Israel, Hamas Use Psychological Warfare On Civilian Populations

Israel and Hamas have mounted psychological warfare on each others' civilian populations. Hamas says it is firing threatening text messages at Israeli mobile phones and jamming radio stations while Israel is bombarding Palestinians with menacing phone calls and leaflets.

"The messages say that the Palestinian resistance missiles will reach you wherever you are and your government won't be able to protect you," said Abu Mujaheid, spokesman for the Palestinian Resistance Committees.

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[cayuse]

There is only on solution to stop this insanity of Bush/Begin­/Shraron/H­amma/Hezba­lah

http://www.yogananda-srf.org/writings/world.html

[nicole473]

Israel, in an effort to minimize civilian casualties, is warning the civilian population. It is also what Israel did in Lebanon in 2006. Imagine that. A country who cares enough to avoid as many civilian casualties as possible.

Enough so that they actually give up the element of surprise, and warn enemy non-combatants.

[Rightone11]

Israel is warning the Pal people before lauching rockets into their homes. Sound like what the USA did before we bombed Japan~

[nicole473]

Exactly. It is also what Israel did in Lebanon in 2006. Imagine that. A country who cares enough to avoid as many civilian casualties as possible.

Enough so that they actually give up the element of surprise, and warn enemy non-combatants.

[slithers]

I wouldn't even do that. If the Palestinian people allow rocket launchers in their neighborhoods then they are on battlegrounds.

[jonmonbuckeye]

Give me a break. LOOK AT THE PICTURE. A 15 year old with a head band declaring he is willing to sacrifice his life for allah (allah come in free). What kind of sick parent or adult LETS A CHILD CARRY AROUND AN AK-47??? If this is their mentality, then wipe send them all home to meet Allah...

[wdw505]

sound like a plan

[who38]

What kind of adult allows this? Anyone who feels that they are being threatened with annihilation.

[The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker]

His father probably told him he was protecting his mother and his sister.

Honestly: Give US a break, your racism is showing, portraying one side as animalistic and sick. They are defending their homeland and there is practically no one LEFT there but children. If you were a seven year old boy and soldiers were coming to kill your parents and siblings, you'd pick up an AK47 too.

[totalliberal]

How about all the Hamas people on this sight ranting about Israel without mentioning the rocket attacks. Yes the rocket attacks "only" killed a few people, but if you think that if Hamas had more fire power in order to kill more people, they would not have used it, then you're delusional.

[texasrodeoqueen]

So did/does the government of the United States of America on its citizens. Why Bush is the first US President ever caught using subliminal brainwashing on the citizens of the United States of America. He also used 9/11 and every kind of suppressio­n/oppressi­on tactic known to mankind, and still is.
He is using this little war #3 to distract from the fact that as of Jan 1, 2009 he is in Iraq illegally, without authorization from the Congress of the United States of America, against the Constitution of the United States of America, and most importantly, against the will of the American people.

[The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker]

"Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves .. politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs, because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view we want to take away from them their country. ... Behind the terrorism [by the Arabs] is a movement, which though primitive is not devoid of idealism and self sacrifice."
(David Ben-Gurion, 1938)

[gakabani]

Thank you!

[HanfordGuy]

You reap what you sow. Stop firing rockets at Israel, elect a non-terrorist government and you can have peace. Keep firing rockets into Israel and then hiding in mosques and civilian areas and you will continue to be bombed into rubble.

[gakabani]

Are you describing the Warsaw getho?

[who38]

Do you understand what you are saying? You are offering the same terms that any occupier would give to a country that they have invaded. What is a "non-terrorist government"? Certainly not something an Israeli would recognize.

[FairTalk]

Imagine, a slaughter of this magnitude in the age of YouTube. We are already getting reports from the ground in Gaza.

The silence of the world is stunningly familiar. Oh, yes, we say this silence before, during the NanJing Massacre, and with the ghettos and deportation of the Jews by the Nazis. Now here we go again, only this time it is Israel that has rendered the world paralized by their unimaginable savagery.

The Gaza Ghetto::David vs Goliath::only David isn't Jewish anymore.

[Antifascist-08]

Wow. You have a rather backward take on this. I guess if some wackos were lobbing missiles into this country that would be OK?

This whole mideast mess may never be solved, but to pretend that this would even be happening except for Hams missiles is just ignorant. If there were no more missiles there would be no more incursion. THere wouldn't have been one to begin with.

Most of the actual governments in the area favor peace and moving along with the 2 state solution, but the terrorists are doing this for their own pathetic reasons. Is it an overreaction? Probably. Are innocent people getting killed? Yes. But it is the terrorists living amongst the citizens who are continuing this problem.

[hortonhearsawho2]

Text 1 for reality.

[gakabani]

Thank you!

[nicole473]

Your agenda is showing.