{"id":23423,"date":"2014-07-30T08:08:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T12:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23423"},"modified":"2014-07-30T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T12:08:09","slug":"the-game-changer-in-the-israeli-gaza-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23423","title":{"rendered":"The Game Changer In The Israeli-Gaza War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a picture from Monday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/29\/world\/middleeast\/tunnels-lead-right-to-heart-of-israeli-fear.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IsraeliMapTunnels.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IsraeliMapTunnels.png\" alt=\"IsraeliMapTunnels\" width=\"966\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IsraeliMapTunnels.png 966w, https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IsraeliMapTunnels-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IsraeliMapTunnels-500x187.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><strong><span class=\"g-maphoverblurb\"><span class=\"g-nowrap\"><span class=\"g-inlinemapbullet\">1<\/span> The<\/span> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Israel Defense Forces\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel_Defense_Forces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Israeli military<\/a> said it had uncovered about two dozen tunnels with more than 60 access points, many of them in this <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Gaza\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=31.5166666667,34.45&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=31.5166666667,34.45 (Gaza)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Gaza City<\/a> neighborhood where there has been some of the most intense fighting.<\/span> <span class=\"g-maphoverblurb\"> <span class=\"g-nowrap\"> <span class=\"g-inlinemapbullet g-kibbutz\">2<\/span> In<\/span> early July, the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Israeli Air Force\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli_Air_Force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Israeli Air Force<\/a> struck a tunnel that led to this kibbutz, near where <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Gilad Shalit\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilad_Shalit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Gilad Shalit<\/a>, an Israeli soldier, was captured in 2006.<\/span> <span class=\"g-maphoverblurb\"> <span class=\"g-nowrap\"> <span class=\"g-inlinemapbullet g-kibbutz\">3<\/span> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hamas\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Hamas<\/a><\/span> gunmen emerged from a tunnel about a mile from this kibbutz last Thursday. Israeli officials cited this as the final straw before the ground invasion.<\/span> <span class=\"g-maphoverblurb\"> <span class=\"g-nowrap\"> <span class=\"g-inlinemapbullet g-kibbutz\">4<\/span> Eight<\/span> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Palestinian political violence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_political_violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Palestinian militants<\/a> emerged from a tunnel near here on Saturday, armed with automatic weapons and wearing Israeli military uniforms.<\/span> <span class=\"g-maphoverblurb\"> <span class=\"g-nowrap\"> <span class=\"g-inlinemapbullet g-kibbutz\">5<\/span> A<\/span> deadly battle ensued between Israeli troops and Hamas militants on Monday after the militants emerged from a tunnel about 500 yards from this community\u2019s homes.<\/span> <span class=\"g-maphoverblurb\"> <span class=\"g-nowrap\"> <span class=\"g-inlinemapbullet g-kibbutz\">6<\/span> Some<\/span> of the militants tried to make their way here.<\/span> <span class=\"g-maphoverblurb\"> <span class=\"g-nowrap\"> <span class=\"g-inlinemapbullet g-kibbutz\">7<\/span> Residents<\/span> of this kibbutz were warned to stay inside.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-caption\">There is no way <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Israel\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=31.7833333333,35.2166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=31.7833333333,35.2166666667 (Israel)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Israel<\/a> can stop fighting until all of the tunnel network is destroyed. Any call for a cease fire without the destruction of the tunnels will result in a continued attack on Israeli civilians. The world generally ignored the rocket attacks on Israeli civilians as they continued over the years. We cannot ignore the attacks that would come from the tunnels if the tunnels were left intact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-caption\">This video from Palestinian television might explain why peace in the region is so difficult:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ORAM-usqhQ\" width=\"448\" height=\"261\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ORAM-usqhQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just as America and its allies had to defeat <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Germany\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=52.5166666667,13.3833333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=52.5166666667,13.3833333333 (Germany)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Germany<\/a> completely to stop Hitler, the Israelis will have to defeat Hamas and other terrorists whose goal is to eliminate Israel completely. Until that happens, Israel will have to defend herself against those who attack settlements\u00a0and kill civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a picture from Monday&#8217;s New York Times: 1 The Israeli military said it had uncovered about two dozen tunnels with more than 60 access points, many of them in this Gaza City neighborhood where there has been some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23423\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[88,806,90,86,934,4110,34,999],"class_list":["post-23423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gaza","tag-gilad-shalit","tag-hamas","tag-israel","tag-israel-defense-forces","tag-israeli-air-force","tag-new-york-times","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23425,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23423\/revisions\/23425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}