ROCKETS fired from the Gaza strip forced Benjamin Netanyahu to be hustled from a stage during an election rally.
The Israeli Prime Minister was speaking at a general election campaign event in Ashkelon when sirens blared out across the southern port city.
BY The Sun, December 26, 2019
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The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires intercepts rockets launched from Gaza above Ashkelon
Netanyahu was forced to take cover in a shelter during the attack
The Prime Minister his wife Sara were escorted to a shelter nearby but he later returned to the stage and continued his address.
The Israeli military said its air defence system, known as Iron Dome, intercepted the rockets and there were no reports of casualties.
A similar incident happened in September when Netanyahu was in the nearby city of Ashdod.
He was campaigning then for the second general Israeli election of the year, which ended in stalemate forcing a third ballot.
That was believed to have triggered Israel’s targeted killing of a senior commander in the Islamic Jihad in November.
Israel and Gaza militants had their worst round of fighting in months as a result.
In his speech at the Ashkelon event, he referenced the killing of Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports.
“He who fired [rockets] last time isn’t with us anymore,” Netanyahu said.
FORCED TO TAKE SHELTER
“And he who fired now, better start packing his belongings. This isn’t an attack on me or on Ashkelon, it’s not that.
“These are recurring attacks on our communities, and they think that we won’t hurt them or that we’ll break down.”
Netanyahu is widely expected to retain the leadership of his Likud party but his standing has been dented by an indictment on corruption charges that he denies.
His failure to stem attacks from Gaza has been invoked by his political rivals, including former military chief Benny Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party.
Mr Gantz, who is the main threat to Netanyahu, said the attacks were something “no sovereign country can accept”
“The situation in which Israeli citizens live at the mercy of terrorists and the prime minister of Israel is unable to tour parts of his country is a badge of shame,” he said.
No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack.
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Nefarious420
4 years ago
Things Israel can do to create a mass exodus and self deportation are stop supplying the enemy with Waters, Food, Fuel, and all supplies.
I don’t know about that. The United States of America, New Sweden (formerly “Canada”) and Western Europe give them food, clothing and shelter … and, as if that’s not quite enough, legal aid, medical care, and monthly cash stipends. OVER 80% of ALL moslems (not just “refugees” or immigrants … but ALL moslems) are on the welfare dole.
I knew what you were stating. I simply moved on to how the West treats the vilest of ALL creatures. Remember, that 80% figure is for ALL moslems … not simply “refugees”.
They are forever refugees living on the welfare system for generations until they take over and demand the Dhimmi tax. They do not “assimilate” unless it is to take over by running for public office, and then they are really dissimulating.
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
“No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack.” Yeah, like the government of the Gaza Shite isn’t fully aware these rockets are being fired.
Halal Bacon
4 years ago
shitslam has a compatibility issue with reality
felix1999
4 years ago
The LEFT in Israel is determined to get Netanyahu OUT just as they LEFT is determined to get Trump out.
Fake crimes and liberal judges …Sound familiar? No crime committed and LIBERALS running the circus.
Stacked deck against Netanyahu?
Israel’s High Court selects activist judges to decide his fate, paper says
December 25, 2019
Israel’s Supreme Court will weigh in on whether Netanyahu can govern under indictment.
By World Israel News Staff
Next Tuesday, the Israeli Supreme Court will decide if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fit to form a government given that he faces indictment in three corruption cases. But the composition of the judges shows that Netanyahu will face a “rigged game,” Israel Hayom reports on Wednesday.
The reason is that the three judges who will preside over the debate are “thought of as particularly activist and liberal” judges, the paper says. The three judges are Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and Supreme Court Judges Hanan Melcer and Uzi Fogelman.
Israel Hayom reports that Hayut picked Melcer and Fogelman because they’re activists “who reason like her” and she wants a unanimous decision.
The paper says, in what it describes as “quite unusual,” that the Supreme Court has decided to devote only three judges to the matter – instead of seven, nine or 11 – as it would normally do in dealing with important issues. (Unlike in the U.S. where all nine Supreme Court judges hear a case, in Israel the number can vary.) Israel Hayom also notes that a larger number of judges have sat to hear matters of far less significance.
If the judges decide that Netanyahu can’t form a government, it will be a political “earthquake,” the paper reports.
… Judge Melcer identifies with the left-wing, having joined the Dash party in 1977, the paper notes.
Why shouldn’t he govern? Unless convicted, he is not guilty.
If members of the Supreme Court are accused of a crime, should they step aside or step down? No. Find them guilty and it’s then remove them.
felix1999
4 years ago
It’s only getting worse….
As Israel Declares They’re Fighting Iran Alone: Iran, Russia, China Hold Joint Naval Exercise
By JNS
December 26, 2019 , 3:36 pm
As IDF chief tells announced that Israel is fighting Iran alone, China, Iran and Russia have scheduled joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean and Sea of Oman starting on Friday and ending on Monday, China’s defense ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reported.
China’s Xining guided missile destroyer will participate in the drills, which are meant to deepen cooperation between the three countries’ navies, ministry spokesman Wu Qian said, adding that it was a “normal military exchange” in line with international law.
The Sea of Oman is a critical waterway as it connects to the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes, the report noted. This comes as tensions between Iran and the United States and Israel have risen throughout the year, especially since U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with world powers and increased sanctions on the country.
China, Iran and Russia taking part in joint drills? So much for Putin being in any way opposed to the muslum vermin or their death cult, ditto for the PRC.
santashandler
4 years ago
Gee, if after the last attack, Israel killed a senior commander, what will they do after this attack. There should already be Israeli round-the-clock airstrikes on Gaza. No letting up. Cut off their ability to receive and transmit radio and television signals. No food or water gets in until ALL rocket firing systems are destroyed. Then, the Israeli special forces can go in and take out every single degenerate jihadi. Once thats done, Israel can build an East German-style wall around Gaza, all with palestupidan labor. As a cherry on top, Israel can offer large cash incentives to palestupidans who turn over information of pending attacks to the Israeli military.
I don’t know why Israel employs airstrikes against the Gaza muslum vermin instead of TOT artillery barrages. If the IDF were to have a battery of 155’s they could range all of Gaza from Israel and w/radar determine where the rockets were fired from and fire off a quick barrage of prox-fused artillery rounds and quickly ruin the day of anyone in the vicinity. I’d figure an artillery response would be quicker than launching an airstrike and give the IDF artillerymen some practice. It would also be cheaper than an airstrike.
You’re probably right, MuhaMUD. Artillery strikes would be much cheaper than airstrikes. However……think of the absolute FEAR the vermin palestupidans would feel, hearing a couple F-18’s roar overhead at 400 mph, or so. Let alone, those planes firing a few missiles and 50mm canons at them. Probably wouldn’t deter the palestupidans, but, it would give them something to think about while they were picking up the rubble of their vermin homes.
stephen5970
4 years ago
I’ve been saying this since 1970: warn Gaza that one of a list of five towns will be leveled within six hours. Warn everyone to leave. The towns will be assumed deserted of civilians one only terrorists remain. Then blow one of the towns off the map.
By the third time this happen the “militants” will be watching their backs from the civilians and won’t be attacking Israel. Lesson taught, lesson learned.
The only thing they respect is “might makes right”.
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