In other nations, when the elected government of a nation takes responsibility for an armed attack on another nation’s soldiers, it’s called a war. But this is Israel, where none of the regular rules apply.
Hamas took responsibility on Friday for a shooting attack near a West Bank settlement in which an IDF soldier was seriously wounded.
Wednesday’s attack began at the Ariel junction, where terrorists sprayed a hitchhiking post with bullets from 100 to 150 meters away before speeding down a busy road while firing at passing cars.
A previously unknown offshoot of Fatah had taken responsibility for the shooting, which also lightly wounded a civilian.
But Hamas said Friday in a statement on its Web site that it was responsible. The claim, which appeared to be more reliable than that of the Fatah group, was delayed in order to give the attackers time to evade Israeli security, the group said.
Hamas operatives “continue their heroic and high-quality operations to teach the enemy a lesson,” the statement said.
So the democratically-elected government of the Palestinian terrortories[sic] is taking responsibility for armed terrorist attacks on civilians, and is bragging about nearly killing a soldier. These are the people that Jimmy Carter and others think Israel should include in the upcoming conference with the Palestinians.
I think they should talk to them, too. With the business end of an Uzi. Or a Hellfire missile.