It’s raining bullets in Gaza.
In Gaza City, former security chief Moussa Arafat, assassinated earlier this week by dozens of gunmen, was given a military funeral. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was to eulogize the slain security chief, but remained in his compound when dozens of gunmen fired thousands of bullets in the air at the funeral procession outside his office.
That was buried within a story purportedly on the military dismantling bases in Gaza. So was this:
As part of Friday’s last-minute preparations for the pullout, Israel demolished a bridge leading to the now abandoned Jewish settlements and a liaison office at the main Israel-Gaza crossing point. By the end of the day, the army planned to have all its equipment out of the Gaza Strip.
Also Friday, outgoing U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer said Washington expects Israel to dismantle unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts, in line with its obligations under the U.S.-backed road map peace plan.
“We still expect as a country that Israel is going to fill its commitment,” Kurtzer told Israel Radio.
Kurtzer, who is wrapping up a four-year term, noted that Israel has promised in writing to take down the outposts set up by settlers, in large part with government funding. “We have no reason to believe that Israel will try to evade its responsibility,” Kurtzer said.
What’s missing from these statements? Oh, yeah. A call for Abbas to disarm the terror groups that shot up Gaza yesterday.
Well, it would be kind of pointless–at this point its pretty obvious that Abbas couldnt disarm the other groups, even if he were so inclined. (Ironically, I think at this point he WOULD like to disarm them, so they stop shooting at him!)
Several points.
1. Does anyone remember how Sharon emphasized that it would be Gaza only and the West Bank would not be touched (beyond what has already been done).
2. I wonder what this mens to the suburb of Yerushalayim known as Maale Adumim. Perhaps the settlement known as the new city of Jerusalem would be next.
3. Maybe it would be best for Israel to let the murderers stay armed so they can wipe each other out.
Sabba, yes, let them remain armed, so that they’ll kill each other, Then, whenever a parade of the winners forms up, drop a few FAEs on it, followed by liberal amounts of napalm to take care of any survivors..
Presto! BBQ terrorists.