It’s amazing, isn’t it, how if the IDF even looks at a Palestinian, it’s a violation of the “truce,” but Hamas can outright say they’re breaking the truce, and then a few hours later say “Well, not really,” and everyone pretends they believe them this time.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, speaking in Rome after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, said the rocket attacks were a “one-time violation of the truce.”

He called on Israel to show restraint in order to avoid a “deterioration” in the region.”

Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema said that Rome was concerned about the renewed rocket attacks, and called on Abbas to adhere to the principles set by International Quartet - especially the recognition of Israel.

Earlier in the day, a spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing said the group considered the truce over.

You see? Everyone knows the Palestinians are lying, they’ve seen it happen over and over again, and yet, they all pretend that the Palestinians mean it when they say they’re “keeping” the faux truce. The effing AP won’t even acknowledge that the rocket attacks were a truce violation. Look at this lame excuse for a news report:

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday authorized the army to carry out limited operations in the Gaza Strip, but ruled out a large-scale ground offensive in response to a new round of rocket attacks, Israeli officials said.

The decision was made at an emergency meeting that Olmert held with senior security officials following the fresh rocket fire by Hamas militants in Gaza. The violence has threatened to unravel a five-month cease-fire.

Even Hamas says the cease-fire is over, but not the AP.

I’m sorry, but my cup of outrage is so far overflowed that I can barely garner a raised eyebrow for all of this. It is simply breathtaking anti-Israel bias, and yet, it now seems so normal to me… that must be the result of five years of reading crap like this. Oh, for the days when I knew that Israel was always being screwed, but didn’t pay attention to the media bias because I didn’t like to read the news.

The Syrians are building up their arms and army, moving closer to the border, and installing thousands of rockets after the Hizbollah fashion of last year’s Lebanon war. But they want peace, they say. Uh-huh. And of course, the Israelis are being told they’re imagining things. The Syrians are just talking when they threaten to take back the Golan Heights by force.

No tangible evidence exists, Israel told the U.S., that Damascus is planning an all-out war with Israel. But it is believed that Damascus has concluded that Israel might respond to various Syrian actions and that would be the cause of a full-blown confrontation.

[...] Such evaluations have been made before and proven mistaken. However, facts on the ground show the Syrian army is increasing its battle readiness, munitions production (especially of rockets and missiles), emergency stores and is acquiring more weapons systems from Iran. It has purchased a large number of advanced anti-tank missiles from the Russians, with whom it also negotiating the purchase of Russia’s latest anti-aircraft missiles.

The Syrians have deployed Iranian naval missiles (originally Chinese), the C. 802. The destructive power and range of Syria’s rockets and missiles has clearly grown in recent years. Israel does not rule out a possible Syrian grab for the Golan, assuming that if Israel counter-attacks the Syrian lines it will incur heavy losses. Thus, the IDF’s power has also increased, especially that of the Israel Air Force.

So, when I say “Oh yeah? You and what five armies?” to the Syrian threats to destroy Israel, let’s count how many are already there: Hamas, Hizbollah, Saudi Arabia by proxy (as always), Iran (via the terrorists and Syria), and, well, the rest of the Muslim world that sends money to the terrorists. They’re almost at five armies, though.

This summer will not be a good one for Israel, I think.

That “moderate” Iranian ex-president, whose speech at Harvard on September 10th last year was titled “Ethics of Tolerance in the Age of Violence” is not a practitioner of what he preaches.

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has called for peaceful dialogue with the West, but last week cursed Israeli journalists who approached him at the sixth Eurasion Media Forum in Kazakhstan.

[...] Nevertheless, despite his calls for “dialogue,” Khatami refused to speak to the Israeli reporters present at the talks.

Channel 10 later reported that Khatami, heading for his suite, had cursed them, saying, “Go to hell!”

On Friday, Khatami decided to skip the scheduled panel on Iran’s nuclear program because an Israeli representative was slated to speak.

Yep. Surely the signs of a “moderate” leader of Iran. Surely the signs of a tolerant man.

The gag order was finally lifted on the Arab Member of Knesset Azmi Bishara’s criminal allegations, and they are crimes against the State of Israel, and even worse, during wartime.

Former MK Azmi Bishara is suspected of acting against the security of the State of Israel during the Second Lebanon War, according to details of the investigation against him released Wednesday after a court partially lifted a gag order on the probe.

The suspicions include aiding Israel’s enemies during wartime, passing intelligence to the enemy, contacts with foreign agents, some of which allegedly took place during the Second Lebanon War.

Bishara is also suspected of breaking the law against money laundering, by allegedly personally receiving large amounts of money from abroad, some of which was transferred during the war last year.

No wonder he left the country and isn’t coming back. He’s a terrorist and a traitor. He was aiding and abetting the enemy during a war.

Israel has a real Fifth Column in its midst. But watch for the news analyses to blame Israel’s treatment of its Arabs for Bishara’s treachery. Just watch. It will happen.