Alert! Violence involving Israel in the news, as witnesses report something breaking the surface of Lake Lucille, and crawling its way to a nerby compound, Blackberry firmly clutched in its talons.

Did somebody say Israel?

From the inky depths of Facebook:

We stand with Israel and Netanyahu's strength that he wisely uses to protect his country. May he have the wisdom of Solomon as Israel's leadership moves forward. You can keep track of the developments by following @IDFSpokesperson on Twitter.

Spoken like a criminally undereducated Israeli fetishist with no FUCKING idea what she is talking about.

The facts are that this recent violence is FAR more complicated than Netanyahu simply "protecting his country." Essentially the conflict has been escalating, on both sides, for months now, with the Israelis even focusing their attacks during the olive harvesting season on Palestinian farmers in an attempt to disrupt their economy.

Then on Wednesday Israel did this:  

The Israel Defense Forces didn’t just kill Hamas military leader Ahmed al-Jabari on Wednesday as he was driving his car down the street in Gaza. They killed him and then instantly posted the strike to YouTube. Then they tweeted a warning to all of Jabari’s comrades: “We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead.” 

The Jabari hit is part of the biggest assault the IDF has launched in more than three years on Gaza, with more than 20 targets hit. And it’s being accompanied by one of the most aggressive social media offensives ever launched by any military. Several days before Jabari’s elimination, the IDF began liveblogging the rocket attacks on southern Israel coming from Gaza. Once “Operation Pillar of Defense” began, the IDF put up a Facebook page, a Flickr feed, and, of course, a stream of Twitter taunts — all relying on the same white-on-red English-language graphics. “Ahmed Jabari: Eliminated,” reads a tweet from 2:21 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.

Did you get that? They not only killed the Palestinian leader, they also IMMEDIATELY posted it to YouTube like some teenager who just got an new X-Box for their birthday.

The result of this is that Hamas has of course retaliated with rocket attacks of their own and essentially Israel has declared war on Hamas via, of all things, Twitter:

@idfspokesperson Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)
— Alqassam Brigades (@AlqassamBrigade) November 14, 2012

To say that this is a complicated and extremely sensitive political situation for the US is the understatement of the year. However to state that the batshit unemployed lady with the fright wig should butt the hell out is a given.

Especially since she could not care less about the Israeli people and is simply fanning the flames of violence in the hopes of meeting Jesus and getting him to autograph her saggy boob before she dies.

Update: One of Sarah Palin's LEAST favorite reporters (And author of the great book Republican Gomorrah) Max Blumenthal, reports that this violence is the result of the fact that Israel broke the treaty by killing a Palestinian child. You can ALWAYS count on the fact that the Grizzled Mama will have the facts wrong.