Al-Rifai: ’’Israel’’ Aware of US Regional Defeat, Intimidating with New War
Zeinab Essa
Back to 1948, Mohammed's stories began and did not end. However, the most engraved in the young man's heart is three years old:
Mohammed woke up "early" enjoying the lovely warmth and sunny morning's breezes as he was preparing for his school exams that were due to start in a couple weeks.
Everything was completely normal, except that the sky seemed clearer than usual with the absence of the "Israeli" unmanned drones that would fly and buzz in the sky above. No abnormal signs, no reason to worry, and not a single harbinger of an impending war.
Mohammad made himself a cup of tea and, as usually he started to count the pages he had to finish studying that day. Very soon, he was immersed in the book.
A while later, and all of a sudden, all hell broke loose. He can't even remember how it all started. It just happened. There was no beginning, and there was no end.
This is probably how it began. But this is one simple and detached account of one who was sipping his tea and enjoying the sunlight at his home when this all happened. For many others it was the end.
Whether "Israel" is to launch a new war on Gaza or not, Palestine remains screaming of painful occupation devastating homes and murdering both Moussa and Aya but not the will of people who knew very well that their blood is to conquer "Israeli" weapon as long as their spirits long to pray in al-Aqsa and to smell the breeze of Gaza's calm sea wave.
Gaza's Lovely Morning into Endless Night
Despite his 22 years of age, Mohammed Rabah Suliman retells every moment of the 64 years of the terrible nightmare.
It was a few minutes past eleven. The December sunlight filtered through the curtained windows and so beautifully decorated the carpeted floor.
The bombs rained down from every direction. The floor, the entire building shook back and forth with every falling bomb. It seemed as if all the bombs had been dropped in the neighborhood.
Numerous bodies laid lifelessly on the ground, many repulsively disfigured - defaced, limbs chopped, torn apart, yet many, thankfully, were in complete shape - but still they were bereft of life.
Near the calm beautiful shore of Gaza, an "Israeli" military plane targeted a water tower across from the home of the Nasla family. The family was making lunch when the first bomb hit. Hardly had they tried to escape the smoke filled house. A second and third bomb struck the area, killing the six years Aya and her two years old brother, Moussa.
"I found Moussa's heart outside his chest and my daughter Aya with part of her skull missing and her brains spilt out," says Jihad.
It was an image from the "Operation Cast Lead."
Op. Cast Lead in Facts:
December 27, 2008 "Israel" opened an agression on the Gaza Strip that lasted 23 days. More than 1500 people were killed most are women and children. Over 5000 were injured. The destruction of much of the medical infrastructure meant that many patients are not getting the follow-up treatment they need to recover, as much as possible, from their injuries.
In addition, one can't neglect the psychological impact of war, which is difficult to measure but that affects the entire population.
The economic situation in Gaza is dire. 80 percent of the population depends on humanitarian aid and 50 percent are unemployed. Refugees suffer from the blockade the most and their poverty rate has tripled since the blockade began in 2007. But what might happen if a new war is waged?
As the Palestenian resistance's fractions are united in expressing readiness to confront any military aggression against their seiged Strip, "Israeli" media leaks are too much tackling the subject stating that the "Israeli" army has finished its plans and readiness to launch a new attck on more than 1.6 million Palestinians prisoned in Gaza.
Gaza Turned "Israeli" Goals into Mirage:
"All what "Israel" has achieved in its 2008 aggression on Gaza was the continuation of the Strip's blockade and the brutal murdering against women and children in addition to systematic destruction that "Israel" followed during its 23 days of war on Gaza," the Head of Palestinian Jihad in Lebanon Abu Imad al-Rifai movement stressed.
In an interview with moqawama.org, the Palestinian resistance representative viewed that the maximum that the "Israeli" killing machinery achieved was mingled body remains and devastated ruins."
Recalling the "Israeli" ambitious declared goals of releasing Gilad Shalit, eliminating resistance and punishing the "terrorists" in Gaza," he confirmed that "all the "Israeli" massacres and aggressive means lost in front of the Palestinian will of resistance and steadfastness."
"A state of consciousness spread among the Arab, Islamic as well as world nations concerning the "Israeli" "Operational Cast Lead" and the offensive barbaric nature of the Zionist Entity," al-Rifai explained.
Hailing the Palestinian people's resistance and will of life despite the Zionist horrible massacres against civilians, the official went further saying that "Palestinian proved to be the most capable people in facing the "Israeli" aggressions with strong vow to turn "Israeli" goals into mirage, and that what really happened."
"Instead, a unity appeared among the resistance's fractions in Gaza and among the people reflecting cohesion on the Palestinian ground," he added.
"Israeli" Talk of War: Intimidation or Plan?
"Islamic Jihad" Head in Lebanon moved to read in the book of facts and comment on "Israeli" talk about an expected near war on Gaza:
"There is a level of "Israeli" intimidation concerning an attack on the besieged Strip because the regional new map prevents Tel Aviv from such an adventure of attacking Gaza; because the results would be different from the previous ones," he said pointing out that "the Arab nations are strongly connected to their major cause, Palestine."
In parallel, al-Rifai didn't rule out the probability of an "Israeli" aggression on Gaza noting to the high Zionist tone talking on "the end of "Israeli" preparations to attack the Strip."
"Hardly is "Israel" trying to turn notice on its unprecedented fast jeudaizing and settling actions in both al-Quds and West bank," he highlighted noting to ""Israel's" escalated actions of demolishing homes in al-Quds and displacing its people."
Confirming that ""Israel" is well known in exploiting opportunities and international positions busy solving their internal financial and political crisis," al-Rifai estimated that the Zionist occupation is well aware of the US defeat in the region especially in Iraq and Afghanistan."
"US failure in reshaping the regional map into the new Middle East weakens Washington's role in the region and thus its direct support to the Zionist entity," he affirmed to our website despite his warning that ""Israel" is a treacherous enemy that might take the advantage of any incident to attack Gaza or any
country that support resistance."
Source: moqawama.org
