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This is why no cease fire will work until Hamas is eliminated from Gaza (excerpts from Arutz Sheva)…

A long-range Grad-type Katyusha rocket landed in the schoolyard of a kindergarten in a northern Ashdod neighborhood at approximately 3:20 Monday afternoon — but miraculously, only two people were lightly wounded, one by flying shrapnel. Thirty children are normally in the classroom during the day, when the missile struck, but due to Home Front Command instructions, the building was empty at the time.

Magen David Adom medics who raced to the scene said they treated a number of people who suffered from severe emotional trauma. Eyewitnesses described the explosion as “unusually loud.”

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Hamas and allied terrorist attacked southern Israel with close to 30 rockets since 7:00 a.m. Monday, appearing to focus primarily on the coastal cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod.

Here are all 6 Youtube video embeds of the Fox News Special Report entitled “Escape from Hamas” in which Mosab Hassan Yousef tells of his conversion to Christianity and reveals an insider’s knowledge of the real Hamas.

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UPDATE: 1/4/2008: “Escape From Hamas”–Fox News Special Report (Video Embeds of Entire Show)

[Click here to view video of Mosab Hassan Yousef speaking out...more video embeds at bottom of this post]

Mosab Hassan Yousef was born the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of the most influential leaders of the militant Hamas organization in the West Bank. He converted to Christianity, moved to the U.S., and now provides the world an inside look behind Hamas.

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It is simply amazing that anyone can actually hold Israel responsible for trying to protect itself from Hamas. Krauthammer discusses the issues in today’s Washington Post (excerpt)…

Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It possesses a moral clarity not only rare but excruciating.

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Here’s excerpt and link to an article that clearly explains the nature of the problem faced by Israel vis–à–vis Hamas and how Hamas justifies its use of civilians as human shields. From NewsBlaze (by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook) today (emphasis added)…

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Five months ago, when he was visited Sderot, Obama didn’t mince worlds…

“If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything to stop that, and would expect Israel to do the same thing.“

However, since the recent commencement of Israel’s counter attack on Hamas, Obama has deferred to President Bush. Soon (I presume) we will see if he stands with Israel in her defense of herself…or if he will join the chorus of those who always blame Israel.

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This idea is an embarrassing nonstarter for the Obama camp because it fails to address the use of proxies by Iran. But, reading between the lines, it appears the crux of this story is Obama’s reversal of his stand that Iran’s pursuit of nukes is “unacceptable.” To quote Sarkozy (said to Israel back in October, but still applicable today)…”Obama’s stand on Iran is “utterly immature…”

Here is an excerpt and link to the story at Fox News…

President-elect Barack Obama will offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.

Haaretz, quoting an unnamed source, said the Obama administration would pledge under the proposed “nuclear umbrella” to respond to any Iranian strike on Israel with a “devastating U.S. nuclear response.”

Granting Israel a nuclear guarantee would essentially suggest the U.S. is willing to come to terms with a nuclear Iran, the paper reported.

It didn’t take Obama long to show where he stands with regard to Israel.

He has a great plan. Israel should just capitulate to Muslim demands…and, for its part, the Muslim world will agree not to destroy Israel. Why didn’t someone think of this before? Now all we need is a seven year treaty which includes the rebuilding of the Temple.

Excerpt from today’s Times UK…

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UPDATE: Story now picked up by WND’s Aaron Klein, Hamas: We met Obama advisers

Per Israel Today (excerpt)…

In an interview with London-based pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat, Hamas spokesman Ahmad Yousef said that Obama’s advisors traveled to the Gaza Strip to meet with the group’s leadership months ago when he was still campaigning for the presidency.

Said Yousef: “We first made contact on the Internet and then met with some of them here in the Gaza Strip. They advised us not to reveal this information lest it influence the elections or become manipulated by [Republican candidate John] McCain’s campaign.”

Well, I guess not all the world is fawning over “The One”.

Per Haaretz (excerpt–emphasis added)…

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s positions on Iran, according to reports that have reached Israel’s government.

Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But according to a senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate’s stance on Iran as “utterly immature” and comprised of “formulations empty of all content.”

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