Islamic Jihad defines Terrorism, Threatens to Kill Civilians in Response to Israeli Military Action. Irony Goes Unnoticed
There's just something so fundamentally wrong but so overwhelmingly common about Palestinian terrorism that people just don't notice how nakedly absurd its justifications are:
The relative lull in Israeli-Palestinian violence "is history," an Islamic Jihad commander in the Jenin area says in the wake of the killing of the group’s West Bank leader on Sunday, followed by a Qassam rocket barrage directed at the southern town of Sderot Monday afternoon. The rocket fire is only an initial response, Abu al-Muamen warned in a conversation with Ynet...
Earlier, the Islamic Jihad’s military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, declared the highest state of alert among terror cells in the West Bank. The group called on its members to prepare for retaliation for the killing of top Jihad leader Louie Sa’adi, saying all targets were an option.
Assume for a second that Israel isn't justified in attacking terrorists like Abu al-Muamen before they can commit mass murder again: so assume that this is Israeli "violence" against Palestinian "militants" and not something more reasonable, like "self defense." So assume the best case for the Palestinians now threatening massive retaliation - that Israel really was unjustified in targeting one of Islamic Jihad's top lieutenants. Even in that case, they would still only be justified in attacking Israeli soldiers and military targets - they would still be nothing more than base murderers and terrorists for threatening to massacre Israeli civilians. But when Israelis attack Palestinian "militants" and the Palestinians attack Israeli civilians, it's a "cycle of violence".
The relative lull in Israeli-Palestinian violence "is history," an Islamic Jihad commander in the Jenin area says in the wake of the killing of the group’s West Bank leader on Sunday, followed by a Qassam rocket barrage directed at the southern town of Sderot Monday afternoon. The rocket fire is only an initial response, Abu al-Muamen warned in a conversation with Ynet...
Earlier, the Islamic Jihad’s military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, declared the highest state of alert among terror cells in the West Bank. The group called on its members to prepare for retaliation for the killing of top Jihad leader Louie Sa’adi, saying all targets were an option.
Assume for a second that Israel isn't justified in attacking terrorists like Abu al-Muamen before they can commit mass murder again: so assume that this is Israeli "violence" against Palestinian "militants" and not something more reasonable, like "self defense." So assume the best case for the Palestinians now threatening massive retaliation - that Israel really was unjustified in targeting one of Islamic Jihad's top lieutenants. Even in that case, they would still only be justified in attacking Israeli soldiers and military targets - they would still be nothing more than base murderers and terrorists for threatening to massacre Israeli civilians. But when Israelis attack Palestinian "militants" and the Palestinians attack Israeli civilians, it's a "cycle of violence".
