NEWS BRIEF: "'Keep clear or die': IDF launches ‘Operation Blue Skies’ -- sets up northern-Gaza no-go zone", Jerusalem News Wire, By Stan Goodenough, December 28th, 2005

"Israel Wednesday evening moved to ramp up its hitherto mild and ineffective response level to what has become daily multiple firing of Kassam rockets at Israeli population centers from inside the Gaza Strip. At 6 PM local time Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces began firing artillery shells into a strip of unoccupied territory in order to establish a no-go zone and push back the terrorists who have been launching Kassams and mortar shells at towns, kibbutzim and army bases in the north-eastern Negev. Minutes before Israel’s big guns opened up, a single Kassam was fired towards the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported."

"Unwilling to just bomb the Strip or fire indiscriminately into it – as recommended by a number of Israeli lawmakers – the IDF chose to drop pamphlets on the area’s Arab population over a 48 hour period, warning them that the 'security zone' would be set up under the name 'Operation Blue Skies'. Maps of the no-go area were also handed to Palestinian Authority officials in order to ensure the notice was communicated to everyone in the area. According to reports, the pamphlets said that anyone entering the zone faced the possibility of being killed."

On the surface, this plan seems to be a workable one, as it would prevent armed groups from getting close enough to Israeli targets to destroy them by mortar fire and/or Kassam terror rockets. However, listen as the DEBKAfile article from which we quoted, above, tells the real story behind this public warning of a "No-Go Zone".

"DEBKAfile’s security experts liken the Israeli air force raids of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine group’s bases south of Beirut following the Katyusha raid to the bombardment of empty ground in the northern Gaza Strip as a means of halting the Qassam attacks. It was no more than a sop to still angry complaints of the people living within range of the Lebanese border ... t is no secret that no one moves anywhere in southern Lebanon, including the Lebanese army, without the Hizballah’s say so. By holding back from striking at Hizballah bases, Sharon conferred on the Hizballah the same of immunity he extends to Meshaal’s Hamas in Gaza." ("Iran, Hizballah and Palestinians Gang up for a Second Front against Israel", DEBKAfile Intelligence, December 28, 2005)

Can you imagine Prime Minister Sharon ordering the IDF to bombard empty ground rather than real targets?

Once again, we are confronted by the hidden reality that Prime Minister Sharon is actively aiding the Palestinians in their attacks against Israel. Furthermore, Sharon is likely to continue aiding them right up to the moment they finally launch a serious, all-out attack on Israel. This aid has gotten to the point where Palestinian and other Arab leaders view the Israeli leadership as weak, corrupt, and incapable of making tough decisions.

These ingredients add up to war.

Israel has planned this war since the 1992-1993 Oslo Peace Accords with the plan of destroying the Palestinian people and her perpetual enemies surrounding her: Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. If you are not familiar with this reality, please take a moment to read: NEWS1422, NEWS1620, NEWS2095.

Simply put, Israel wants her Palestinian and Arab neighbors to attack her once she has completed the separation of population goal, for then Israel can annihilate these implacable enemies once and for all, thus assuring her citizens of "Peace and Safety".