I know this is going to shock all of my readers, but Hamas is not sticking to the truce, as the media tells us it is.
The Shin Bet security service lifted on Thursday a gag order on an April 14th arrest of two Hamas members that infiltrated into Israel with the intent of carrying out attacks and kidnapping soldiers.
The two, Palestinians from the Jabalya refugee camp, infiltrated the southern Negev through Sinai. They were in possession of firearms and grenades, as well as money intended for funding the establishment of a West Bank terrorist cell.
Shocking, I know.
The kassams are still hitting Israel, even though Hamas called for an end to them. So did Mahmoud Abbas.
Shocking, I know.
The new Hamas terrorist “police force” is ready for action. You know, the one with the wanted terrorist as the head cop.
“It’s like hiring a mob boss as chief of police,” Asi Shariv, spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said of Samadana.
“If Hamas wants to be taken seriously, it must first renounce terrorism… and looking at the people they are putting in these positions is discouraging,” said Stewart Tuttle, the US Embassy spokesman in Tel Aviv.
Shocking, I know.
In the weekly anti-fence “peace” protests, 150 demonstrators attacked Israeli troops at Be’ilin.
Shocking, I know.
Well, no, not really.
Not at all shocking to anyone paying attention, but still – quite misunderstand in all its consequences, daily and long-term. Frimet and Arnold Roth created a blog on their memorial website (memorial to their daughter, a victim of Hamas) which tells this story very effectively. It’s here