JERUSALEM -- An 8-year-old boy and his older brother were seriously wounded Saturday when a rocket from Gaza slammed into the Israeli border town of Sderot, police and medics said.
The younger boy's legs were at least partially severed by the explosion, Israel's Army Radio reported. His 19-year-old brother was also badly hurt. A medic, who only gave his first name as Gil, said he heard a loud explosion and rushed toward the scene.
"I found two injured people, one boy very seriously wounded in the legs," the medic told Army Radio.
Israel threatened retaliation.
"Israel will take resolute and decisive measures to protect our citizens," government spokesman David Baker said. "We will not allow Israeli families to be victimized by Palestinian rockets in the heart of their own cities."
The militant group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing two rockets toward Sderot around the time of the attack. Two rockets had fallen earlier in the day, but caused no damage or injuries.
The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip had vowed to persist in their attacks despite an Israeli cutback in power supply to the coastal territory that was meant to pressure Palestinians to stop the launchings.
The Israeli army and government have been reluctant to launch a large military campaign in Gaza against the rocket operation for fear both soldiers and Palestinian civilians would suffer a great number of casualties. But analysts say any serious rocket attacks will put great pressure on the political echelon to approve such a broad operation.
Jimmy Carter's Pro-Palestian Bias
During an interview with Charlie Rose on November 30 2006, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Carter's true colors were evident.
He acted as a PR man for the anti-Israel contingent.
He insisted that "Israel wants to confiscate Palestinian land."
He legitimized Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel's right to exist.
Carter said, "Hamas can't recognize Israel until it stays within its borders."
He even claimed that he hadn't seen any proof that Hamas was responsible for lobbing missiles at Israel.
Sorry but that's not someone who's an unbiased peace broker.
Carter doesn't seem to understand that peace can't come at the price of appeasing terrorists.
Moreover, Carter doesn't seem to understand that his Hamas buddies are terrorists.
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Watch the interview.
2 comments:
I used to think that Carter was merely senile. However the real explanation for his behaviour is actually more sinister.He is on take-- his views are the way they are because of the payoffs he receives from the Saudis: Jimmy Carter's War Against the Jews,
I seriously used to attribute some of Carter's over the top remarks to his aging. I dismissed some of the things he said as the ramblings of a bitter old man.
When President Bush was elected and he became so vocal and relentless in his criticisms of the administration, especially on the Middle East, it became clear to me that he has an agenda.
He was a failure as a president and he's truly disgraced himself as a former president. It's too bad he didn't stick to his work with Habitat for Humanity and refrain from shilling for terrorists.
I used to think that he was a man of integrity.
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