How sad! It's obvious that Hamas has no regard for human life or dignity, using these peoples houses and neighborhoods as weapon-launching pads.

They are so fortunate that the IDF holds to a higher standard of humanity, and gives them warning to evacuate before the buildings are to be destroyed.

They are right to fear massing in the schools. Hamas continues to violate the neutrality of those areas also (in spite of the tragic bombing)
http://www.videosift.com/video/School-Hamas-is-STILL-using-Schools-to-launch-rocket-attacks

One would think that at last they would rise against the murderous gang which claims to fight on their behalf. With Hamas gone there would be no barrier to peace in Gaza. Blockades and checkpoints and shortages would be memories.

In reply to this comment by Pprt:
So Jewish people are the ones blowing themselves up in foreign countries and intentionally killing civilians, while the Muslims are prosperous inventors and artisans? That's news to me.

That's a keen and concise use of sarcasm, and one wasted on most of the sheeple here. The Jews excel the world around at arts, entertainment, science, medicine, business and finance, literature, the list goes on.
Muslims the world around have devoted their genius to killing, destroying societies, oppressing women and, oh ya, Allah.

The Mohammaden blight has nothing to do with race. It is the culture and religeon. Pakistan, Phillipines, Thialand, India, Iraq, Darfur, Beslan, Sweden, France, Britian. All these places and more they are assaulting the rules of law and advancing barbarism.

>> ^joedirt:
You really can't fathom the difference between war coverage, and a military entity putting up their own YT videos?


Militaries have Always released information (selectively). This is a new medium, not a new phenomenon.

Do you see a difference between the IDF/YT vidoes, and the Pentagon's bomb-view videoes from Gulf War One?

The Dillon-Aero 7.62mm Minigun is nothing if not impressive. A marvel of reliability and effectiveness.

The footage was cut together from at least two previously available videos.
Thanks Mintbbb
Upvote

Thus the relevance and credibility of the United Nations reaches a new low. Who'd have thunk it possible?

Turtle Bay should be dredged and given back to the sea.

Interesting video. I agree that it is designed to portray the terrorists as bumble-fuck model rocket enthusiasts.

The rocket shown was a Qassam rocket: homemade, short range and inconsistant quality. Far more deadly are the Grad (Katushya) rockets: longer range, industrially produced, an old Soviet design. These are imported en mass from Iran, by way of the smuggling tunnels under the Egyptian border.

Even with the embargo in place thousands of these are brought in every year. And the Palestinian apologists want the so-called embargo lifted, and the ports open. Can you imagine the weapons they would import then?

"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it" - Joseph Geobbels

This video advances the big lie put forward by the Palestinian partisans that their cause is an underdog. In truth, international media coverage constantly glosses and spins the atrocities committed by the Palestinian terrorist corps against the Jews and dissident Palestinians alike.

Organizations like Rueters, BBC, AFP, Al Jazeera are the worst of a bad lot. American news organizations are only marginally better. One could say that they at least try to maintain a facade of being "Fair and Balanced."

Is it any wonder that Israel is cognizant of this poisoned atmosphere, and devotes resources to attempt to combat it?

Read the posters and commenters here on VideoSift. They run about 50% Pally-koolaid drinkers, 40% ambivalent, and 10% Israel-supporting. This reflects the success of the Anti-Western, Pro-Palestinian propaganda machine rather than any truth on the ground

Seems like they are doing all right...

>> ^joedirt:
Screw that, since when should we be using YT videos...

Welcome to 2009 Dirt. The terrorists have no problem using the new media to publicize real or faux scenes of causualties (or mujahadeen decapitation sessions a' la A.Q. in Iraq did for a while). The good guys (US and IDF) need to be in this arena as well.

War coverage changes with the times:
US Civil War - Telegraph
WWI - Radio
WWII - Film
Viet Nam - TV

TV and especially Newspapers are a dying medium. Here is where it's at. And this allows interested citizens (like you and I) a voice. And while we disagree, I appreciate being able to hear yours.

>> ^Retroboy
If the explanation behind the wedding scene is accurate, the very concept of living in a society where it is illegal to SING is unbelievable.
The narration was terrible. The guy needed a script or something.


The wedding scene is consistant with the strict Islamicism of Hamas. It's similar to the Taliban in Waziristan or Mutaween in Saudi Arabia. Music and/or singing is Haram (forbidden).

The narration is pretty rough, but the whole piece is an interesting unfiltered glimpse into Middle Eastern society.

In reply to this comment by marinara:
Don't take a video from 2007 and sift it up in way that it masks the source of the video. I actually thought this was a recent video that was relevant to the school bombings this week. But it isn't. I'm not surprised that people feel the need to lie their way out of school bombings. I mean what is worse, launching a rocket from a school, or bombing a school full of refugees. I understand if you don't answer right away.

Here's a link to the same bastards (Hamas) using the same tactic on Jan 8th 2009. (Two days after the school bombing) http://www.videosift.com/video/School-Hamas-is-STILL-using-Schools-to-launch-rocket-attacks The first one being from 2007 does not lessen it's relevance. It shows graphically one of the tricks in their repertoire.

It's worse to deliberately violate the presumed neutrality of a school, knowing that you win if you kill some Jews with your rockets, and you win bigger if they shoot back and slaughter some human shields. The blood is on Hamas.

>> ^dgandhi:
Why are these guys running for cover? Are the mortars so poorly made that standing by the launch site is reasonably likely to be a dying proposition? If folks are rolling their own mortar shells, that shit is pretty hard core.


Maybe they are afraid of a hellfire missile landing in their launch site.

>> ^joedirt:
Why post this now? This has no bearing on the current conflict and the video comes from a horrible propaganda YT acct.


JoedDirt - How can ou even ask that question??? It has everything to do with the current conflict:
* It shows the ruthless and sanguinary mindset of the Hamas overlords
* Illustrates the low regard they hold for the lives of their own.
* It is regarded as a success and victory if they are able to create shahid out of shields.

Wake up and smell the horrible stench of burning Palestinians, posed in their death masks by their twisted leadership.

Instead of grousing about who posted it, consider the content.

>> ^volumptuous:
^ Chicken Hawk


Jeez, your best retort falls as flat as a loose turd falling out of a catamite's ass, Volumpuraptor.

>> ^volumptuous:
MEMRI is famously a pro-likud, anti-arab organization who makes Fox News look like The Real News.
This sift is fail


Volumptous - Regardless of what your perceive their bias to be in coverage, they are universally high regarded in accuracy of translation. Try criticizing the content of your Hamas darlings' comments.

>> ^marinara:BR>don't lie to us man, that vids from 2007.


You're a bit free with the "L-word" there hombre. I never said it was video of tat incident. It is the same tactic, and I bet it indeed looked "like" that from the air.