Israel launches air strike on Gaza

[iluvtennis]

Link to tweet

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-air-strike-latest-jerusalem-protests-trump-injured-news-updates-a8100311.html

[gratuitous]

1. Netanyahu will now expect the U.S. to back him

And of course we will, so we get to be party to military air strikes on civilians. I seem to recall some over-officious rule against doing that, but I'm sure it's no big deal.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Of course Trump will send the MOABS over.

Anything for Bibi, his old pal.

[ProudLib72]

2. Hurray!

Those impoverished, marginalized, unemployed people living on a tiny shithole scrap of land are all terrorists!

In case you really couldn't tell.

[Doodley]

3. Trump fans will be thrilled.

[iluvtennis]

4. Follow-up on this is it appears Gaza struck Israel first

[FreeStateDemocrat]

9. I know I believe all the bullshit that the Israel ministry of propaganda spreads.

[stevenleser]

11. Hamas isn't exactly shy about advertising its launch of Katyusha rockets at Israel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7818022.stm

Why does Hamas fire missiles into Israel?
Hamas is an acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement. It regards the whole of historic Palestine as Islamic land and therefore views the state of Israel as an occupier, though it has offered a 10-year "truce" if Israel withdraws to the lines held before the war of 1967.
It therefore generally justifies any actions against Israel, which has included suicide bombings and rocket attacks, as legitimate resistance.
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"Which do you think is more effective, martyrdom operations or rockets against Sderot? Rockets against Sderot will cause mass migration, greatly disrupt daily lives and government administration and can make a much huger impact on the government. We are using the methods that convince the Israelis that their occupation is costing them too much. We are succeeding with the rockets. We have no losses and the impact on the Israeli side is so much."

- Hamas coFounder Mahmoud Zahar
see his comments on rocket attacks at any of the articles here: https://www.google.com/search?q=Mahmoud+Zahar+and+rockets&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS768US768&oq=Mahmoud+Zahar+and+rockets&aqs=chrome..69i57.1956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[flotsam]

18. Except they don't have any.

What they do have are homegrown Qassam rockets which are smaller and even less accurate (if that is possible).

[Fred Sanders]

17. Bottle rockets versus modern jets and missiles bombardment of a walled city. Seems fair to me!

[Angry Dragon]

5. Trump was looking for a war.........he found one when North Korea turned him down

[iluvtennis]

6. Indeed.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

7. Blood all over his tiny evil hands!!! The monster-in-chief getting his rocks off now!

Who the fuck could have foreseen his idiot move causing unnecessary human suffering.

[Egnever]

8. Thanks Obama

but you know that is where this will head next.

[rzemanfl]

10. Nobody saw that coming.

Suicide bombers next.

[malaise]

12. Amid what?

You mean amid the US backed theft of more Palestinian land?

[bathroommonkey76]

14. Trump had better send Jared and his flak jacket over there

to protect Israel.

[grossproffit]

16. Israel has every right to defend herself.

[SummerSnow]

19. The religious right think that attacking Gaza is gods plan