Haveil Havalim is up. (That’s Carnival of the Jews, to those who don’t read Hebrew.) ((Okay, it really is the English transliteration of Vanity of Vanities, but you wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t told you.)) (((Okay, I wouldn’t have known if David hadn’t told me, but only because I would have been too lazy to look it up in the Hebrew-English dictionary.)))

Maxwell Smart is dead. Sorry about that, Chief.

Citizen Smash describes the latest anti-war rally in San Diego, where people finally got fed up with the anti-Semitism of the ANSWER left.

I upgraded my Windows Media Player and finally was able to see Pallywood, a film you must not miss. This film documents the lies and hoaxes of the palestinian journalists that are picked up by the international media, then repackaged and fed to us as Israeli “oppression” on the evening news.

If you haven’t seen it yet, go. Now. And link this out to everyone you know.

We need to spread the word. Israel has been losing the PR battle since 1967.

Kol Hakavod, Second Draft.

The AP spins the Israeli response to mortar attacks on her civilian population thusly:

Israel launched the weekend offensive following a rocket barrage from Gaza into nearby Israeli towns. It has carried out a series of airstrikes, killing four militants and destroying several weapons facilities, and has arrested more than 200 Palestinians. The fighting has destroyed any goodwill from the Gaza pullout and increased already intense pressure on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to confront militants.

Abbas has said his forces are not strong enough to take on militants, and that he fears civil war among the many armed groups in Gaza.

What goodwill? The goodwill that led to 40 rockets being fired into Israel after Hamas blew up its own people through its own negligence?

Wow, in every update, AP sinks lower. They removed the line about soldiers dancing (want to bet it was their palestinian stringer’s fevered imagination that made that one up, and no factual basis?), and now we have the above.

Israel continued its air campaign despite a call by Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar to end the group’s rocket attacks. Zahar spoke at a news conference late Sunday, hours after a pinpoint Israeli airstrike killed a top commander in the Islamic Jihad militant group.

Zahar said his Islamic militant group remained committed to a seven-month-old cease-fire and he wanted to prevent further Israeli attacks.

“We call on our military groups to stop their operations against the enemy from the Gaza Strip,” he said. Zahar also renewed a pledge to end Hamas’ military-style parades celebrating the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

There’s that context thing again. The AP quotes Hamas’ line on the truce without mentioning the suicide bombings, shootings, knifings, and planted bombs. Hamas has never been committed to a truce, only to a “hudna”–a pretend calm that is a time for re-arming and regrouping.

We finally get more information on the murderer of the Hatuels, but of course, AP whitewashes it. Couldn’t possibly reveal these murderers for the scum they truly are:

The attack killed Islamic Jihad’s top commander in southern Gaza, Mohammed Khalil, and his bodyguard as they drove on a coastal road.

The army said Khalil was responsible for the deaths of 17 Israelis, including a shooting attack that killed a pregnant woman and her four young daughters as they drove near a Jewish settlement in May 2004.

Oh, and they’re readying their excuses for the upcoming terror attacks:

Even if Hamas stops its rocket attacks, it remains unclear whether smaller militant groups would follow suit. Islamic Jihad’s top leader in Gaza, Mohammed al-Hindi, said the group would no longer observe the cease-fire following Sunday’s deadly airstrike.

“There is no talk of a truce. There is only room for talk of war,” al-Hindi said.

Thanks, AP, for giving us the terrorist line. And for establishing the excuse before the events occur. The copy will read that the terrorist attack is in “retaliation” for the IDF’s defending her people.

Spin, spin, spin. Always against Israel.

Two separate articles prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Hamas will never become a political party as we currently define the term. Of course, if you want to change “political party” to include, “will also wage war and kill civilians,” then Hamas fits in perfectly.

Exhibit A:

TML: What is the final goal of Hamas?
A-Z: If you ask any Palestinian or Muslim, wherever he lives – in America or in Britain or in Indonesia – he would tell you that according to the religious point of view, this land is part of the Arab and Muslim nations. This means, that there is no other option but to reunify this land once again.

TML: What is ‘this land’ that you are talking about? Are you talking about the whole of Israel?
A-Z: I understand where you are headed, and I will answer you. First of all this Palestinian land, and all the Arabic nation, is all part of the same area. In the past, there was no independent Palestinian state; there was no independent Jordanian state; and so on. There were regions called Iraq or Egypt, but they were all part of one country. That is why it is not permitted to [agree to] establish separate countries, which was the case after the Sykes-Picot Agreement [1916]. Our main goal is to establish a great Islamic state, be it pan-Arabic or pan-Islamic. Therefore, it is not allowed to establish an Arabic state over the land of Palestine alone. Also, remember this land is still occupied. To sum up, the Islamic and traditional views reject the notion of establishing an independent Palestinian state. The European example is clear. Europe’s history is filled with wars and blood. Its races are varied, its languages are varied, and nevertheless it established the European Union. The Islamists’ view, which Hamas adheres to, is that a great Muslim state must be established, with Palestine being a part of it. Within this state, Israel has no place – its history is different, its language is different, its religion is different, its culture is different, and its security and political affiliations are different. This is the view of Hamas movement.

TML: Is Hamas ever going to recognize the state of Israel?
A-Z: Let me ask you a question, does the Egyptian people recognize Israel? No. That is why it did not normalize relations with Israel. This is not a view held only by Hamas. This is a view held by anyone who believes in Islam.

Exhibit B:

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said that it rejects to become a political party after the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Elections.

Mosheer Al Masry, Hamas media spokesperson, said that the movement will not transform into a political party as long as the Palestinian territories are still occupied.

“We decided to participate in the elections as part of our legitimate struggle against the occupation”, Al Masry said, “Resistance is a legitimate and strategic right, Hamas will not disarm”.

I think that Hamas is making its goals more than clear. Ignoring them is not just at Israel’s peril, because a group like Hamas wouldn’t stop at Israel if (God forbid) it ever managed to achieve its goals. Europe would be next. And then America. But of course, Jews first.

Sound familiar?

It should.