N.S.C. Spokesman Gordon Johndroe condemed Hamas for breaking the 4 month de-facto truce by firing rockets into Israel.
It was "completely unacceptable" for Hamas, which controls Gaza, to launch attacks on Israel after a truce lasting several months, said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
AP
The only trouble is it was Israel who breached the de-facto truce on November 4th with an IDF raid into Gaza killed 6 Palestinians. Hamas reacted immidately to The IDF´s breach of the truce by lanching rockets into Israel later on the 4th.
Gaza truce broken as Israeli raid kills six Hamas gunmen
A four-month ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza was in jeopardy today after Israeli troops killed six Hamas gunmen in a raid into the territory.
Hamas responded by firing a wave of rockets into southern Israel, although no one was injured.
Shame on Bush, Rice , and Johndroe for perpertrating this monsterous distortion of what really hasppened.
If November 4th rings a bell for some reason that was the date of the American election. Obviously Olmert was iching to attack Hamas in Gaza as soon as the American campaigns came to a close. I beleive Olmert wanted his Kadima Government to adopt a very hard line posture in the run up to the Israeli election in Feb. A renewed conflict in Gaza would give his ruling Kadima Pparty (that is behind in the polls) the opportunity to do that, and increase its chances to win the election.
I think Olmert is using the 1.5 million residents of Gaza as convienient pawns to help his Kadima Party politicaly. It won´t be the first time the Palestinians have been used in this way to gain an political advantage for an Israeli Political Party. Araiel Sharon was a master of using military violence for this kind of political manipulation of the Israeli electorate.
Here is a little backround on the conflict in Gaza.
228 Gazans were reported killed in the IDF raid TODAY.
13 Israelis have been killed by rockest launched from Gaza SINCE THE START OF THE CONFLICT.
Over 17 Gazans were killed just today, for every Israeli ever killed by the rockets. When you consider the many hundreds of Gazans already killed by the numerous, disproprtionate raids on Gaza, the ratio becomes absolutly mind boggling.
The disporortionate level of violence Israel employs ro respond to these rocket attacks is typical of Israel´s role in this conflict, with Israel perpertrating the vast majiority of the leathal violence in this conflict. Israel also perpertrates the vast majiority of the non leathal violence in this conflict. even using malnutrition as a weapon against the 1.5 Million residents of Gaza that continue 24/7/355 truce or no truce you start to get a better picture of what?s giong on in this conflict.
I think both sides of this conflict are very poorly led, and that is very likely to go from bad to worse in the near future.