The Palestinians, encouraged by Obama’s ridiculous emphasis on settlement freezes for the past two years, are now saying they’re tailoring the UN Security Council Resolution specifically to U.S. demands on Israel.
“We drafted it using the same words that Secretary Clinton is using and so we don’t see why the U.S. would veto it,” Abbas said.
Execllent work, Obama! You’re really bringing the two sides closer than ever to forging a true peace in the middle east! Too bad you can’t put that genie back in the bottle, hey? Of course, the real question is: Will Obama screw Israel? The State Department says the resolution is a no-go—for now.
Israeli deterrence: It works. 2010 has the fewest number of deaths by terrorism in a decade. The barrier is working. Operation Cast Lead worked. The IDF arresting terrorists is working. Enlisting Palestinian spies is working. You know what’s not working? The anti-Israel side trying to stop Israel from protecting her citizens. And here’s a number you never see in an AP boilerplate:
According to the data, terror attacks have claimed the lives of 1,187 Israelis in the past decade; 8,050 Israelis were injured in terror attacks over the past 10 years.
The overwhelming majority were civilians.
Cry me a river: Former president Moshe Katsav is depressed over his rape conviction. Let’s see, he shamed himself and his country, gave the Jew-haters another story to tarnish all Jews with (the Israel-haters are already referring to it in comments threads on newspapers, using it as an example of corrupt Israeli politicians), and, oh yeah, he raped at least one woman. Hey, Katsav: Suck it up, shut up, go to jail, and make amends, and in ten years, maybe we’ll care if you’re depressed or not. Well, actually, no, I won’t care in ten years, either.
“Toner declined to say specifically whether the United States would veto such a resolution. A resolution that does not call for sanctions could result in the United States not using its veto, according to reports.”
Doesn’t sound much like “no-go” to me.
The Palestinians and their supporters like to haul out comparative numbers of killed and injured but one interesting statistic I’ve seen more than one place is that Israeli casualties are about fifty-fifty men and women whereas Palestinian casualties are overwhelmingly male. This at least suggests that the Israelis are largely attempting to kill only people fighting them and the Palestinians just want to kill whoever they can.
The fact is that the Palestinians themselves don’t believe their own propaganda. There are any number of reports from Operation Cast Lead of people running up to the roof of a building as a helicopter gunship or fighter is about to make a run, showing themselves, knowing that the aircraft will turn off and give them time to evacuate the structure.
But there are a number of reasons why no Palestinian brings this up; one, of course, is that it would immediately and adversely affect life expectancy.