PRELUDE TO ANOTHER INVASION OF GAZA?

How much longer will the Israelis tolerate the steady barrage of rocket attacks on civilian areas?

I suspect that the Israeli military has delayed striking back against Gaza because the Jewish state is trying to avoid the blistering world-wide condemnation that is sure to come once another invasion of the Hamas enclave begins. But there has to be a limit to Israel’s patience.

MORE THAN 120 MISSILES ON SOUTHERN ISRAEL THIS WEEK
By Ryan Jones

Israel Today
June 22, 2012

This week's round of terrorist aggression emanating from the Gaza Strip saw more than 120 mortar shells, short-range rockets and medium-range missiles slam into southern Israel.

The attacks began late Monday, following a similar missile attack from the Egyptian Sinai. Israeli commentators believe Hamas and other allied terror groups in Gaza have been encouraged by Muslim Brotherhood claims of victory in Egypt's presidential election.

Some one million Israelis live within missile range of Gaza, so every attack, especially those against larger towns like Ashkelon and Beersheva, send large numbers of men, women and children scrambling for bomb shelters. The severe negative psychological effect on Israeli children living in the area has been documented, but largely ignored by the media.

Miraculously, all those rockets and missiles have resulted in only 11 injuries, all of them coming from a direct strike on a building near Ashkelon where Israeli border policemen were gathered.

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, lamented the weak response to the rocket fire by the international community, which is always quick to issue strident condemnations of Israel when its actions endanger Palestinian lives.

The unfortunate reality is that the world, and especially the mainstream media, simply is not interested in the bombardment of Jewish population centers until either a large number of Israelis are hurt or killed, or Israeli reprisals result in large Palestinian casualty figures.