OF THE CASUALTIES IN GAZA ARE CIVILIANS.IF THIS WAS REVERSED IN ISRAEL.YOU CAN GUARENTEE THAT ABOUT 30 OF THE 39 DEAD WOULD BE INNOCENT ISRAELI WOMEN AND CHILDREN.OH MAN THIS MAKES ME SO MAD AT THE MEDIA WHEN POOR INNOCENT ISRAEL GETS THE BLAME WHEN ALL THEIR DOING IS PROTECTING THEIR LAND AND CIVILLIANS FROM 13,000 ROCKETS SHOT AT ISRAEL BY HAMAS AND THE PALESTINIANS SINCE 2006.1,800 ROCKETS SHOT INTO ISRAEL IN THE LAST YEAR.AND IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE AT LEAST 500 ROCKETS SHOT INTO ISRAEL.THIS IS AN OUTRAGE TOTALLY.AND WE WHO SUPPORT ISRAEL BETTER START GETTING THE TRUTH OUT TO THE WORLD.BECAUSE 3/4 OF THE MEDIA AROUND THE WORLD HATE ISRAEL AND STICK UP FOR THE PALESTINIANS WHO ARE NOTHING BUT A MURDER FACTORY TRYING TO ELIMINATE ISRAEL FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.SO THEY CAN STEAL JERUSALEM AND CLAIME IT AS THEIR CAPITAL.LIKE TAMAR YONAH ALWAYS SAYS AT ISRAEL NATIONAL RADIO.FIRST THE ARAB/MUSLIMS COME AFTER THE SATURDAY PEOPLE (ISRAELIS), THEN THEY GO AFTER THE SUNDAY PEOPLE (CHRISTIANS AND THE WEST OVERALL).AND MOST OF THE WEST STICKS UP FOR THE ARABS/HAMAS IN GAZA INSTEAD OF STICKING UP FOR THE TRUE INNOCENT PARTY IN ISRAEL..THE ISRAELIS.WHY IS THE WORLD ALWAYS SAYING THAT ISRAEL IS OCCUPYING THE PALESTINIANS LAND.WHEN ISRAEL CAPTURED THE LAND IN WAR.WHICH MEANS THAT ITS ISRAELS LEGAL LAND,NOT NO BUNCH OF MURDERING PALESTINIAN ARAB/ MUSLIMS WHO ALWAYS WANT SYMPATHY WHEN THEY START SHOOTING ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL TO START A WAR.THEN CRY FOUL THAT ISRAEL IS KILLING THEIR INNOCENT CIVILLIANS.MEANWHILE THE ARABS/HAMAS USE THEIR CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS AGAINST ISRAEL THESE MURDERERS ARE JUST A BUNCH OF COWARDS.AND STILL ISRAEL ONLY KILLS 1/3RD IN CIVILLIANS AND 2/3RD MURDER TERRORISTS INCLING THE CO-LEADER WHO CREATED HAMAS.ISRAEL IS EXACT WITH THEIR SHOTS.THE PALESTINIANS/HAMAS ROCKETS HIT SCHOOLS, CIVILLIAN HOMES,SHOPS,AND ANYWHERE THERE STRAY ROCKETS FALL ON INNOCENT CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MEN IN ISRAEL.PUT THE OUTRAGE WERE IT SHOULD BE AGAINST THE ARABS AND HAMAS.NOT AGAINST ISRAEL FOR JUST PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM ROCKETS,MISSLES.WE BETTER GET OUR MORALS STRAIGHT AND STICK UP FOR ISRAEL AND QUIT SAYING ISRAEL IS OCCUPYING ARAB LAND WHEN ISRAEL GOT THE LAND.WOULD AMERICA ALLOW MEXICO TO SHOOT 13,000 ROCKETS INTO TEXAS AND AS FAR AS NEW YORK AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT OVER A 7 YEAR PERIOD.JUST PUT UP WITH IT.WELL WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS NO.SO WHY DOES ISRAEL HAVE TO GET 600 ROCKETS SHOT AT IT IN THE LAST 4 DAYS AND NOT AIRSTRIKE THE MURDER ARABS/HAMAS BACK.GET YOUR HEADS OUTTA THE SAND WORLD AND SUPPORT ISRAEL.THANK GOD OUR PRIME MINISTER IN CANADA STEVEN HARPER STICKS UP FOR ISRAEL AND SAYS ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF.
AND WHAT ABOUT SYRIA.ASSAD MURDERING AT LEAST 6,000 OF ITS OWN CIVILLIANS AND IMMIGRATING 500,000 TO GET AWAY FROM BEING MURDERED IN SYRIA.WERE IS THE OUTRAGE HERE YOU HEAD IN THE SAND WORLD.BUT ISRAEL DEFENDS ITSELF AND IS HATED WORLDWIDE....REDICULAS.
AND HERES WHY ISLAM ARABS/HAMAS SHOOTS ROCKETS AT ISRAEL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0laSClunkM&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0SgCdx5Cvz8
Iran, Ahmadinejad, & the 12th Imam
Throughout time, there have been many evil madmen who cite their cause as reason to perform horrific acts upon his fellow man. In the recent past, Hitler comes to mind. Among other things, under the guise of ethnic cleansing (or the elimination of an “inferior race”) for the greater good. One example is Hitler, who killed many Jewish people in an attempt to eliminate through horrific gas chambers what he saw as an "inferior race."
Jump forward to present day. The madman’s name is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran. He refers to Israelis and Americans are "Little Satan" and "Great Satan," since to radical Muslims, the term "Satan" refers to groups rather than a specific individual as Christians know. Christians know that a fallen angel, Lucifer, is Satan. To a lot of radical Muslims, Satan is groups of people, or countries, not an individual, hence the “Satan” labels he’s given to Israel and the United States. Ahmadinejad's potential weapons are even more horrific than Hilter's gas chambers in that they are capable of killing millions in minutes. His goal in doing this is to hail the Shiite Muslim's messiah, the 12th Imam.
According to Islamic belief, an Imam is an anointed leader or ruler. Moreover, among the Islamic Shia, an Imam is believed to be a prayer leader or cleric who is anointed by the Islamic prophet Allah and a perfect example being able to lead mankind in every way. The 12th Imam, according to some Shia Muslims, is a great spiritual savior. This savior has a name; Muhammad al Mahdi.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IBQefUCwqB4
Mahdi was born around 868 A.D. at a time of large persecutions of Shiite Muslims. In order to protect him, his father, the 11th Imam, sent him into hiding. Mahdi appeared briefly in public as a child, but when his father died, he went back into the shadows. Even today, Shiites believe he continues to guide Muslims. Mahdi’s followers are often called ‘Twelvers’. Some devout Shiite Muslims believe him to be a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed.The president of Iran, Ahmadinejad, is a deeply committed Shiite Muslim and has spoken often and openly about praying for the return al Mahdi, his savior. But not in a way Christians speak about their savior Jesus Christ returning to earth, as you will soon discover. Ahmadinejad believes that the 12th Imam is coming soon and that he is the chosen one. Chosen by Allah himself to hasten Mahdi’s return; which wherein is where the problem lies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0laSClunkM&feature=player_embedded
At a recent speech at the United Nations, Ahmadinejad prayed to his [false] God asking him to “hasten the arrival of the Imam Mahdi”. At another UN speech, he begins by saying,"O mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergenceof your last repository, the Promised One,that perfect and pure human being,
the one that will fill this world with justice and peace."When he returned to Iran, Ahmadinejad claimed that when he began saying"In the name of God the almighty and merciful,"someone saw a light around me, and I was placed inside this aura. I felt it myself. I felt the atmosphere suddenly change, and for those 27 or 28 minutes, the leaders of the world did not blink, they were rapt. It seemed as if a hand was holding them there and had opened their eyes to receive the message from the Islamic republic"He “was in an aura of light” and “felt a change in the atmosphere during which time no one present could blink their eyes”. Unbelievable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0SgCdx5Cvz8
Let’s pause and recap for a moment. At the very least, we clearly have an unbalanced man, most likely a psychopathic killer, who is the leader of an oil rich nation where money is essentially endless. His scientists are working around the clock to develop nuclear weapons. If unable to produce, he has the resources to purchase them along with biological weapons or E.M.P. devices from a friendly rogue nation. As a fanatical Muslim, he hates all non-Muslims especially Christians and Jews, which he openly states. Ahmadinejad is also someone who believes he has been told by the prophet Mohammed that he is the chosen one to hasten the return of the Muslim’s messiah by creating chaos throughout the world. Combine all of this with a world full of countries, except for Israel, who is unable or unwilling to stop this madman and we have all the ingredients of a very serious situation.Even with the overwhelming inarguable evidence stated above, many world leaders and decision makers still dismiss this dangerous man as some lunatic in a 3rd world country that is all bark but no bite. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Should Chairman Mao, Hitler, Che Guevara, or Joseph Stalin have been taken more seriously before they murdered tens of millions of people? Yes! Should Iran be treated seriously? Yes, because the Bible tells us so.
http://www.arewelivinginthelastdays.com/com/iran.html
When compared side by side, the picture becomes clear. Beyond any doubt, the 12th Imam is Christianity’s antichrist. The Twelver’s evil is our good; their good is our evil. Both Christianity and Islam have a very well-defined eschatology, or period of the last days; both of them cannot be correct.
In our article titled ‘How We Know We Can Trust Biblical Prophecy’, we present why the Holy Bible is the infallible word of God, how dozens of detailed, specific Old Testament prophecies about the life of Christ was accurately fulfilled centuries later in the New Testament and why Christianity’s eschatology is precisely the way the next few years will transpire. Jesus warned us about people like Ahmadinejad, inspired by Satan, spouting false beliefs in the name of a religion…
Matthew 24:11 "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many”Ahmadinejad’s enemies are clear; Jews and Christians. His radical theology instructs him that in order to bring about the return of the Mahdi those believers must initiate and spread as much death and destruction throughout the world as humanly possible. Ahmadinejad believes that he personally has been chosen by Muhammad to do this and he has publically stated that he will do this:
Matthew 24:24 “For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.”
Mark 13:22 “For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect—if that were possible.”
Luke 6:26 “Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.
2 Peter 2:1 “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jeak9cqi7Dc
Ahmadinejad has virtually unlimited funds. His scientists are building atomic weapons. Iran and Israel are only several hundreds of miles apart, so it is very likely he will attack Israel as soon as it is militarily advantageous to do so.As Christians, we know time is short before we’re whisked off to Heaven to be with our Lord and loved ones during The Rapture. This is the season and we are the generation that will see it. Around the time of The Rapture, a defining battle will take place around Israel called the War of Gog and Magog. Persia (present day Iran), along with Russia and other Arab countries will be the attacking force, converging on Israel to annihilate the Jewish people and steal the country’s riches, before being annihilated themselves by the hand of God themselves.In his misguided quest to execute Mohammad’s desires to pave the way for the 12th Imam, Ahmadinejad is actually fulfilling a portion of Christianity’s end-time prophecy by bringing his armies against Israel. At the time of this writing, February of 2010, with world events such as they are, it’s hard to imagine that Ahmadinejad is only a few months or at most a few years away from launching his attack on Israel. And isn’t it a blessing that as Ezekiel wrote down God’s words thousands of years ago that we would be alive to see it transpire.Ahmadinejad said that the world is witnessing a revolution managed by Imam Mahdi, the 12th infallible imam who disappeared in the 10th century and who, it is believed, will return to usher in a rule of justice. "The final move has begun … we are in the middle of a global revolution managed by the dear (12th Imam). A great awakening is unfolding. One can witness the hand of the imam in managing it."
Sirens blare in Tel Aviv, Iron dome intercepts Hamas rocket
Ashdod apartment building and three houses suffer direct hits as rocket fire from the Gaza Strip persists, injuring 10 Israelis; Egypt’s Morsi meets with Turkish PM Erdogan and Hamas’s political chief Mashaal; Liberman says potential ground incursion into the Strip must go ‘all the way’
November 17, 2012, 4:01 pm
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The IDF has been stepping up its
airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the fourth day of Operation
Pillar of Defense. Rocket fire from the Strip persists, with Gaza
terrorists directly hitting an apartment building in Ashdod and three
other houses, injuring 10. Israel deploys a fifth Iron Dome battery,
this time in central Israel, where it can protect the residents of Tel
Aviv and its environs. The Palestinians appear to be taking the first
steps in a diplomatic push, via Egypt, toward a ceasefire. Palestinians
report 40 killed from Israeli airstrikes. Israeli death toll is three.
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Magen David Adom reports no injuries or damage in the latest, and third rocket attack on Tel Aviv.
Channel 2′s Ehud Yaari says that the missile
fired at Tel Aviv moments ago was not a Fajr, but one of Hamas’s
“upgraded Kassams” similar to the ones fired towards Jerusalem on
Friday.Hamas has claimed responsibility and says it fired a long range Fajr-5 missile at Tel Aviv.
Israel’s Channel 2 reports successful
interception of rocket fired at Tel Aviv by the Iron Dome missile
battery. A second rocket landed in an unpopulated area.The IDF installed the new battery in the Gush Dan region just earlier today, after Hamas targeted it twice in the last two days.The Iron Dome battery that was deployed to central Israel on Saturday (photo credit: Alon Besson/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)
Air raid sirens are going off in the greater Tel Aviv area for the third consecutive day. Residents are advised to seek cover.
Hamas officials claim Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must stand trial for war crimes, Iran’s Press TV reports.
As of Saturday afternoon, Ben Gurion
International Airport is functioning as normal. Flights arriving and
departing unaffected by the conflict. At the Israel Airports Authority,
word is that there are no delays and no changes in schedule.
Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar are working toward an
informal ultimatum for Israel regarding Pillar of Defense, according
to Channel 2 News’ analyst Ehud Yaari.
Iron Dome shoots down two rockets over Beersheba.
The Israel Air Force destroyed a rocket
launcher that shot at the center of Israel. It was an Iranian rocket,
with a range of 60 km, that Islam Jihad assembles in Gaza, according to
Channel 10 News’ analyst Alon Ben-David on Twitter.
Liberman: If Israel launches a ground incursion into Gaza, IDF needs to ‘go all the way’
Foreign minister says military stopped short of carrying out its objectives four years ago, but still paid a high price in world opinion
November 17, 2012, 2:04 pm
2-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Foreign Minister Avigdor
Liberman said Saturday that if the IDF launches a ground incursion into
Gaza it must be prepared to go all out.“We are ready for a wide-scale ground
operation, if necessary, but it should be noted that the IDF enters
Gaza, it cannot be stopped in the middle; it needs to go all the way.”“This wasn’t done after the ground operation
in Cast Lead,” he said, explaining that the military stopped short of
fully carrying out its objectives in its assault on Hamas four years
ago. “We we paid a heavy price in world opinion and still did not
achieve our goal.”Speaking at the forum “Cultural Saturdays,” he
called Pillar of Defense a military operation with “specific targets”
rather than an “all-out war.”The foreign minister outlined three goals for
the operation: bringing quiet to the south, establishing Israeli
deterrence, and eradicating the long-range missile arsenal of Gaza
terror groups.“The only way to live here in peace and
security is to create a real deterrent by causing an overwhelming
response, so that they don’t test us again,” he concluded.
Israel hits Hamas government buildings, reservists mobilized
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller | Reuters – 16 mins ago NOV 17,12
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas
government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the prime
minister's office, after Israel's cabinet authorized the mobilization of
up to 75,000 reservists, preparing for a possible ground invasion.Palestinian militants in Gaza kept up their
cross-border rocket salvoes. One rocket hit an apartment building in the
Israeli Mediterranean port city of Ashdod, ripping into several
balconies, and police said five people were injured.Hamas,
the Palestinian Islamist group that runs the Gaza Strip, said Israeli
missiles wrecked the office building of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh -
where he had met on Friday with the Egyptian prime minister - and struck
a police headquarters.With Israeli tanks and artillery positioned along the
Gaza border and no end in sight to hostilities now in their fourth day,
Tunisia's foreign minister travelled to the enclave in a show of Arab
solidarity.Officials in Gaza said 41 Palestinians, nearly half of
them civilians including eight children and a pregnant woman, had been
killed since Israel began its air strikes. Three Israeli civilians were
killed by a rocket on Thursday.In Cairo, a
presidential source said Egypt's leader, Mohamed Mursi, would hold
four-way talks with the Qatari emir, the prime minister of Turkey and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in the Egyptian capital on Saturday to discuss the Gaza crisis.Egypt has been working to reinstate calm between Israel and Hamas
after an informal ceasefire brokered by Cairo broke down over the past
weeks. Meshaal, who lives in exile, has already held a round of talks
with Egyptian security officials.Israel started its massive air campaign on Wednesday with the declared aim of deterring Hamas from launching rockets that have plagued its southern communities for years.The operation has drawn Western support for what U.S.
and European leaders have called Israel's right to self-defense, along
with appeals to both sides to avoid civilian casualties.Hamas,
shunned by the West over its refusal to recognize Israel, says its
cross-border attacks have come in response to Israeli strikes against
Palestinian fighters in Gaza."We have not limited ourselves in means or in time,"
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Israel's Channel One
television. "We hope that it will end as soon as possible, but that will
be only after all the objectives have been achieved."Hamas
says it is committed to continued confrontation with Israel and is
eager not to seem any less resolute than smaller, more radical groups
that have emerged in Gaza in recent years.The Islamist movement has ruled Gaza since 2007. Israel
pulled settlers out of Gaza in 2005 but has maintains a blockade of the
tiny, densely populated coastal territory.
RESERVE TROOP QUOTA DOUBLED
At a late night session on Friday, Israel's cabinet decided to more than double the current reserve troop quota set for the Gaza offensive to 75,000, political sources said.The move did not necessarily mean all would be called up or that an invasion would follow. Tanks and self-propelled guns were seen near the sandy border zone on Saturday, and around 16,000 reservists have already been called to active duty.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to visit Israel and Egypt next week to push for an end to the fighting in Gaza, U.N. diplomats said on Friday.Israel rushed an "Iron Dome" missile interceptor battery to the Tel Aviv area on Saturday after the city, its commercial centre, came under rocket fire from Gaza on Friday for the second straight day.The Tel Aviv beachfront was bustling on a sunny weekend day.
In Jerusalem, targeted by a Palestinian rocket on Friday for the first time in four decades, there was little outward sign on the Jewish Sabbath that the attack had any impact on the usually placid pace of life in the holy city.Some Gaza families abandoned their homes - some of them damaged and others situated near potential Israeli targets - and packed into the houses of friends and relatives.
GAZA TARGETS
RESERVE TROOP QUOTA DOUBLED
At a late night session on Friday, Israel's cabinet decided to more than double the current reserve troop quota set for the Gaza offensive to 75,000, political sources said.The move did not necessarily mean all would be called up or that an invasion would follow. Tanks and self-propelled guns were seen near the sandy border zone on Saturday, and around 16,000 reservists have already been called to active duty.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to visit Israel and Egypt next week to push for an end to the fighting in Gaza, U.N. diplomats said on Friday.Israel rushed an "Iron Dome" missile interceptor battery to the Tel Aviv area on Saturday after the city, its commercial centre, came under rocket fire from Gaza on Friday for the second straight day.The Tel Aviv beachfront was bustling on a sunny weekend day.
In Jerusalem, targeted by a Palestinian rocket on Friday for the first time in four decades, there was little outward sign on the Jewish Sabbath that the attack had any impact on the usually placid pace of life in the holy city.Some Gaza families abandoned their homes - some of them damaged and others situated near potential Israeli targets - and packed into the houses of friends and relatives.
GAZA TARGETS
The Israeli army said it had zeroed in on a number of
government buildings during the night, including Haniyeh's office, the
Hamas Interior Ministry and a police compound.Taher al-Nono, a spokesman for the Hamas
government, held a news conference near the rubble of the prime
minister's office and pledged: "We will declare victory from here."A three-storey house belonging to Hamas
official Abu Hassan Salah was also hit and totally destroyed early on
Saturday. Rescuers said at least 30 people were pulled from the rubble.
In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama commended
Egypt's efforts to help defuse the Gaza violence in a call to Mursi on
Friday, the White House said in a statement, and underscored his hope of
restoring stability there.On Friday, Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil paid a
high-profile visit to Gaza, denouncing what he called Israeli
aggression and saying Cairo was prepared to mediate a truce.Egypt's Islamist government is allied with Hamas but Cairo is also party to a 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
In a call to Netanyahu, Obama discussed options for
"de-escalating" the situation, the White House said, adding that the
president "reiterated U.S. support for Israel's right to defend itself,
and expressed regret over the loss of Israeli and Palestinian civilian
lives".The Gaza conflagration has stirred the pot of a Middle
East already boiling from two years of Arab revolution and a civil war
in Syria that threatens to spread beyond its borders.Hamas
fighters are no match for the Israeli military. The last Gaza war,
involving a three-week long Israeli air blitz and ground invasion over
the New Year period of 2008-09, killed over 1,400 Palestinians, mostly
civilians. Thirteen Israelis died.While Hamas
rejects the Jewish state's existence, Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas, who rules in areas of the nearby West Bank not occupied by
Israelis, does recognize Israel but peace talks between the two sides
have been frozen since 2010.(Additional reporting by Maayan Lubell, Jeffrey Heller
and Ori Lewis in Jerusalem and Louis Charbonneau at the United Nations;
Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Mark Heinrich) Hamas aims at Jerusalem, Israel calls reserves
By | Associated Press – 19 hrs ago NOV 16,12
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas
rocket squads aimed at Jerusalem for the first time Friday, along with
commercial hub Tel Aviv, showing off their expanded reach as Israeli
airstrikes pounded the Palestinian territory for a third day. Israel called up 16,000 reservists, moving a step closer to a possible ground offensive in the Palestinian territory.Air
raid sirens sounded in the two cities which — unlike population centers
in Israel's south — had not been exposed to rocket fire from
Hamas-ruled Gaza before the current round of cross-border fighting. No
injuries were reported, but Hamas' latest attempts to hit Israel's
heartland could push Israel closer to sending ground troops into Gaza.Over
the past three days, Israel has relentlessly pounded suspected rocket
launching sites and other Hamas targets in Gaza with scores of
airstrikes, while Hamas has fired more than 450 rockets toward Israel.
The overall death toll rose to 30 — 27 Palestinians and three Israelis.The
Islamic militant group was badly bruised during its last full-fledged
confrontation with Israel four years ago that ended with an informal
truce, although rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes on militant
operations continued sporadically. The Islamic militant group appeared
better prepared this time with a more powerful arsenal.Just
a few years ago, Palestinian rockets were limited to crude, homemade
devices manufactured in Gaza. But in recent years, Hamas and other armed
groups have smuggled in sophisticated, longer-range rockets from Iran and Libya, which has been flush with weapons since Moammar Gadhafi was ousted last year.Most
of the rockets do not have guided systems, limiting their accuracy,
though Israeli officials believe the militants may have a small number
of guided missiles that have not yet been deployed.
Hamas' political rival in the West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said in a televised speech Friday that he has urged the U.S. and European countries to pressure Israel to halt the offensive. Abbas also called for Palestinian unity.Hamas wrested Gaza from Abbas in 2007, deepening a split the two sides have been unable to overcome.Despite the Gaza fighting, Abbas said he was determined to seek U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem on Nov. 29. Such recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state would be a largely symbolic step, but Israel and the U.S. oppose the idea, saying it's an attempt to bypass negotiations.In Israel, military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said no decision has been made yet on a ground offensive but all options are on the table. Dozens of armored vehicles have been moved to Israel's border with Gaza since fighting intensified Wednesday, following Israel's assassination of the Hamas military chief.She said 16,000 reserve soldiers were called up Friday, and the army could draft an additional 14,000 soldiers. She did not say where the reservists were being deployed.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak asked the Cabinet at a special meeting Friday night for authorization to activate additional soldiers.The violence has widened the instability gripping the region, straining already frayed Israel-Egypt relations. The Islamist government in Cairo, like Hamas linked to the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood, recalled its ambassador in protest and dispatched Prime Minister Hesham Kandil to show solidarity with Gaza.Kandil called for an end to the offensive while touring Gaza City's Shifa Hospital with Ismail Haniyeh, the Gaza prime minister who was making his first public appearance since the fighting began.
In one chaotic moment, a man rushed toward the two leaders, shouting as he held up the body of a 4-year-old boy. The two prime ministers cradled the lifeless boy who Hamas said was killed in an Israeli airstrike — a claim Israel denied.Fighting to hold back tears, Kandil told reporters that the Israeli operation must end."What I saw today in the hospital, the wounded and the martyrs, the boy ... whose blood is still on my hands and clothes, is something that we cannot keep silent about," he said.Israel said it halted its incessant air attacks on militant targets in Gaza during Kandil's visit, though Hamas security claimed three airstrikes hit the territory during that period.Militants, meanwhile, fired off more than 60 rockets after Kandil arrived in Gaza. The pace of cross-border fighting quickly resumed after the Egyptian leader's departure.
In Egypt's two largest cities, Cairo and Alexandria, thousands protested the Israeli offensive Friday in marches organized by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against Israel. In Cairo's Tahrir Square, a few hundred protesters burned an Israeli flag.Prominent Brotherhood figures took part, many brandishing the checkered Palestinian scarf, or keffiyeh, during the marches.Small anti-Israeli demonstrations occurred in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. Police dispersed the crowds with tear gas and stun grenades. And in Iran, a close Hamas ally, thousands of people took to the streets in the capital Tehran. The demonstrators carried banners denouncing Israel. They chanted "Death to the U.S." and "Death to Israel."In Europe, reaction was mixed. Germany held Hamas responsible and urged Egypt to pressure the Islamists to halt the violence, while Britain cautioned Israel against launching a ground offensive."When Israel has entered into ground invasions in other conflicts that is when they have lost a good deal of international sympathy and support, and of course civilian casualties become much harder to avoid in that situation," Foreign Minister William Hague told reporters in London.U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon announced plans to visit the Mideast region soon in a bid to reduce tensions, but his spokesman Martin Nesirky refused to discuss specific sites, countries or dates for the visit.
Hamas said the
two rockets aimed at the two Israeli cities Friday were made in Gaza, a
prototype the militants call M-75, and have a range of about 80
kilometers (50 miles).The air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem
after the start of the Jewish Sabbath in the holy city, claimed by both
Israel and the Palestinians as a capital and located about 75 kilometers
(47 miles) from Gaza. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the
rocket landed in an open area southeast of the city.Earlier
Friday, Gaza militants fired toward Tel Aviv and an explosion was heard
in the city, but no injuries were reported. Hamas had first targeted Tel
Aviv on Thursday, an unprecedented achievement for the group."We are sending a short and simple message: There is no security for any Zionist on any single inch of Palestine
and we plan more surprises," Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Hamas
militant wing, said of the rockets aimed at Israel's two main cities.A senior Hamas official said that Egypt, which often mediates between Hamas and Israel, was working behind the scenes to arrange a truce.The
official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was discussing a
sensitive diplomatic matter, said Hamas was demanding an end to the
offensive, limits on Israeli ground activities along the border, a
permanent halt in assassinations of Hamas leaders and an end to Israel's
blockade of Gaza.
"These
conditions must be honored and sponsored by a third party," he said.
"We will stop all armed activities out of Gaza in return."Israel is unlikely to accept some of the demands, particularly a permanent halt to military operations against Hamas.An
Israeli official refused to say whether Egypt or any other country was
involved in cease-fire efforts but said Israel would not settle for
anything less than a complete and longstanding halt to the rocket fire.
"We're not interested in a timeout that returns us to square one," he
said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to
discuss the matter with the press.Hamas' political rival in the West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said in a televised speech Friday that he has urged the U.S. and European countries to pressure Israel to halt the offensive. Abbas also called for Palestinian unity.Hamas wrested Gaza from Abbas in 2007, deepening a split the two sides have been unable to overcome.Despite the Gaza fighting, Abbas said he was determined to seek U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem on Nov. 29. Such recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state would be a largely symbolic step, but Israel and the U.S. oppose the idea, saying it's an attempt to bypass negotiations.In Israel, military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said no decision has been made yet on a ground offensive but all options are on the table. Dozens of armored vehicles have been moved to Israel's border with Gaza since fighting intensified Wednesday, following Israel's assassination of the Hamas military chief.She said 16,000 reserve soldiers were called up Friday, and the army could draft an additional 14,000 soldiers. She did not say where the reservists were being deployed.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak asked the Cabinet at a special meeting Friday night for authorization to activate additional soldiers.The violence has widened the instability gripping the region, straining already frayed Israel-Egypt relations. The Islamist government in Cairo, like Hamas linked to the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood, recalled its ambassador in protest and dispatched Prime Minister Hesham Kandil to show solidarity with Gaza.Kandil called for an end to the offensive while touring Gaza City's Shifa Hospital with Ismail Haniyeh, the Gaza prime minister who was making his first public appearance since the fighting began.
In one chaotic moment, a man rushed toward the two leaders, shouting as he held up the body of a 4-year-old boy. The two prime ministers cradled the lifeless boy who Hamas said was killed in an Israeli airstrike — a claim Israel denied.Fighting to hold back tears, Kandil told reporters that the Israeli operation must end."What I saw today in the hospital, the wounded and the martyrs, the boy ... whose blood is still on my hands and clothes, is something that we cannot keep silent about," he said.Israel said it halted its incessant air attacks on militant targets in Gaza during Kandil's visit, though Hamas security claimed three airstrikes hit the territory during that period.Militants, meanwhile, fired off more than 60 rockets after Kandil arrived in Gaza. The pace of cross-border fighting quickly resumed after the Egyptian leader's departure.
In Egypt's two largest cities, Cairo and Alexandria, thousands protested the Israeli offensive Friday in marches organized by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against Israel. In Cairo's Tahrir Square, a few hundred protesters burned an Israeli flag.Prominent Brotherhood figures took part, many brandishing the checkered Palestinian scarf, or keffiyeh, during the marches.Small anti-Israeli demonstrations occurred in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. Police dispersed the crowds with tear gas and stun grenades. And in Iran, a close Hamas ally, thousands of people took to the streets in the capital Tehran. The demonstrators carried banners denouncing Israel. They chanted "Death to the U.S." and "Death to Israel."In Europe, reaction was mixed. Germany held Hamas responsible and urged Egypt to pressure the Islamists to halt the violence, while Britain cautioned Israel against launching a ground offensive."When Israel has entered into ground invasions in other conflicts that is when they have lost a good deal of international sympathy and support, and of course civilian casualties become much harder to avoid in that situation," Foreign Minister William Hague told reporters in London.U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon announced plans to visit the Mideast region soon in a bid to reduce tensions, but his spokesman Martin Nesirky refused to discuss specific sites, countries or dates for the visit.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
appeared determined to move forward. "The Israeli military "continues
to strike hard against Hamas and is prepared to expand its action into
Gaza," he said.At least 27 Palestinians, including 14 militants
and six children, as well as three Israelis have been killed in the
fighting — a relatively low toll compared to the beginning of Israel's
previous major offensive against Hamas four years ago. Netanyahu has
said the air force is trying to strike surgically and avoid harm to
civilians.The 4-year-old boy
whose body had been handed to Kandil and Haniyeh was killed along with a
young man earlier Friday when an Israeli missile struck close to their
homes in the town of Jebaliya near Gaza City, relatives said.
The
area near the boy's home showed signs that a projectile had exploded
there, with shrapnel marks in the walls of surrounding homes and
shattered kitchen windows. But neighbors said security officials quickly
took what remained of the projectile, making it impossible to verify
who fired it.Kandil's visit
came after a night of fierce exchanges, with dozens of rocket barrages
setting off sirens throughout southern Israel, an area with a population
of about 1 million.___Federman reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza City contributed to this report.
THIS IS JUST REDICULAS PROTESTING ISRAEL.WHILE THE MURDERER PALESTINIAN ARABS AND HAMAS START THE WAR IN THE FIRST PLACE.AND WERE IS THE PROTESTING AGAINST SYRIAS ASSAD FOR MURDERING 6,000 CIVILLIANS AND 500,000 FLEEING SYRIA SO THEY DON'T GET KILLED BY ASSAD.NOW THATS SOMETHING TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST,NOT ISRAEL WHO IS DEFENDING ITSELF FROM MURDERS.
Activists around the world hold rallies denouncing Israel’s campaign in Gaza
Protests against IDF action also planned for Ramallah, Hebron, and Nablus
November 17, 2012, 12:00 pm
9-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Immediately after Israel
assassinated Hamas’s military leader, Ahmed Jabari, and publicly
announced its launch of Operation Pillar of Defense, activists around
the world began demonstrating against what they termed Israeli
aggression in Gaza. Protests took place in Cairo, Washington, D.C., New
York, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Seoul, Rome, and other European cities.Protests are also planned for Hebron and Ramallah Saturday afternoon.Some called on the international community to level sanctions on Jerusalem; others denounced the West’s support of Israel.
In Istanbul Saturday, protesters burned the Israeli flag and a poster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Thousands gathered in Cairo Friday and chanted slogans in support of Gaza Strip against Israel’s “blatant aggression.”In New York, some 250 activists stood outside
the Israeli Consulate at 42nd Street Friday and chanted “Free, Free,
Palestine!” and “Hey Israel, what do you say, how many kids did you kill
today?” They were joined by the ultra-religious anti-Zionist group
Naturei Karta. A small, opposing group congregated across the street and
retorted:“Israel wants peace, Hamas wants terror” and “God bless
America. God bless Israel.”Similar rallies also took place in South
Korea’s capital city, Seoul, in front of the Israeli embassy.
“Protestors laid flowers on a temporarily built memorial, for
Palestinians who have died in the last couple of days,” China’s Xinhua
reported.
Demonstration against Pillar of Defense in San Francisco Thursday (photo credit: Nora Barrows Friedman/Twitpic)
Activists carrying the Palestinian flag and
donning keffiyehs in Washington D.C. stood outside the White House
Friday and chanted “Zionism is racism,” and “Free Gaza, free Palestine.”
One activist said: ”I don’t know if [US President Barack] Obama’s in
there, but if he is, I hope he hears us,” Channel 10 News reported.
On Thursday, some 150 protesters demonstrated against the Israeli operation in downtown San Francisco.
Some of the activists said their aim was
prevent “another Operation Cast Lead,” the group Gaza Youth Break Out
wrote on their Twitter feed.Known as Emergency Global Actions, the
protests were organized by a host of Palestinian solidarity groups,
reported Mondoweiss, a Mideast-related news blog. The site also offered a
list of dozens of protest locations across South America, Europe, Asia,
and North America.
