Re “Ending a Cease-Fire on Rosh Hashana. How Convenient”
[Editor’s Note: As Hamas terrorists continue firing rockets into Israel, sending frightened residents underground, our correspondent resumes her daily update.]
Dateline Jerusalem — Hamas has declared a victory, and righteously so. I do not know why it took 24 hours to come out with a statement. Israel claimed it would not be in a cease-fire as long as Hamas was shooting rockets, and that it had not sent negotiators to Cairo since the last cease-fire was violated. But that was yesterday morning.
After 143 Code Red Siren alerts yesterday, while Hamas continued to shoot rockets and missiles into Israel, Bibi agreed to a cease-fire, giving in to most of Hamas's demands. He told his cabinet only after the deed was done. I guess they did not need negotiators in Cairo when Hamas was going to receive much of what it wanted. At the beginning of the war, Bibi had an 82 percent approval rating. Allegedly it is 38 percent now. Once the Israeli people learn about this idiotic cease-fire, 38 percent will be a welcome number.
I am upset. The scariest part is I think I understand why Bibi is doing this. I will keep my theories to myself. In the meantime, most Israeli southern communities are ghost towns. A few rockets trickled in after the cease-fire, and there was no talk of disarming Hamas. All border crossings are to be opened to allow in goods and construction supplies. Now Hamas will have the ability to re-arm and dig their tunnels all the way to Tel Aviv. In the “West Bank,” they probably are tunneling their way to Jerusalem right now. That may not be necessary considering the snake Abbas (nom de guerre Abu Mazen when he was behind the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics) laughed about his plan for statehood via the U.N. and war crime tribunals. His plan is so fiendish that he joked that the U.S. would not even back it. So much for our “moderate” peace partner.
Israel had an opportunity to neutralize Gaza, but instead the people of Israel now will be facing a nightmare situation. At least Hamas was upfront and honest about its intentions, except for violating cease fires. Abbas, however, has acted underhanded. Rhetoric from the leaders here has been worthy of a Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
L'hitraot. Shachar
