I am afraid E. Winston might be right . "THE NEXT POLITICAL WAR IN ISRAEL"

WINSTON MID EAST ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY                       December 13, 2008                                NEW Email: winston@winstonglobal.org Please disseminate & re-post - with attribution. If you publish, send us a copy. Many of our articles appear the archives of gamla.org.il/english & freeman.org Outgoing mail is virus-checked. To be removed from this list, send your Email address

THE NEXT POLITICAL WAR IN ISRAEL

by Emanuel A. Winston, Mid East analyst & commentator

Strong indicators demonstrate that the Kadima mob is planning a theatrical attack sometime between now and the February elections. I observe Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (resigned for pending criminal indictment BUT, wielding the high powers of PM) visiting Sderot and making heroic speeches a bout his knowing when to strike a retaliatory "pose".

Given Olmert has artfully avoided responding to years of Kassam Rocket, missile and mortar attacks on Sderot and Ashkelon, does he now think that time has arrived? Of course, he does - because national Israeli elections are coming in early February.

Ehud Barak, as Minister of Defense, has restrained the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) from responding to Kassam, Mortar and Grad missile attacks. Now Barak needs to show his good "Generalship" in order to remain as the Head of his Labor Party faction - also in the coming elections. Keep in mind Tzipi Livni, current Foreign Minister, and Shimon Peres, current President - as planners and colluders with the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to get approval for this limited assault on Gaza and Hamas.

It will likely go something like this:

Barak will be in touch with Hamas and smooth the way by transferring $25 million dollars for Hamas Terrorists' salaries. Hamas will, at a certain agreed time, fire off salvos fo Kassam Rockets and other ordinance.

They will shoot - and run.

Then Barak and Olmert will make a public announcement of "We have had enough." We must protect our citizens in Sderot and Ashkelon." They will stand next to each other, looking very authoritative with Barak looking like a General abut to go to war.

The Army, under obedient Gen. Ashkenazi will shortly begin moving pre-positioned troops into Gaza. Keep in mind that all of these players knowingly allowed Hamas, with guidance from Hezb'Allah building deep concrete bunkers, with interconnecting tunnels for men and weapons - as they did in Southern Lebanon.

The Israeli troops moving forward will be faced with road bombs that blow up tanks, road-side missiles to destroy any vehicle, snipers positioned in interlocking fields of fire, mortars already sighted in to kill soldiers and buildings mined for possible Israeli soldiers to trigger. All of this and more was being built under the eyes of Olmert, Barak, Livni and Peres but, no attempt was made to stop it.

The Israeli soldiers will cautiously move forward, taking anticipated losses. The Muslim, Arab Palestinians will be in protected positions taking fewer losses. Besides, both were expendable because this is the arrangement.

The Israelis will move into Gaza a few miles, using artillery and tank guns but, under orders not to hit civilian target. Since the enemy has used civilian cover for all its operations, grateful for losses so they could weep to an accommodating Media, the going will be difficult.

At a time agreed upon with Hamas and U.S. overseers, the Israelis will stop their advance, stay put for awhile and then declare victory for the "camp followers" (the Leftist Media) and then order a withdrawal.

Naturally, Olmert, Livni, Peres and especially Barak will be dashing about, giving interviews and posing for photo-ops. The U.N., the E.U., and the U.S. will be protesting the attack as inhumane. Olmert and Barak will say they had to do it - to save Israeli lives - which until now have made little difference to them.

From a time point of view, the kick-off to maximize political benefit before the election, should be sometime before the end of December or the middle of January. That should be sufficient time to get the full benefits of the follow-on propaganda by the Leftist Media.

What heroes these political criminals will be made out to be. All the false speeches and the exciting photos and video film showing advancing tanks will slip smoothly into the pre-election public relations. Kadima will be the glorious pretorian guards going to war and beating the enemy. In the meantime, Hamas will have Barak's $20 million dollars already shipped and received. Their war mechanism will remain mostly untouched in the Gazan deep concrete bunkers. (The concrete was shipped in from Israel - along with the humanitarian aid Israel shipped into Gaza.)

The Muslim Arab Palestinians will stop firing missiles until after the elections and then will start up again - as agreed. It will be a war, not to win, but to advance politicians. Soldiers will have to give up their lives for nothing but a temporary pause.

Nothing like a war to excite the voters. One more benefit could assist Kadima and the 'thinkers' of the State Department. If the voters lift the Kadima vote while lowering the Likud vote, then Likud will be weaker and more malleable to pressure for the two-state plan - presumably moved forward by Obama.

If this were a normal country, those who planned and acted as

the enablers would be tried in a military trial and ordered shot for collaborating with the enemy.

But, Israel is not a normal country and the Quislings will merely be elected again.

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1. "IDF PREPARING FOR MAJOR GAZA OPERATION" BY Ron Ben Yishai, ISRAEL NEWS December 11, 2008 http://ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3636726,00.html