Israel-Hamas cease fire deal signed by both sides

A cease-fire and hostage deal has officially been signed by officials from Israel, Hamas, the U.S., and Qatar.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been briefed on the agreement and has directed a convening of his political-security cabinet, followed by a government meeting to endorse the plan, according to a statement from his office, translated from Hebrew to English.

"The families of the hostages were informed a short while ago of the agreements by the Directorate for Hostages, Missing Persons, and Returnees in the Prime Minister’s Office," the statement said.

"Additionally, the Prime Minister instructed the Coordinator for Prisoners and Missing Persons to coordinate preparations for the reception of the hostages upon their return to Israel."

Currently, the Israeli government is scheduled to vote on the measure this Saturday, which would push the release of the first three hostages to Monday.

Government officials have cited last-minute complications with Hamas as the reason for the delay.

If the deal goes through, it will be a win psychologically for Hamas. This is a bad deal but an understandable one due to the hostage situation.

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Pete Hegseth: "I support Israel destroying and killing every member of Hamas"

During his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, former U.S. Army Major Pete Hegseth, who has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for US Secretary of Defense, strongly defended Israel's military actions. 

Hegseth served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan said, "I support Israel destroying and killing every last member of Hamas." He made this comment when questioned about his support for Israel and its defense.

The Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing was highly controversial, with Hegseth being interrupted by protesters who accused him of being a "Christian Zionist" and even supporting genocide. [By the way, if Israel wanted to commit genocide in Gaza, they could have finished the job in about the time it takes to get your Dominoes Pizza delivered.] 

 Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) asked Hegseth to clarify his stance on being labeled a "Christian Zionist." Cotton said, “The first one accused you of being a ‘Christian Zionist’—I’m not really sure why that is a bad thing. I’m a Christian. I’m a Zionist. Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people deserve a homeland in the ancient Holy Land where they’ve lived since the dawn of history.”

When asked by Cotton if he considered himself a Christian Zionist, Hegseth replied, "I’m a Christian, and I robustly support the State of Israel and its existential defense, and the way America comes alongside them as their great ally."

On Wednesday, Israel and Hamas reached a cease fire deal but this appears to be a huge mistake, in spite of the horrible situation whereby hostages are being held by Hamas, many of whom have been killed or otherwise died in captivity. By having a cease fire, Israel is only delaying the inevitable--Hamas and all Islamists are not going to give up on their religious duty, which is to kill the infidels--first the Jews and then the Christians. This is a hard truth nobody wants to talk about but it's true.

Pausing the fighting will only prolong it. Leaving Gaza, which the IDF will do or has already done, will only give Hamas the time and ability to prepare more IED explosives and to regroup and recruit.

When you're winning, don't stop punching.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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Evacuations underway in Aleppo

Ambulances are in the process of bringing out the first group of wounded and other civilians from Aleppo on Thursday. This is the beginning of the pullout from the last rebel area in the Syrian city.

The evacuation is part of a cease-fire agreement reached this week to have the rebels surrender their last foothold in the Syrian city to the government control after a devastating offensive slowly chipped away at the rebel position. This now marks the end of the 4-year rebel control of eastern Aleppo.

In the fighting, many civilians have been killed and thousands have been displaced.

Ingy Sedky, Damascus spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross told the AP that 13 ambulances, each with two wounded, and 20 buses, each carrying about 50 civilians, left in the convoy. Some of the wounded require critical care.

More convoys are expected later in the day, Sedky said.

There were plans to evacuate on Wednesday but violence erupted and made the move impossible.

The Russian military said the government in Damascus gave security guarantees to all rebels willing to leave Aleppo and said they were monitoring the situation with drones.

It looks like Putin is going to get what he has wanted--political control of Syria--and that Romney, not Obama, was right all along.


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Hamas: "It's Just a Flesh Wound"

Ever see that Monty Python episode The Black Knight's Flesh Wound where King Arthur must fight a knight to cross a bridge? Think of the Knight as Hamas and King Arthur as Israel. 

Palestinians are reportedly turning down Israel's offer to allow for the seaport Palestine demanded, if Hamas disarms in the Gaza Strip. They say their terrorist group was deadlocked in "difficult" talks in the Cairo-mediated efforts to end the Islamic tradition of trying to kill Jews.

The first truce was as useless as a rubber sword to a jihadist and Mousa Abu Marzouk, a Palestinian official said that this second cease fire will be the last. This is good news for Israel because like the Black Knight, Hamas will be without a leg to stand on when Israel fights them.

An Israeli Radio report says that Israeli officials predict that in order to cement a long-term cease fire arrangement, another 72 hours would be needed. Hamas is saying no go to that, but I believe that will be to Israel's advantage.

There is no way that Hamas is ever going to stop trying to destroy Israel--it's in their DNA and in their Koran. At least Israel has made it clear that they are unwilling to concede any of Hamas' demands about opening the seaport and airport in Gaza as long as Hamas remains armed.



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Hamasshats, the Media, and Anti-Semitism

Who knew the cease-fire would actually last as long as it did? This time it went to the end of the time fram before Islamic orthodox terrorist group Hamas, tried killing civilians by firing a barrage of about 5 rockets into southern Israel today.

Israel responded by shooting back along Gaza. This upset the leftist community who believe that when Hamas tries to kill Jewish men, women and children, they are doing it to combat the evil oppression exerted upon them by the Jews. When the Jews defend themselves, it is clearly genocide.

Israel targeted an area near a Gaza City military mosque and unfortunately, a 10-year old child was killed and five children were wounded near the mosque. If Hamas didn't confiscate the cement given to the Palestinians by Israel and other European nations to use for terror tunnels, the Palestinians could have used it for housing and shelters, which would have saved countless civilian lives. But I imagine that anyone who would use a child as a human shield would just as easily used the shelters for their own safety and not for that of women or children.

In any case, the Cairo talks are going as smoothly as coarse sandpaper and John Kerry continues to be as useful as toilet paper in Asia. Israel is quite clear that they will not negotiate while Israel is under fire.

Hamas wants Israel to open their Gaza borders, but they would only agree if Hamas disarms. Israel doesn't need smart Jewish lawyers to know that such a move would be suicidal because Hamas would be sneaking in an arsenal of assault weapons faster than a speeding bullet. Hamas insists that it will never give up its arms, stating, "Giving up our arms would destroy the Hamas dream of destroying Israel and all the Jews therein. Allahu Akbar!"

Hamas is now in a position of weakness after all the fighting that has taken place over the last month. In spite of Hamas' Keystone Kops assaults (in which they fired over 2500 rockets at Israel) their accuracy was even worse than President Obama's 3 point shot and 4-foot putt. Israel, on the other hand, pounded Gaza with almost 5,000 strikes in which Allah's asshats lost hundreds of fighters, about 65% of it's rocket arsenal and virtually all of its terror tunnels under Israel's border. This "kill all the Jews" thing isn't working out so great for them.

So with nothing left to lose, Gaza's Hamas-holes fired rockets at Israel within minutes after the cease-fire expired. By midday, 33 rockets were launched and out of these, 26 landed in Israel, 3 were shot down, and 4 hit inside of Gaza, making for great propaganda press.

Israel believes that the latest Hamas attempts were to exert pressure on Israel but keeping major retaliatory escalation by Israel in check. But Israel was clear that there would be no negotiations while these asshats were still firing at them.

Israel's Cairo delegation left Egypt Friday morning and it isn't clear if they would return.

I believe that Israel has done enough to try convincing the anti-Semitic world that they are doing all they can to stop the fighting, and all they can to keep civilian casualties low. It time to cease the cease-fires.

But the world will believe what it wants to believe, and what the lame-stream media is feeding them will reinforce their low-information beliefs. Remember, those "reporters" in Gaza were not allowed to get the real story out that Hamas was, indeed, using human shields and hiding rockets in civilian areas. The only reporter with guts was from New Delhi TV, who showed a rocket and launcher under a tent in a civilian area, and then showed it being fired the next day.

One report today by the National Post says: "Gaza Calm Shattered as Israel Launches Airstrikes in Gaza." They headline what Israel did in retaliation for Hamas firing rockets into Israel first. The media, at least the mainstream media, is not the place to get the news.

Can you picture Chris Matthews or Piers Morgan in flak jackets reporting on a Hamas rocket launch on live TV?

Neither can I.


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Islamic Jihad, Iran, Hamas, Israel and a Cease Fire Joke

Daniel Mansour (aka Danny the Sour Man) got to meet his virgins today when an Israeli strike surgically removed his home from its foundation with him inside. The attack came just before dawn. Mansour was a commander of the Jew-hating terrorist organization known as Islamic Jihad.

A seven hour humanitarian cease fire soon thereafter began in the Gaza Strip, but it came too late for Mansour. His brown-eyed virgins await him along with the young boys who never age and will do his bidding in Paradise.

Ten Years Then Boom Bahdahbing

Hamas is talking about a deal with Israel if they want a cease fire. In this deal all of their demands must be met or there is no deal. First Hamas wants their terrorist prisoners freed so they can go out and kill again.

Second they want open Gaza borders. This is to make it easier for those terrorists and others to cross into Israel and kill Jews.

Third, they want Israel to end the blockade that is keeping military supplies from coming into Gaza in order for Hamas to kill the Jews.

Sounds like a good deal?

But here is the enticement for Israel: Hamas is willing to hold the peace for a full ten years. That seems like a pretty long time.