Kassams have been landing daily again, but of course, the AP isn’t really reporting that. And tomorrow, they’ll be screaming about Israel closing the Kerem crossing again, one day after opening it. Like it’s Israel’s responsibility to keep on risking her people, but it’s not the Palestinians’ responsibility to stop trying to kill them.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the commercial crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip closed as of Wednesday morning following the launching of a Qassam rocket towards southern Israel earlier on Tuesday.
The crossings are to remain closed over the next two days. On Thursday Barak will conduct a revaluation of the situation
Palestinian gunmen launched a Qassam rocket from northern Gaza towards Israel on Tuesday evening. The rocket landed in an open area in a kibbutz belonging to the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council.
[…] More than 20 Qassam rockets have been fired towards the western Negev, as well as numerous mortar shells. Local residents say the attacks have become daily, and many worry the fragile truce may be at an end.
Wait for the screaming from the so-called objective media. Just wait for it.
My strange, almost mystical powers allow me to predict that when Israel moves from closing the border to military action the media’s response will be either that Israel is breaking the truce and shame on it for derailing the peace process, or that it is yet another round in the cycle of violence that besets this war-torn land.