Confronting the terrorists and aligning wtih them

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In the afterglow of the confidence building Annapolis conference where President Bush said

I have known the President for quite a while. I am convinced that he is dedicated to the formation of a Palestinian democracy that will live in peace with their neighbor, Israel. And I believe the Prime Minister of Israel is dedicated to the same vision. And therefore, as I told the President, the United States of America will work as hard as we possibly can to help you achieve the vision, Mr. President.

we learn that the PA, under President Abbas’s leadership intends to confront terrorists – and work alongside them. Khaled Abu Toameh has this exclusive in the Jerusalem Post.

Fatah will fight alongside Hamas if and when the IDF launches a military operation in the Gaza Strip, a senior Fatah official in Gaza City said Thursday. 

“Fatah won’t remain idle in the face of an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip,” the official said. “We will definitely fight together with Hamas against the Israeli army. It’s our duty to defend our people against the occupiers.”

The Fatah official said his faction would place political differences aside and form a joint front against Israel if the IDF enters the Gaza Strip. “The homeland is more important than all our differences,” he said.

 

A blog for All observes

Israel will continue to be attacked by its enemies – and the Palestinian terrorist groups Fatah and Hamas are likely to rejoin forces at some point in the future, which means that all the aid that was going to Fatah will end up in Hamas’ hands. Gaza is currently in Hamas’ hand, and if the terrorist attacks from Gaza do not cease and Israel takes military action against Gaza, Fatah might strike at Israel in response. 

Hamas has never waivered from its position on demanding Israel’s destruction. Fatah hasn’t either – although they’re more coy in their calls. They’d rather kill Israel through thousands of paper cuts.

Diplomacy under these circumstances is a fool’s errand for Israel.

Israeli diplomats couldn’t even enter through the same entrances as Arab diplomats at Annapolis and Arab diplomats couldn’t be seen shaking hands with their Israeli counterparts either.

That speaks volumes to the hatred and animosity towards Israel in the Middle East.

 

Israel Matzav provides a bit more background

You will recall that the reason why Olmert met with Abu Mazen in Annapolis is because Abu Mazen is a ‘moderate’ who wants ‘peace’ (despite the fact that his ‘moderate’ Fatah organization sponsors an armed wing called the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades that has carried out most of the terror attacks in Israel in the last seven years). In other words, Abu Mazen is ‘good’ as opposed to the nasty Hamas terrorists in Gaza who are his enemy and who are ‘bad.’ You will also recall that three and a half weeks ago, I reported that the US had given Israel clearance to send the IDF into Gaza to clean out the vipers and stop the firing on Sderot and its environs. At the time, Israel postponed the ‘operation’ – earning Sderot a few hundred more rockets and mortars and earning Olmert a few brownie points with his prosecutors – so as not to interfere with the Annapolis gang rape. But now that Annapolis is over and was just so successful (/sarc), it’s time to clean up Gaza, restore it to the rule of the good terrorist Abu Mazen and bring quiet to Sderot and the western Negev, and then we can make peace and prosperity and live happily ever after. Right? 

Well, maybe. But if we do send the IDF into Gaza, they won’t just be facing the bad terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. You see, if the IDF invades Gaza, that will be enough for the good terrorists of Fatah and the bad terrorists of Hamas to put their differences aside and fight together against the real enemy: Israel.

 

And Meryl emphasizes

Please note that the quote is not from a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the “armed wing” of Fatah. That quote is from Fatah, the organization that is now headed by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president who claims he wants peace with Israel. 

They don’t want peace. They want Israel.

 

It’s astounding that time after time the same thing happens and no one’s the wiser.

Crossposted on Soccer Dad.