Earlier this morning we suggested that Hamas is deliberately trying to create a humanitarian disaster in Gaza. It's not hard to guess why: they know that the worse the situation gets, the more the international community will clamor for Israel to drop border security. This is an old trick.

Last time it was intentionally starving civilians to demonize Israel. Then Reuters eagerly lapped up the claims of willful Israeli human rights violations. Ditto the Red Cross. And of course, diplomats practically strain at their leashes to urge Israeli security concessions on the thinnest pretexts. So can you really blame the Palestinians for pulling the same move again and again? Even they know enough to go with what works:

Like little children, Palestinian thugs know that if they make a big enough mess someone else will eventually sigh heavily and clean it up for them - at Israel's expense. You can say that they're morally wrong, but it's difficult to argue that they're factually incorrect. Six decades of experience with international diplomacy is pretty hard to answer.

References:
* This Summer's War In Gaza - Hamas Wastes No Time In Launching Rockets, Igniting War [MR]
* Would Palestinian Officials Intentionally Starve Palestinian Civilians Just So They Could Demonize Israel? We Think They Would... [MR]
* Vulgar Palestinian Propaganda Succeeds with International Media - Again! [MR]
* Palestinians Intentionally Create Humanitarian Crisis, Red Cross and Reuters Parrot Their Claims [MR]
* Tanks enter Gaza to protect crossing [JPost]

Previously:
* Munich is Cheap Propaganda
* Palestinian Non-Civil War Watch (Bonus: It's the Jews' Fault. Of Course It Is)
* Israeli Politics Roundup - 2007-05-08 - Yeah, So That Happened

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit