(NOTE: This post was scheduled to go up yesterday. There have been many more attacks since then. There will be new posts about them.)
The democratically-elected government of Israel—the people that Jimmy Carter and the EU think Israel should negotiate with—fired rockets into Israeli towns for the past three days. One of the attacks injured a 14-year-old girl in Sderot. They also claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed
Three Qassam rockets landed Tuesday night in southern Ashkelon. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Hamas claimed responsibility for firing the rockets.
At around 11:15 pm, the Color Red alert system was activated in the city’s southern industrial zone. According to police reports, several explosions were heard in the area.
More rockets fell today.
A Qassam rocket fired from the northern Gaza trip landed in an open field south of Ashkelon Wednesday morning. No injuries or damage were reported in the attack.
Five Qassam rockets landed in the Eshkol Regional Council since the morning hours. All the rockets fell in open areas, causing no injuries or damage.
I expect more will fall before the end of the day as well. I don’t expect the kind of outcry from the world that we heard when Israel shut down Gaza. And I don’t expect Israel to shut down Gaza again. Ehud Olmert is quite possibly the worst leader Israel has ever has. He is more concerned with his political survival than with his people’s well-being.
Israel needs a warrior to lead her through these dangerous times. The Iranian threat is growing, and the Bush government has lost the political will to stop it.
Now would be a good time for another King David. The anti-Israel side like to think that Israel is the Goliath. But that’s inaccurate. Israel is still David, and still fighting overwhelming odds. Only now, Goliath is pursuing nuclear weapons. No stone in the world will stop those.
I believe that Switzerland, not the EU, that has been urging negotiations.
Swiss at heart of Hamas and Israel talks
Israel should stop pussyfooting around
and reoccupy Gaza. The decision to
abandon it was a disaster which brought Israel nothing in the way of true peace and only liberated Hamas to attack Israel at will. Retaking Gaza is the only thing that will end the Qassam attacks. The world may condemn it, but they condemn Israel no matter what she does. The Palestenians and their allies, especially the Iranians won’t be satisfied with anything short of the dissolution of the Jewish state.