Als de schendingen van het staakt-het-vuren blijven voortduren, wordt het helemaal niets met het geleidelijk verlichten van de blokkade van de Gazastrook, en blijven de Palestijnen daar voorlopig nog in de impasse (en ellende) zitten.
Het aftreden of afzetten van het Hamas bewind zou een alternatieve optie kunnen zijn: weliswaar kon of wilde de PA onder Abbas ook niet veel doen aan de vrijwel dagelijkse beschietingen op Israël, maar die hoeft niet zo'n zware sancties te vrezen als Hamas. Althans als ze de beschietingen voldoende veroordeelt en er tenminste iets tegen probeert te ondernemen. En als ze Hamas aanpakt, waarvan een grotere dreiging uitgaat dan van de groepen die nu de Qassams afvuren. Hamas is zich aan het bewapenen met zwaarder geschut dat veel meer schade kan aanrichten.
Er is dus een open vacature voor iemand die Hamas kan en wil afzetten. Israël lijkt de enige kandidaat...
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2 Qassams land in western Negev; Israel closes Gaza crossings
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2 Qassams land in western Negev; Israel closes Gaza crossings
Ceasefire violated once again as rockets fired by Palestinians in north Gaza land in Israeli territory; Barak orders closure of goods crossings in response to attacks
Shmulik Hadad - Ynet News
Latest Update: 08.25.08, 20:06
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3587533,00.html
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3587533,00.html
In yet another violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the armed Palestinian groups in Gaza, a Qassam rocket fired from the northern Strip Monday afternoon landed in an open field near a western Negev kibbutz. No injuries or damage were reported, and sappers were dispatched to the rocket's landing site.
At around 16:35 pm the "Color Red" siren sounded, and a few seconds later an explosion was heard just outside the southern town.
At around 8 pm another rocket fired from northern Gaza landed near a kibbutz located within Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council limits. No injuries or damage were reported in that attack either.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his deputy, Matan Vilnai decided to close the Gaza borders to all goods crossings on Tuesday in response to the Qassam rocket fire towards Israel.
Last week a similar response was enacted.
More than 20 rockets were fired toward Israel since the ceasefire went into effect in June. On Tuesday a rocket fired by Palestinians in north Gaza landed in a kibbutz located within the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council limits. The Qassam landed in an open area, causing no injuries or damage.
Two days prior to that attack a rocket exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council area in south Israel. About two weeks ago another Qassam fired from Gaza landed near a kindergarten in Sderot. No injuries were reported.
At around 16:35 pm the "Color Red" siren sounded, and a few seconds later an explosion was heard just outside the southern town.
At around 8 pm another rocket fired from northern Gaza landed near a kibbutz located within Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council limits. No injuries or damage were reported in that attack either.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his deputy, Matan Vilnai decided to close the Gaza borders to all goods crossings on Tuesday in response to the Qassam rocket fire towards Israel.
Last week a similar response was enacted.
More than 20 rockets were fired toward Israel since the ceasefire went into effect in June. On Tuesday a rocket fired by Palestinians in north Gaza landed in a kibbutz located within the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council limits. The Qassam landed in an open area, causing no injuries or damage.
Two days prior to that attack a rocket exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council area in south Israel. About two weeks ago another Qassam fired from Gaza landed near a kindergarten in Sderot. No injuries were reported.
First Published: 08.25.08, 17:16
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