Netanyahu: "We Are At War".

Hamas has launched a surprise incursion into Israel. In a 'Pearl Harbour' style surprise attack, well-armed, well-organised, Hamas fighters, attacked Israelis. 5,000 rockets landed in Israel, with, 545 injured and 22 Israelis dead. The comparison to 'Pearl Harbour' that I made is not for nothing. Apparently, no one in Israel saw this coming, Israel really did, have its guard down.

IDF (Israeli Defence Force) vehicles were taken and driven back to Gaza. Israeli civilians and soldiers were also taken back to Gaza. Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said, "We are at war" and "We will win". Already, Israeli warplanes struck back at Hamas targets. The Head of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank sided with the Hamas incursion. Islamic Jihad, have also, joined the fight against Israel.

Israel has called up reservists and Netanyahu has put the country on a state of alert. Was, this incursion, planned in Tehran, as Iran, uses Hamas and Hizbollah to attack the Jewish state? How will Washington react?

In every conflict since the 2006 Hizbollah-Israel War, the US always backs Israel. Of course, all Western governments will back Israel, and they will say, "Israel has the right to defend itself". And yes it does, after all, Israel was attacked by Gaza. The amount of wars that have transpired between Israel and Gaza is endless. All end in civilian infrastructure damaged, and loss of life, and it's usually Egypt that brokers a ceasefire.

The media will portray any conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as a war of two equals, but, it is not. Israel is a regional power and has a technological edge over its enemies. Israel has a 'rumoured' nuclear weapon, its airforce is well-trained and flies some of the best jets in the world. Its army and navy are well-trained and ready to go at a moment's notice. Whereas Gaza has rocketry to rely on. Most of these weapons are manufactured in Gaza, and some are supplied, by Iran. Most of these weapons do little damage and are more of a terror weapon.

Sometimes a rocket will get through and do damage to Israeli civilian infrastructure. Occasionally, there is loss of life and injuries, on the Israeli side. But civilian and military casualties on the Palestinian side are always bigger.

In some ways, this Hamas incursion and kidnapping of Israelis is like the Israeli-Hizbollah War. In 2006, Hizbollah crossed the border and kidnapped Israeli troops. This then started a huge conflict between Israel and Hizbollah. Both sides fought each other to a standstill. The US backed Israel (naturally) and Iran backed Hizbollah (of course). The war came to an end and both sides had suffered from the bombardment. However, many thought that Hamas might have won the war. I will leave that for historians to dispute.

Hizbollah and Israel have recently been threatening each other. Promising to bomb each other back to the stone age. If Hizbollah does get involved, Israel will be fighting, on two fronts.

Neither Hamas in Gaza nor the far-right government in Israel are nothing to shout about. Hamas keeps its people under strict Islamic law. There is no opposition allowed and Hamas uses Gaza's people in its struggle with Israel. They do the Palestinian people of Gaza no favours. Hamas was democratically elected in Gaza but it soon became a dictatorship.

Netanyahu is a borderline fascist and criminal who has linked up with some very unsavoury parties to form a coalition government. These parties are either extremist religious Jewish parties or out-and-out Jewish fascist parties.

Let us hope and pray this state of conflict is quickly resolved. So as to stop the loss of life and destruction of infrastructure by both sides.

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