Why does Hamas launch rockets from cities?

[Godobeyer]

I think you grossly misunderstood my post.

it's seems so

 

[RitalinOhD]

So even stupid voters will be looking for leaders with other ideas.

Unless they're far right conservatives, in which case they will continue to vote in the complete opposite direction in regards to their interests.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

The iron dome is very effective. I expect it's even more effective than dropping bombs on Palestinian children, crazy as that sounds.

I am sure it is.

However I am sure Hamas knew their rockets were ineffective. Even with out the Iron dome they would have killed very few Israelis.

The rockets could not have been an attempt to win a war or even a battle.
Hamas may be terrorist but they are far from stupid.

I have heard many reasons for their attacks but I am unconvinced by any of them. But when they pull those strings the Israelis twitch violently.
If there is a deeper plan they have not yet shown it.

The cover Provided by active warfare is very hard to penetrate.
Hamas have been noticeable for their absence.

 

[Alceste]

I am sure it is.

However I am sure Hamas knew their rockets were ineffective. Even with out the Iron dome they would have killed very few Israelis.

The rockets could not have been an attempt to win a war or even a battle.
Hamas may be terrorist but they are far from stupid.

I have heard many reasons for their attacks but I am unconvinced by any of them. But when they pull those strings the Israelis twitch violently.
If there is a deeper plan they have not yet shown it.

The cover Provided by active warfare is very hard to penetrate.
Hamas have been noticeable for their absence.

The aim of guerrilla fighters is usually to provoke an excessively violent response from whatever militant state they have a grievance with. From a guerrilla's perspective, there are many benefits. It undermines international support for the enemy regime, while making it easier to draw recruits to the cause at home. It's also incredibly expensive for Israel to keep pounding Gaza, which hurts them economically.

Israel is giving Hamas exactly what they want, just as the US gave bin Laden exactly what he wanted. What better way to draw angry Muslims to the cause of Islamic extremism than getting the West to drop bombs on Islamic children?

The ME is more of a mess than ever because we keep doing exactly what they want. We even make a slogan of it: "we don't negotiate with terrorists". Best news a terrorist ever heard, IMO. You think they want to negotiate? Hell no, they just want to let off steam, recruit other angry young men and justify their behaviour. How could they do any of that if, instead of blowing Arab children to pieces, we invited them over for a cup of tea and an honest conversation?

 

[metis]

It's now 3:09 p.m. e.s.t., and sirens have again gone off in southern Israel as one or more missiles apparently were just launched from the G.S.

 

[Alceste]

It's now 3:09 p.m. e.s.t., and sirens have again gone off in southern Israel as one or more missiles apparently were just launched from the G.S.

Wow you can hear that all the way from Detroit?

 

[dantech]

Wow you can hear that all the way from Detroit?

This might surprise you but many of us are in contact with people in Israel.

 

[Sunstone]

It simply isn't realistic, IMO.

It isn't realistic to approach terrorism as predominantly a law enforcement issue? Then what is "realistic"? Afghanistan? Iraq? The Gaza Strip?

 

[Alceste]

This might surprise you but many of us are in contact with people in Israel.

They heard the sirens and called you?

I thought maybe you were following a live feed or blog or something.

 

[Alceste]

It isn't realistic to approach terrorism as predominantly a law enforcement issue? Then what is "realistic"? Afghanistan? Iraq? The Gaza Strip?

The question of the century, right here.

 

[dantech]

It isn't realistic to approach terrorism as predominantly a law enforcement issue? Then what is "realistic"? Afghanistan? Iraq? The Gaza Strip?

To approach it as a law enforcement issue is realistic...

To picture the UN walking into Israel and arresting Netanyahu, Abbas, and appointing two new selected leaders isn't. Also, before Israel would accept such a thing, it would need to happen in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and even in the US.

 

[dantech]

They heard the sirens and called you?

I thought maybe you were following a live feed or blog or something.

I speak to my family in Israel 2-3 times a day, on average.

 

[Alceste]

I speak to my family in Israel 2-3 times a day, on average.

At 3 Am?

 

[dantech]

At 3 Am?

Sometimes, yes.

 

[Alceste]

Sometimes, yes.

I don't talk to my family three or four times a year. That's really something!

 

[LuisDantas]

More and more I feel that family is a very high priority for the Jewish People.

 

[icehorse]

To approach it as a law enforcement issue is realistic...

To picture the UN walking into Israel and arresting Netanyahu, Abbas, and appointing two new selected leaders isn't. Also, before Israel would accept such a thing, it would need to happen in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and even in the US.

Indeed. It would be hard to imagine the UN walking into Israel. Much less hard for me to envision the UN walking into Gaza. What if the UN warned both sides that whoever breaks the cease fire du jour will be subject to a UN intervention?

 

[LuisDantas]

There would be complaints that the ceasing was not that side's fault, and that it was not done by that side anyway.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

What if the UN warned both sides that whoever breaks the cease fire du jour will be subject to a UN intervention?

From the BBC:

Fresh strikes follow five-day Gaza truce extension​

Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza after being targeted by rocket fire, just as agreement had been reached on extending a truce by five days.

Israel's military said it was targeting "terror sites" after at least five rockets were launched from Gaza.

The ceasefire extension was agreed in indirect talks in Cairo, minutes before an existing three-day truce expired.

It is not yet clear if either side sees the latest strikes as a major breach of the ceasefire, correspondents say.

Palestinian sources say the truce extension will create a window for further negotiations.

But the BBC's Kevin Connolly in Gaza says future talks are likely to be forbiddingly difficult.

Officials from both sides have been communicating their demands through Egyptian intermediaries in Cairo.

The talks are aimed at finding a more durable solution to the conflict in Gaza. …

Again.

 

[Alceste]

From the BBC:

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Again.

Does the leadership of Hamas actually have any meaningful control over its fighters? Just wondering. Perhaps they are incapable of holding to such an agreement.