An elegant counterpoint to that idiotic Times Online article about how Hamas is just misunderstood. I mean – maybe. Is there a chance that I’m missing some nuance here?
Four advanced Grad rockets hit Ashkelon – long out of Hamas’s range – within a few minutes this morning. The city has been suffering near-constant barrages for the last few days. In Tel Aviv – home to about one-sixth of Israel’s population and the heart of secular Israel – they’ve been told to prepare shelters. This is the demographic equivalent of all thr citizens in LA, New York, and Chicago being told to huddle in bomb shelters. Except take that and multiply it – roughly – 20 times. Economically it’s the second biggest city in the Middle East and the 51st in the world. It’s the epitome of an advanced Western city – filled with skyscrapers, technologically sophisticated, and socially liberal.
But apparently it has to be indiscriminately shelled. Because Hamas felt the need a week ago to refuse a ceasefire and barrage Israel with rockets after not getting enough fruits and vegetables for six months.
References and previously after the jump…
References:
* Times Online: These Hamas Guys Are Actually OK Dudes, “Gaza Is A Secular Society” [MR]
* PMW: Hamas TV Celebrates Targeting Civilians, Pallywood is noticed from the inside [Solomonia]
* Four Gaza rockets strike Ashkelon within minutes of each other [Ha'aretz]
* Two lightly wounded in early morning rocket barrage [JPost]
* Tel Aviv high rises told to prepare shelters [Israel Matzav]
* UN: Gazans Have More Than Enough Food, But Lack Of Fruits And Vegetables Is A Humanitarian Crisis [MR]
Previously:
* Counterterrorism Expert: Only A Particularly Stupid Useful Idiot Would Ever Suggest Engaging Hamas
* One-Third Of Hamas Launchers Too Deep In Residential Areas To Hit By Jet (Plus: Temporary Truce Rumors Debunked?)
* Anonymous Mask-Wearing Thugs Who Blindly Launch Rockets At Civilians Before Scurrying Underground, Hiding Behind Human Shields, And Begging For Int’l Protection: Israelis Should "Fight Like Men"
