The delicious dichotomy of these two statements, even as they appear similar is just too much for me. We have the two sides, clearly each having their own unique perspective and outlook on the situation but only one sees the reality and is acting accordingly.
From The Jerusalem Post April 11
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke out against a ceasefire with Hamas on Monday morning, following renewed violence emanating from the Gaza Strip in the past four days.
In an interview with Israel Radio, he said, "Hamas is fighting a war of attrition against us. We won't come to terms with a situation in which they decide when there's quiet and when the area heats up."
Lieberman added that a ceasefire with Hamas is against Israel's national interests. He said he is working to implement the coalition agreement, which says that the government will work towards overthrowing Hamas.
The best interests of Israel lie in getting rid of Hamas, or at least neutering it to the point
of powerlessness.
"We are going to do what was agreed upon. We know how to get what was in the agreement and what we signed with Likud, without threats and and without crises," he said on Israel Radio, adding that he is not interested in leaving the coalition.
"There was quiet, and Hamas took advantage of the quiet in order to smuggle more and more weapons. We remember when Kassams only had a range of 20 k.m.; today they reach Beersheba and Ashdod and in the end they'll reach Tel Aviv," Lieberman explained.
With the help of Iran, Hamas is escalating the conflict by using more powerful weapons and targeting more densly populated civilian areas.
The foreign minister went on to say that Hamas has exploited the two years of relative calm since 2008-9's Operation Cast Lead to rearm and organize. "Hamas took advantage of the quiet in order to gain power and turn a gang of terrorists into an organized army," Lieberman said, warning that with "another [military] battalion and another company and they will truly follow Hezbollah's model."
Hizballah follows pure Islam, and with that comes all the rules, regulations and commands including not honoring agreements signed between Islam and Jews. They decide when the time to attack is right, and they determine when they will fall back to regroup. It is Islam driving when, where and most importantly if to attack.
From the Kuwait News Agency April 11
"Truce means nothing to us," Islamic Jihad threatens
GAZA, April 11 (KUNA) -- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement warned Israel on Monday that it would retaliate for any offensive that might be waged on Gaza Strip.
The group has not pleaded for a cease-fire "from any party and will not request that from any body," the group spokesman in Gaza Daoud Shehab said in a statement. "If the war is dictated on us, we will fight and we have nothing to fear or cry for," he added."The truce in our eyes means nothing, we do not trust the occupation or their pledges.
What we are concerned about is the field condition. If there is calm, it will be appreciated but if an aggression is waged against our people, nothing will deter us from retaliating," he warned.The Jihad warning coincided with reports that an informal truce has been mediated
to muzzle the guns of the warring sides in the occupied territories, (end)
From The Jerusalem Post April 11
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke out against a ceasefire with Hamas on Monday morning, following renewed violence emanating from the Gaza Strip in the past four days.
In an interview with Israel Radio, he said, "Hamas is fighting a war of attrition against us. We won't come to terms with a situation in which they decide when there's quiet and when the area heats up."
Lieberman added that a ceasefire with Hamas is against Israel's national interests. He said he is working to implement the coalition agreement, which says that the government will work towards overthrowing Hamas.
The best interests of Israel lie in getting rid of Hamas, or at least neutering it to the point
of powerlessness.
"We are going to do what was agreed upon. We know how to get what was in the agreement and what we signed with Likud, without threats and and without crises," he said on Israel Radio, adding that he is not interested in leaving the coalition.
"There was quiet, and Hamas took advantage of the quiet in order to smuggle more and more weapons. We remember when Kassams only had a range of 20 k.m.; today they reach Beersheba and Ashdod and in the end they'll reach Tel Aviv," Lieberman explained.
With the help of Iran, Hamas is escalating the conflict by using more powerful weapons and targeting more densly populated civilian areas.
The foreign minister went on to say that Hamas has exploited the two years of relative calm since 2008-9's Operation Cast Lead to rearm and organize. "Hamas took advantage of the quiet in order to gain power and turn a gang of terrorists into an organized army," Lieberman said, warning that with "another [military] battalion and another company and they will truly follow Hezbollah's model."
Hizballah follows pure Islam, and with that comes all the rules, regulations and commands including not honoring agreements signed between Islam and Jews. They decide when the time to attack is right, and they determine when they will fall back to regroup. It is Islam driving when, where and most importantly if to attack.
From the Kuwait News Agency April 11
"Truce means nothing to us," Islamic Jihad threatens
GAZA, April 11 (KUNA) -- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement warned Israel on Monday that it would retaliate for any offensive that might be waged on Gaza Strip.
The group has not pleaded for a cease-fire "from any party and will not request that from any body," the group spokesman in Gaza Daoud Shehab said in a statement. "If the war is dictated on us, we will fight and we have nothing to fear or cry for," he added."The truce in our eyes means nothing, we do not trust the occupation or their pledges.
What we are concerned about is the field condition. If there is calm, it will be appreciated but if an aggression is waged against our people, nothing will deter us from retaliating," he warned.The Jihad warning coincided with reports that an informal truce has been mediated
to muzzle the guns of the warring sides in the occupied territories, (end)
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