Hamas is refreshing its weapons supply. Egypt opened its Gaza border for “humanitarian” purposes. I wonder if one of those is picking up the weapons cache in the Sinai that the Egyptian army found. I also wonder if the world will finally remember that Egypt also borders Gaza, and keeps the border closed, but then the fever broke, so I stopped wondering.
A peaceful conversation between Israel and Syria. Baby Assad: I want peace, but there’s no one in Israel who does. Danny Ayalon: AHAHAHAHA, funny, dictator-dude! (Actually, the best quote was this one: “He does not want peace. For peace he would have to offer normalization and openness, and this may result in the collapse of his regime.”) Danny, you rock.
Ha’aretz to Israel: Give up now, we’re doomed. You know, it’s like Ha’aretz really is the New York Times of Israel, with all the defeatist, doom-and-gloom, Israel’s always wrong talk. Read this article and you will believe that Iran will not only get the bomb, but that Israel will be totally screwed, forever and always, by the Iranians. And if you make it to the very end of the scenario and still don’t get it, don’t worry—the author is going to lecture you on why Israel shouldn’t even think nasty thoughts about Iran.
David Harris spam worth reading: Okay, the AJC (which I keep thinking is the Atlanta Journal Constitution) sends me far too much spam, but this is one that Harris wrote that’s worth reading. It’s the “If Only Israel” syndrome, explained.
In this case Ha’Aretz has a point. I recall a few months back that The Economist had a couple of articles on the prospects and consequences of Iran going nuclear. The magazine concluded that even if Iran did get nuclear capacity, and even with its admittedly genocidal rhetoric, the Iranians “probably” wouldn’t use it on Israel.
I could almost hear sighs of relief from Dan to Beersheba.
How comforting. From London The Economist decides that Iran won’t use its bomb on Israel. The Economist had better start worrying about what kind of nuclear blackmail Revolutionary Iran intends towards Britain and the rest of the EU.