Security forces nab Hamas cell in Kalkilya that plotted terror bombings

[oberliner]

Security forces announced on Sunday the arrest of a Hamas cell in Kalkilya that had plotted a series of terrorist attacks in Israel. The cell was under the direct command of Hamas in Gaza, according to the Shin Bet.

The Hamas operatives received instructions to carry out Hamas attacks in the West Bank during Operation Protective Edge last summer.

In a joint Shin Bet, IDF, and Israel Police operation, authorities seized dozens of kilograms of sulfur and 25 kilograms of a type of Mercury used to make bombs.

The Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency said in a statement that members of the cell confessed to being recruited to the cell in Jordan. Hamas's headquarters in Jordan too part in building the cell, whose member traveled to the Gaza Strip to undergo military training.

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Security-forces-nab-Hamas-cell-in-kalkilya-that-plotted-terror-bombings-394694

[android fan]

1. Hmm.. Wonder how many of those pro-Palestinians people

will be responding to this post...

My guess is that I'll hear crickets chirping.....

One more black mark against Gaza and PA... I'm sure all of the evidence and operations of the terror cell would be offered to the ICC for punishment against Palestine.

[Jefferson23]

2. When is Israel signing on?

Your posts are amusing.

Thursday, 01 January 2015 13:51

The Palestinian faction Hamas on Wednesday described the signing of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas earlier in the day as a "step in the right direction."

"This step needs to be part of a general policy and a joint national program," Hamas said in a statement.

It called for holding a meeting of Palestinian factions with the aim of approving a suspension of peace negotiations and security coordination with Israel.

Hamas said the meeting should also dwell on means of lifting the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, reconstructing the war-battered territory, and bringing justice to civil servants in it.

Earlier on Wednesday, Abbas signed 20 international treaties, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in response to the UN Security Council's rejection of a Palestinian statehood bid.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/16114-hamas-lauds-abbas-icc-statute-signing

[android fan]

3. So you don't think Israel has the right to defend itself?

Sure...

[Jefferson23]

4. When are they signing on?

They can't defend themselves at the ICC is what you meant, I imagine.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. Pro-Palestinian does not equal pro-Hamas.

You understand that, right?

[android fan]

6. Seeing that Palestinians support Hamas

makes them pro-Hamas...

https://news.vice.com/article/palestinian-support-for-hamas-soars-after-israel-war-as-fatah-loses-backing

Want to explain this?

[Jefferson23]

7. What do you think it means? No viable state for the Palestinians? You also presume who is

the main aggressor, who has the military and political power.

When is Israel signing on to the ICC?

[Major Nikon]

8. Results...

On Sun Mar 22, 2015, 03:19 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Seeing that Palestinians support Hamas
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=97912

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Not all Palestinians support Hamas, just as the Irish did not all support the IRA.

This is disingenuous crap. Palestinian bashing.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sun Mar 22, 2015, 03:25 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I do think it's a broad generalization, but if all those were deleted (as opposed to argued with) the post count would plummet.....
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: It's an ugly enough situation that doesn't need any more broad brushing.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
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Explanation: Looks like someone got the reply and alert buttons all fucked up
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Explanation: No explanation given

[android fan]

11. *sigh*

Thanks for posting the results..

[Scootaloo]

14. Do you actually WANT an explanation?

I have to ask, because I don't think you'll actually like the answer.

[oberliner]

9. Which Palestinian political parties do you prefer?

Have you any favorites?

[azurnoir]

10. Kalkilya which is more commonly spelled Qalqilya is Area A

why was IDF operating there in the first place, isn't that supposed to be under Palestinian security control or is this simply one more eample of how Israel does not respect any part of Oslo

During the 1990s, negotiations designated Qalqilya as part of Area A—the disconnected enclaves in the West Bank and Gaza which were under the security and administrative control of the Palestinian Authority until the successive Israeli invasions of 2002. But several hundred dunams of farmland adjacent to the town were nonetheless confiscated toward the end of the Oslo era. Much of the land was bulldozed, its trees uprooted, for bypass roads leading to Israeli settlements and an earlier smaller version of a separation fence.

http://www.merip.org/mero/mero092902

[sabbat hunter]

12. I believe that

the IDF operating there is part of the joint security agreements that the PA and Israel work under.

[azurnoir]

13. Really then why is there no mention of the PA's involvment, it seems a 100% Israeli mission

there is no joint security in Area A possibly in Area B there may be some co-ordination however

[sabbat hunter]

15. IMHO

it is the lack of PA complaining about the IDF in area A, how the people were found and arrested. No PA forces may have been involved, but to me it seems like they were involved in intelligence, some logistics, letting Israel take the action.

The PA couldn't do it on their own, due to their agreement with Hamas, but I am sure they were more than happy to let the IDF take care of them.

[azurnoir]

16. Now the PA has "agreements" with Hamas they must be super duper top secret right?

because the PA has been arresting Hamas operatives in the West Bank right along

[sabbat hunter]

17. the PA/Hamas

has a joint agreement that is quite open and in the public eye http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.617732 on a unity government.

And there was a quiet period of no arrests by the PA of Hamas terrorists, but that was broken earlier this month and was met with condemnation by hamas. This round up by the IDF gives the PA cover.

[azurnoir]

18. Really? The title of your link -Hamas, Fatah agree Palestinian Authority to take control of Gaza

please keep us informed of when that happens

[sabbat hunter]

19. obviously

it has not been fully implemented. But in theory Hamas and PA are one government now, not opposing each other.

A cabinet backed both by Hamas and the PA was unveiled last June

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29368188

[azurnoir]

20. we all know about last years unity deal between Fatah and Hamas nothing has come of it yet

except a lot of press and possibly some action(s) from Israel

[sabbat hunter]

21. They did announce

a cabinet backed by both Hamas and the PA.