On the ceasefire:
We have this picture with the caption:
An Israeli woman stands outside her damaged house after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in the southern town of Sderot
And this picture with this caption:
Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a training exercise in Gaza
Yuval Diskin, the head of the Shin Bet — he was against the Hamas cease-fire in the first place — tells Haaretz that both arms smuggling and terrorist training in Gaza have increased since the cease-fire took effect.
So the ceasefire has had the effect of forcing an Israeli family, once again, to seek shelter, while the terrorists of Hamas train openly without fear.
Related thoughts at Yourish, Bookworm Room and Mere Rhetoric.
On Palestinian police:
And here we have a picture from the Berlin conference in support of Palestinian civil security and rule [of] law where these important people will discuss funding Palestinian police so that they can balance things on their noses, dance the Hora and fix their pants.
On normalcy:
This idyllic picture of people in the surf is accompanied by a caption that “Palestinians” are enjoying a day at the beach. On closer inspection, you see that the caption should have read “Palestinian men.” Except for a few small girls, the folks clad in bathing suits are all men.
Where are the women? Oh they’re also at the beach. Here, in burqas. I don’t imagine that they’re enjoying the day nearly as much.
My point isn’t to complain about the separation of the sexes. That, by itself, doesn’t bother me. It’s that these pictures are being used to show how the Israeli agreement not to defend itself has now allowed these people to live normally. But it’s not normal in the Western sense. The fact that the women dare not attend the beach in anything less bulky than burkas shows that the organization governing Gaza is one that enforces a rather rigid Islam on its inhabitants. And that bit of information isn’t being reported. Just that Israel has finally relented
and allowed the Gazans some normalcy.
Related thoughts at Elder of Ziyon.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
