The tanks are not rolling yet, but the ink in UN is flowing and the air is expended like there is no tomorrow.
And of course, the pure lambs of Palestinian Authority are already sticking their wounds in the face of the world.
The Palestinians accused Israel of launching a premeditated military assault to sabotage Palestinian unity and collectively punish and terrorize hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Well, there must be at least a grain of truth in what that character in a suit is saying: surely we are meditating on the situation with Gaza for the last ten months, since disengagement. So the current operation could be called premeditated, sure.
And re collective punishment: who was it that promised to turn Sderot in a ghost town?
And for dessert from the same Haaretz article (first link):
Arab and Muslim states Friday put the Palestinian territories on the permanent agenda of the United Nations Human Rights Council, overcoming Israeli and Western objections to singling out alleged abuses by Israel.
A resolution to re-examine the issue at future sessions, brought by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) easily won passage at the 47-member forum.
Easily, what? UN-shmun…
Cross-posted on SimplyJews
Ya know, maybe, up ahead ‘gaza’ will break in two … giving us name changes to GA and ZA.
How so?
Well, the three bridges are out. So those in one part can call across to those across the divide. But it’s not deep enough.
And, why not notice that the IDF is banging up roads, and other areas that are “open” … to curtail kassam launch sites.
And, there ya go. An unseen option to give the arabs a separation landscape. So they’d have GA and ZA.
Olmert’s a smart politician. And, this might work.
But based on what Olmert is trying to do to Yesha, I am not sure that he can be trusted. Consider that Peres and Beilin are his allies and what he has already announced what he intends.
Oi l’rasha, oi l’scheino