Palestine Government Pursues Terrorist Threat

Yesterday, Gaza Defense Force (GDF) artillery brigades and elite commando units armed with mobile rocket launchers pounded weapons factories and command and control centers within Usurped Palestine (UP), killing numerous terrorist operatives believed to be responsible for the repeated tank and helicopter gunship attacks upon the defenseless population of the small and largely undefended seaside enclave.

In a press conference following the raids, GDF spokesman, Ihab al-Ghussein declared “We believe we have delivered a strong blow against a terrorist infrastructure that has, for some time now, threatened Gazan civilians as they seek to peacefully live their daily lives and that, just last January, murdered one of the highest elected representatives of our people, Said Siyam, in a brutal missile attack on the home of his brother". The brother, his wife, their son, and Siyam’s son also perished in the attack. Siyam was but one of 1400 Gazans to die in this latest terrorist massacre.

He continued, “Every civilized country on the planet has a right and obligation to protect its citizens from having helicopter gunships float over its major populations centers and fire rockets into homes and cars as they see fit. No American living in Buffalo would tolerate attacks from aerial terrorist units of this type based in Mississauga, Ontario. Neither will we. Perhaps now the terrorists will now think twice about taking such murderous action against Gazan women and children from their safe havens in the Jerusalem Hills or their several large terrorist installations in what they call Tel Aviv on the Palestinian coast near Jaffa.”

When a reporter asked Ghussein to comment on reports that the GDF had employed excessive force in their efforts to root out terrorists located in the large Jewish population centers, he replied “The GDF is the most moral army in the world. It does not and never has made a policy of targeting civilians." He went on to say that “any loss of civilian life unfortunate” but added that“ such casualties are inevitable when the terrorists purposely locate operational centers, like the so-called Ministry of Defense, in the midst of cities. The Zionists have cynically and deliberately put ordinary Jews in harm's way by establishing its terrorist infrastructure – manufacturing, storage, training and strategic planning – within densely populated areas, in the midst of homes, schools, synagogues and hospitals”.

He went on to explain that “Within the Zionist entity it is extremely difficult to differentiate between civilians and terrorist operatives. Every male between 18 and 43 is forcibly conscripted into the terrorist brigades, which they mockingly term “Defense Forces”, for at least part of the year. It is not all uncommon to see heavily armed “civilians” from this group strutting through the streets of the UP intimidating those who might otherwise seek to construct a Palestine of peace where bloodlines don’t determine one’s ability to fully enjoy “democracy”, into adopting ever more intransigent and militant points of view”.

The problem is exacerbated, Ghussein said, by the frequent Zionist practice of employing human shields when GDF commandos close in on embedded facilities. We dropped leaflets warning them of the impending attack. If they wanted to, they could easily move all of their command, planning and supply operations out in to the Negev Desert where the problem of civilian involvement would be largely negated. However, they refuse to do so, insuring that innocent civilians will become collateral damage in our necessary defensive actions. The GDF cannot be held responsible for any loss of life related to such reprehensible policies.”

Finally, Ghussein was asked if the Gazan government and the GDF had any plans to use military solutions against the leadership of the Zionist entity. “As you are aware, our the Security Cabinet of our National Government has already taken the decision to forcibly remove the legally elected head Zionist terror regime, and here I quote from the official communiqué, ‘in a manner, and at a time, of its choosing’. And as our Deputy Prime Minister said on Gaza Radio shortly after that legislative development, “Killing Netanyahu is definitely one of the options”

Ghussein ended his press conference saying that “For some time now, we have found ourselves without anyone to talk to you in peace negotiations. We hope that by removing Netanyahu and his terrorist collaborators Barack, Liberman, Meridor and others, and replacing them with people our choosing like Uri Avnery, Avraham Burg, Neve Gordon, Mohammed Bakri,Ofra Lyth, Udi Aloni, Gilad Atzmonand Ilan Pappé—reasonable and serious people with whom we can do business—we can finally make progress on the Road Map to Peace.