Who will save Israel from itself?

[DogPoundPup]

One by one the justifications given by Israel for its latest war in Gaza are unravelling.

The argument that this is a purely defensive war, launched only after Hamas broke a six-month ceasefire has been challenged, not just by observers in the know such as Jimmy Carter, the former US president who helped facilitate the truce, but by centre-right Israeli intelligence think tanks.

The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, whose December 31 report titled "Six Months of the Lull Arrangement Intelligence Report," confirmed that the June 19 truce was only "sporadically violated, and then not by Hamas but instead by ... "rogue terrorist organisations".

MORE: http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/2009/01/2009110112723260741.html

[jody]

1. No one. n/t

[HeraldSquare212]

2. I do remember reports that Hamas had been somewhat successful in shutting down

some smaller groups, so they have to be given credit for having done that, too.