On Jun 17, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote:

Bryan wrote:

And if the Israeli gov. says it just ain’t so, it must not be the case…I guess… after all, with a man of peace like Barak taking
over as Defense Minister, they couldn’t possibly be preparing anything…except maybe negotiations…

That is why they had to hurry Peretz out of the Defense Ministry and

install Barak…how could you accuse them of having any other reason?

On the other hand, the Israelis may have leaked this sabre-rattling information to “persuade” Hamas - now that it has assumed full
control of Gaza - to restrain its militants from continuing to fire rockets
across the border into Israel.

The Times report seems plausible, doesn’t it? It’s hard to believe
Israel would tolerate Hamas in power in Gaza. But after the disaster
of Lebanon, aren’t they at all chastened?

Doug

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