By P. David Hornik
Hamas keeps pushing for international recognition at the same time that it fires rockets at Israeli communities and keeps holding a kidnapped Israeli soldier for two and a half years with no Red Cross or other visits. Since an initial barrage a week ago—after an Israeli military operation in Gaza to destroy a tunnel meant to be used for further kidnappings—Hamas has fired over seventy rockets at Israeli towns and villages, closing schools and sending several people to hospital for shock.
Israel, which underwent a “change” in the 1990s toward pretending enemies are friends or at least ceasefire partners, has responded militarily with only small tactical strikes while Defense Minister Ehud Barak has stated that Israel is “committed” to the current one-sided “ceasefire” with Hamas.
On Saturday Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal expressed a hope for further “change” and even used the term explicitly. He not only said in an interview to Australia’s Sky News that “We are ready for dialogue with President Obama and with the new American administration with an open mind…. The American administration [has] no other option than to deal with Hamas because we are a real force on the ground....” Read more ...
Hamas keeps pushing for international recognition at the same time that it fires rockets at Israeli communities and keeps holding a kidnapped Israeli soldier for two and a half years with no Red Cross or other visits. Since an initial barrage a week ago—after an Israeli military operation in Gaza to destroy a tunnel meant to be used for further kidnappings—Hamas has fired over seventy rockets at Israeli towns and villages, closing schools and sending several people to hospital for shock.
Israel, which underwent a “change” in the 1990s toward pretending enemies are friends or at least ceasefire partners, has responded militarily with only small tactical strikes while Defense Minister Ehud Barak has stated that Israel is “committed” to the current one-sided “ceasefire” with Hamas.
On Saturday Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal expressed a hope for further “change” and even used the term explicitly. He not only said in an interview to Australia’s Sky News that “We are ready for dialogue with President Obama and with the new American administration with an open mind…. The American administration [has] no other option than to deal with Hamas because we are a real force on the ground....” Read more ...
Source: FrontPage Magazine
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