Target Rich Environment
In the future, this will be very dangerous:
For the first time in a decade, the founders and top political leaders of Hamas gathered on the same stage Saturday, vowing to go on fighting Israel and claiming victory for its impending withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. In a direct challenge to the Palestinian Authority, the militant groups' top brass said it rejects the idea of a sole decision-making body for the area and insists it has the right to possess weapons.
Hamas is full of good ideas:
Meanwhile, in Gaza early Friday, about 1,000 armed and masked Hamas combatants staged a training exercise in which they practiced infiltrating and attacking Jewish settlements. For the first time Hamas invited TV cameramen to film about 1,000 gunmen training ahead of the pullout. It wasn't clear whether this signaled an intent by the terrorist group to attack settlements during the impending pullout. The release of the pictures of Hamas members rapelling from high-rise walls and jumping through hoops of fire was also seen as a challenge to the Palestinian Authority.
But the Israelis are leaving the Gaza Strip. That land is going to be handed over to the Palestinians. Why would Hamas have an incentive to attack if their goal isjust to end Israeli Occupation? Could it be that they just like killing Jews? Is there a possibility that maybe their nihilistic terrorists are members of a literal cult that valorizes death? Might it be the case that these rhetorical questions, pedantic as they are, point to how blatantly obvious it is that Hamas is nothing but a fanatic group of murderers - but in fairness to us, Europe still doesn't totally get it.
[Cross-posted to IsraPundit]
For the first time in a decade, the founders and top political leaders of Hamas gathered on the same stage Saturday, vowing to go on fighting Israel and claiming victory for its impending withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. In a direct challenge to the Palestinian Authority, the militant groups' top brass said it rejects the idea of a sole decision-making body for the area and insists it has the right to possess weapons.
Hamas is full of good ideas:
Meanwhile, in Gaza early Friday, about 1,000 armed and masked Hamas combatants staged a training exercise in which they practiced infiltrating and attacking Jewish settlements. For the first time Hamas invited TV cameramen to film about 1,000 gunmen training ahead of the pullout. It wasn't clear whether this signaled an intent by the terrorist group to attack settlements during the impending pullout. The release of the pictures of Hamas members rapelling from high-rise walls and jumping through hoops of fire was also seen as a challenge to the Palestinian Authority.
But the Israelis are leaving the Gaza Strip. That land is going to be handed over to the Palestinians. Why would Hamas have an incentive to attack if their goal isjust to end Israeli Occupation? Could it be that they just like killing Jews? Is there a possibility that maybe their nihilistic terrorists are members of a literal cult that valorizes death? Might it be the case that these rhetorical questions, pedantic as they are, point to how blatantly obvious it is that Hamas is nothing but a fanatic group of murderers - but in fairness to us, Europe still doesn't totally get it.
[Cross-posted to IsraPundit]
