Operation pillar of cloud. Israeli assault on Gaza

[BlackArab]

strange sort of negotiation that lasts 45 years and counting

I once went to a Uni debate on the Middle East where two of the participants, one Palestinian and one Israeli described themselves as negotiators. They had obviously had been at it for a while as they were both familiar with each other and surprisingly seemed to get on quite well.

 

[Pickman's model]

I once went to a Uni debate on the Middle East where two of the participants, one Palestinian and one Israeli described themselves as negotiators. They had obviously had been at it for a while as they were both familiar with each other and surprisingly seemed to get on quite well.

how auld were they?

 

[BlackArab]

Sorry slight correction I should have said Samaria not Sumeria.
Sumeria was an ancient civilisation in what is now Iraq.

I worked out what you meant, years of church-going has left me familiar with biblical terms!

 

[BlackArab]

how auld were they?

Late 40s at a guess

 

[teqniq]

This is indeed extremely creepy:

Is this stuff not extremely creepy? RT @IDFSpokesperson This is how Hamas sees Israel. http://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/269112373208551425/photo/1

and this is fucking sick:

#IDFbumperstickers Pregnant woman: 1 shot, 2 kills #truestory http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2009/03/15245789.jpg

 

[CNT36]

That IDF twitter page is replicated on Facebook for less trendy masochists.

 

[CNT36]

Also Tony Blair was talking shit on PM earlier. As usual no one questioned anything he was saying. One question was repeated but the second avoidance stuck.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Aljazeera: Tony Blair calls on Hamas to stop firing rockets, says Israel will continue to defend itself

A shame you're not fucking tied onto a rocket Tony, you utter cunt.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

@harryfear Our internet is down. We don't know if it will return.

For anyone wondering why there is no live stream from @harryfear currently at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/operation-pillar-of-cloud …, his Internet is now down in Gaza

 

[Mr.Bishie]

@GazaYBO IDF spokesman said that the army is getting ready for a ground operation

I hope this isn't the case, I really do.

 

[shifting gears]

OccupyWallStreet claiming on their Facebook that last nights Israeli air strikes actually killed over 200 in Gaza, rather than the 12 figure widely reported

Anyone know anymore regarding this allegation?

Apologies for lack of link - posting on a phone

 

[teqniq]

This would be laughable were the situation otherwise:

The United States is calling on Egypt to use its sway with the Palestinians to try to end the violence from Gaza, a top US official said Thursday, adding Hamas must stop its rocket attacks on Israel.
"We ask Egypt to use its influence in the region to help de-escalate the situation," deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, adding that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had spoken with her Egyptian counterpart.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/58282.aspx

 

[dylans]

Al Qassam are claiming they have shot down a drone.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

AJE now saying according to reports, Israeli forces moving to border

 

[elbows]

JonathanKeith Paxton ‏@JonathanKPaxton
Been told not to tweet about sirens or rockets...IDF orders. I guess it's good, though. Don't want to unnecessarily alarm folks. We're fine.

 

[weepiper]

Palestine Telegraph tweeting like mad about air raids

Palestine Telegraph ‏@Sameh_Habeeb
Breaking News: Israeli F16s take control of Gaza's air space, more than 30 raids in 10 minutes. Twenty people wounded including 5 children.

Palestine Telegraph ‏@Sameh_Habeeb
Plz share share share widely, Israel go made and bombs most of Gaza towns

 

[Treacle Toes]

#hamasbumperstickers has been trending all day.

Seriously sick.

 

[elbows]

I dont think Palestine Telegraph is necessarily a very good twitter source, although I dont mean more general tweets about raids and bombs. What happened to the Egyptian tanks in Sinai for example?

I see that both sides are on occasions passing old or unrelated photos off as being of recent death & destruction too. Not surprising.

 

[redsquirrel]

Egyptian PM planning to visit Gaza tomorrow apparently

Egyptian prime minister Hesham Qandil plans to lead an Egyptian delegation into Gaza tomorrow as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians. Egypt called for a second meeting of UN Security Council members on the crisis.

 

[Nylock]

What happened to the Egyptian tanks in Sinai for example?

I did a search for that last night/early this morning and only found news items from june... Not to say that they aren't moving tanks around near the border but i couldn't find anything to confirm this when i looked...

 

[Pickman's model]

A shame you're not fucking tied onto a rocket Tony, you utter cunt.

It's that sort of invention which could yet discern a way out of the current situation

 

[weepiper]

I dont think Palestine Telegraph is necessarily a very good twitter source, although I dont mean more general tweets about raids and bombs. What happened to the Egyptian tanks in Sinai for example?

I see that both sides are on occasions passing old or unrelated photos off as being of recent death & destruction too. Not surprising.

Perhaps not about specifics like numbers of casualties no, though I'm following a couple of just personal twitter accounts from people in Gaza and they're all saying much the same things about explosions or F16s overhead etc

 

[elbows]

Some journalists I'm following on twitter that may be handy:

@pdanahar
@JonDonnison
@sheikhNB
@sarahussein
@MattMcBradley

also @acarvin who retweets a lot of interesting stuff

 

[Delroy Booth]

Some journalists I'm following on twitter that may be handy:

@pdanahar
@JonDonnison
@sheikhNB
@sarahussein
@MattMcBradley

also @acarvin who retweets a lot of interesting stuff

what's your tweeter elbows?

 

[Treacle Toes]

Apparently Harry Fear is reporting 100 bombs/rockets on gaza in the last 30 minutes.


The BBC headline was of the 1 rocket that hit near Tel Aviv.


...and this speech could have been written and posted today, but it wasn't.

 

[elbows]

what's your tweeter elbows?

I rarely send any tweets myself, I have too much wind so the character limit does not suit me.

 

[Dan U]

if anyone is interested in following the demo at the ldn embassy
@julesmattsson

sounds like it is getting a bit lively

 

[peterkro]

Looks like invasion from sea and land, don't look good.
( fucking interesting that Eygpt closed the border a little while ago,to be fair Israel has been attacking the tunnels)

 

[Delroy Booth]

I rarely send any tweets myself, I have too much wind so the character limit does not suit me.

Brevity is the soul of wit

 

[DaveCinzano]

if anyone is interested in following the demo at the ldn embassy
@julesmattsson

sounds like it is getting a bit lively

And @RachelHarger too.