Yeah, I called it over a year ago. Moderation? Never.

Hamas Leader Threatens Renewed Violence
The supreme leader of Hamas threatened violence if an international aid embargo isn’t lifted and demanded in an interview published Monday that Israel release top Palestinian leaders in return for a captured soldier.

By the way, it takes the AP three more grafs before they get to the meat of the story. Why is that again? That’s right. The majority of newspapers cut off the story after paragraph three in the “World News” section. So of course, this is paragraph four:

“We are doing the impossible to end the embargo on our people … If, God forbid, it continues … the results will be serious,” Khaled Mashaal told the Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayam. “The explosion will be in the face of the Zionist enemy.”

So, is that a threat for suicide bombs or rocket attacks? Because, well, rockets are falling now, and bomb attacks keep getting (thankfully!) prevented by the very excellent Israeli intelligence services.

Or maybe he’s just saying that Hamas is going to pull a Hizbollah. They’ve prepared for it, digging hundreds of tunnels and smuggling in thousands of rockets.

Then again, the Arab world is fond of saying “Give us peace or we’ll kill you.”

Yeah? You and what five armies?