September 26, 2005

Charles Johnson of littlegreenfootballs fame points out Instance #25,492 of Loony Liberal Left bias in the reporting of terror activity in Gaza:
while al-Reuters (and UPI,too) is touting the beneficence of Hamas to so graciously declare a ceasefire between them and the Israels ("violent agressors" and now former occupiers. They can't use that excuse anymore!), they don't mention until almost the last paragraph that Israel was attacked from Gaza by 2 other Islamist terror groups after the Hamas spokesman declared a truce.
Israel mounts new air strikes, Hamas ends attacks

[...]Militants in Gaza from the Popular Resistance Committees and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group, fired several rockets into Israel hours after Sunday's Likud session and after Zahar made his comments.

Hostilities first erupted when a blast on Friday killed 16 people at a Hamas rally in Gaza.

Hamas blamed Israel and militants fired at least 40 rockets into the Jewish state in response, though Israel denied responsibility and the Palestinian Authority said it appeared to be an accident caused by Hamas members carrying explosives.

Oh, brother! Same old, same old for the Paleostinians!
Good to see that both the security fence and Sharon's decision to pull the settlements from Gaza are both working as they were supposed to.
It's obviously business as usual for the Paleos, though: Popular Resistance, Al Aqsa and Fatah are the Usual Suspects, set up by Yassir Arafat to "pretend" that the odd man out--in this case Hamas--is the "bad boy" of the family who will now "behave."
And isn't Zahar too like his former master Arafat to declare a hudna when his boys are planning another attack?
(I also think that Hamas was suitably chastened by the Israeli response and even if they weren't, we got one of their main bad guys. Hooah!)
In case you were wondering how that "free, independent state" thingie was going in Gaza, they started out by burning down some synagogues and trashing all the greenhouses, which were hoped to have been a source of jobs and income for the "impoverished" new state.
So, nothing has changed; the Paleos continue their love of death, destruction and terror, especially if they can target Jews.
One thing has changed, however--the Jewish settlers are no longer targets and when the jihadi rockets come over the fence, Israel's duty to defend herself will be clear.
And it will be obvious to the Quartet (isn't it already?) that the Paleostinians most definitely are not keeping up their end of the agreement.