megimoo
05-18-2011, 01:25 AM
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may be history after mass demonstrations led to an end to his rule and an uncertain future for the land of the Pharaohs, a nation that in the not-too-distant past warred with Israel and allied itself with the Soviet Union.
Moammar Gadhafi may not be in as comfortable a position in Libya as he was once. And the living symbol of jihad, Osama bin Laden, may no longer be living.
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Speaking to Muslim worshipers in Gaza City on Sunday as they commemorated Nakba — translated as "the day of the catastrophe," or when Israel was established in 1948 — Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh exhorted his listeners to pray for an end to Israel.
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And could it be a coincidence that Arab demonstrators flooded to numerous points on Israel's borders — next to Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, also in commemoration of Nakba?
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Some of the "protest" activity consisted of cutting through a fence between Syria and the disputed Israeli territory of the Golan Heights. Also Monday, Israel fired across the bow of a Malaysian ship that was violating the naval blockade of Gaza.
But Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak warns that the worst is to come. "More difficult days await us," Barak said, adding that he expects large protests in non-border areas too in what will become a mass, concerted action against the Jewish state.
There is nothing spontaneous about these large demonstrations in so many places at the same time, of course. This is no grass-roots rising of Arabs caught up in the spirit of what took place in Cairo or Tunisia earlier this year.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/572516/201105171845/Is-The-Invasion-Of-Israel-Imminent-.htm
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may be history after mass demonstrations led to an end to his rule and an uncertain future for the land of the Pharaohs, a nation that in the not-too-distant past warred with Israel and allied itself with the Soviet Union.
Moammar Gadhafi may not be in as comfortable a position in Libya as he was once. And the living symbol of jihad, Osama bin Laden, may no longer be living.
snip
Speaking to Muslim worshipers in Gaza City on Sunday as they commemorated Nakba — translated as "the day of the catastrophe," or when Israel was established in 1948 — Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh exhorted his listeners to pray for an end to Israel.
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And could it be a coincidence that Arab demonstrators flooded to numerous points on Israel's borders — next to Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, also in commemoration of Nakba?
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Some of the "protest" activity consisted of cutting through a fence between Syria and the disputed Israeli territory of the Golan Heights. Also Monday, Israel fired across the bow of a Malaysian ship that was violating the naval blockade of Gaza.
But Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak warns that the worst is to come. "More difficult days await us," Barak said, adding that he expects large protests in non-border areas too in what will become a mass, concerted action against the Jewish state.
There is nothing spontaneous about these large demonstrations in so many places at the same time, of course. This is no grass-roots rising of Arabs caught up in the spirit of what took place in Cairo or Tunisia earlier this year.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/572516/201105171845/Is-The-Invasion-Of-Israel-Imminent-.htm