Stop the Insanity: Israel's Assassination of Gazan Leader Lays Groundwork for Iran Attack

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Bibi Netanyahu returned a few weeks ago from his annual pilgrimage to Washington DC, where he met with the president and thrilled an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) crowd with his usual baleful predictions of Jewish catastrophe at the hands of a nuclear Iran. Though the hysteria of the prime minister's portrayal of the Iranian threat led anyone listening to believe that he would attack Iran sometime down the road, it wasn't clear to me whether he would wait, as Obama sought to do, for sanctions to debilitate Iran's economy, or go it alone and strike sooner.

Events after Bibi's return to Israel clarified this. Within days, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had assassinated Zuhir al-Qaisi, the leader of the Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), violating a ceasefire that had been in place since the end of Operation Cast Lead in 2010. As in the past, Israel took action knowing what the Palestinian response would be: a rocket barrage on southern Israel. This is precisely what happened. Two hundred rockets fell on Israel in a matter of days. The IDF retaliated, and 26 Gazans were killed, six of them civilians and among those, two children.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8215-israel-defense-forces-assassination-of-gazan-leader-lays-groundwork-for-iran-attack

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See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=503690

Also: Anshel Pfeffer / Do Israelis support a war on Iran?

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/anshel-pfeffer-do-israelis-support-a-war-on-iran-1.421976?localLinksEnabled=false

Also: The Israeli-Iranian kiss that launched a thousand Facebook 'likes'

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/the-israeli-iranian-kiss-that-launched-a-thousand-facebook-likes-1.420654

Also: Do Israeli-Azeri Ties Portend Conflict With Iran?

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/01/149761957/do-israeli-azeri-ties-portend-conflict-with-iran?ft=1&f=1001

Also: Is war with Iran inevitable?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/09/is-war-with-iran-inevitable-nuclear-weapons?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

Also: Hundreds of Israelis march in Tel Aviv to protest war with Iran

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/hundreds-of-israelis-march-in-tel-aviv-to-protest-war-with-iran-1.420510

Also: Preparing Israel for war

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/2012320101549609686.html

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