On this 59th Independence Day for Israel, no one (especially Condi Rice) could have seen this coming:
Hamas: Truce with Israel at end
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets and mortar shells toward
Israel on its independence day Tuesday, and said they considered it the end of a five-month truce with Israel…The barrage, which came on Israel’s 59th independence day, did not cause any damage or injury, but it marked the first time Hamas acknowledged firing shells toward Israel since agreeing to a cease-fire along the Gaza-Israel border in November. Hamas is tightly organized, and Israel says attacks from Gaza have the tacit approval from the militant group’s political leaders.
Israel Radio, citing military officials, said the rocket attack appeared to be an unsuccessful attempt to create a diversion in order to capture an Israeli soldier posted at the Gaza border. In June, Hamas-allied militants had tunneled from Gaza into Israel and seized an Israeli soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who is still being held.
Gee, i wonder why they were trying to kidnap another soldier? Oh yeah, because it works.
On Monday, Olmert said freeing soldiers is important to the government, but that it would not repeat “mistakes made in the past” by releasing violent prisoners who then carried out more attacks against Israelis. But Olmert said there would be “no escape in the end from making a difficult decision” on trading prisoners for the captured troops.
And what else do Hamas and Fatah, savage Islamist terrorist groups which the United States ‘negotiates’ with and funds, do in their free time?
In a growing problem for Gaza, Palestinian smugglers and clansmen [oh please, talk about euphemisms–they mean Gaza’s Islamist leadership, ‘security’ personnel for both Hamas and Fatah–ed.] settle differences with guns, and bands of self-styled vigilantes have killed suspected pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, owners of music shops, internet cafes, pool halls — activities which could divert people from worship — and women suspected of sexual misconduct. Bystanders are often wounded or killed.
Over at LGF, Charles also reminds us that the spin of a ‘truce’ ever having been observed by Hamas is also absurd. But gee, it sure seems like Condi remains hopeful that meeting with terrorists will do the trick. That and 60 million more U.S. tax-payer dollars sent to these beasts.
Happy Independence Day to the plucky little underdog that has given so much to the world. Here’s just a sampling:
http://www.freeman.org/m_online/jun04/koller.htm
No wonder 400,000,000 arabs can’t defeat 6,000,000 Israelis … it’s just not a fair fight.
God Bless Israel
This only means that a new opportunity for lasting peace is just around the corner.
Amen to what Connecticut said. All we need to do is get the parties together to negotiate and have a dialogue and we can solve this entire problem. Call the meeting, Condi.
The MSM/DNC “reporting” from the Middle East has been a series of bigoted fairy tales for 50 Years. Chuck at LGF is right is his analysis of the current lies; but he is too young to know that it has been this way since Ike’s second term.
It is the MSM/DNC’s lies (reporting) that got “Peace” Prizes for Yasser and Jimmy.
I’d love to tell Jimmy where he can put his prize. At least now the world knows him for his true self. Gerald Ford got ripped off — he should have gotten the prize since he was the one who did the work. The Nutty Farmer just happened to be in office when it was finalized (and he almost blew it!).