Ehud Olmert does the predictable, and ignores all Palestinian truce violations. Mortar fire? No problem. Kassam rockets? Not an issue. Sniper attacks on Israeli farmers? Hey, it’s just another day in Gaza Town.
Palestinians opened fire Sunday afternoon at farmers working in fields near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the Gaza vicinity. There were no reports of injuries.
This is the first time gunmen shoot at farmers since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect about two and a half weeks ago. Since the truce began, Palestinians have fired several Qassam rockets and mortar shells into the western Negev on a number of different occasions.
Addressing the fragile truce, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said last week that “an absolute lull cannot be imposed within a short while, and therefore we have shown and will show some patience. However, no one should interpret this patience as weakness.
“Should the lull not be maintained, we will respond with full force,” he said.
Liar. The lull is not maintained. There has been violation after violation. In fact, a day without an attack on Israel is still the rarity, not the exception. So what is the lull truly accomplishing? No Hamas terrorists have been killed in three weeks, and Hamas has been able to smuggle more weapons and train more terrorists without fear of being attacked by Israel.
Well done, Hamas. And say, Israel? You might want to look into dumping this PM and getting another. This one really sucks.
Update: The tractor may have been hit by a rock. However, Olmert still sucks.
I’ll say it again: the real terms of the truce are that only Israel can break the truce.
Eric J, I’d phrase that a bit differently. Only Hamas can break the truce… with utter impunity.
Omlet (pun intended) is being played like a fool by Hamas. They know that as soon as the prisoner swap takes place it is all over for them.
Sort of like the great EU success in getting Iran to agree to more talks …
No one could write this as fiction – it would be too unbelievable.