Reuters says that Mahmoud Abbas condemned yesterday’s suicide bombing. Here is what they call a condemnation:
“My position regarding this operation is that I do not accept it and I reject and condemn it. There was no need at all, and it does not benefit us at all. I do not think that this operation in particular will impact the calm between us and the Israelis in the Gaza Strip,” Abbas said.
Oh, look. He used the word “condemn.” He did not use the words “bombing,” “murder,” “kill,” “civilians,” “attack,” or even “Israelis.”
I call bullshit on Reuters. I also call bullshit on Israel’s worse-than-useless Defense Minister.
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told parliament on Monday that Israel would protect its citizens while doing everything to maintain the ceasefire.
So, what has Peretz done?
The defense establishment will boost operations along the border with Egypt in order to prevent further terror attacks in the area, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Tuesday.
During a tour in Eilat and a visit to the scene of Monday’s suicide bombing, Peretz said, “We will increase the activity along the fence, deal with the traffic routes, boost operations along the routes and reexamine all existing measures, in order to address the current threats and target the terror infrastructure.”
The defense minister pledged to act “decisively” against what he described as “a very serious action.”
Oooh, they must be shaking in their sandals, those terrorists.
So what’s that decisive action being taken?
IAF aircraft bombed a tunnel leading from the Gaza Strip into Israel early Tuesday, in what appeared to be Israel’s first response to Monday’s suicide bombing in Eilat.
No casualties were reported.
That’ll show ’em.
Omri writes that perhaps the IDF should stand back and let the palestinians kill each other. But I’m with the not-gonna-happen school of thought. Every time the chance for full-blown civil war, somehow, just when it’s about to become really interesting, the terrorists remember that their primary mission in life is to kill Jews. And none of the really big terrorist masterminds are being killed. It’s just the footsoldiers.
The IDF needs to go back to killing and capturing the big guns in Hamas. The only thing the terrorists understand is the strong arm.