30 Kislev 5780
28 December 2019
Happy 7th night and day of Chanukah! (image courtesy: rotter.net).
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours in Judea and Samaria . . .
Palestinian terrorists using “rocks” and Molotovs attacked Israelis on Road 446 near Deir Kadis, Road 55 near Nabi Elias, the Al-Fawwar Junction west of Hevron, Azzun, Yatta, and on Road 60 north of Ofra among other places.
TODAY’S BLOG:
It’s The Same Old Song In Gaza
In what can only be described as yet another act of desperation born out of a nonexistent proactive policy to deal with terror emanating from Gaza, Israel seems to be on the verge of entering into yet another ludicrous deal with Hamas.
Why do we say “yet another ludicrous deal”? Because frankly, your humble has lost count of all the “ceasefire agreements” that Hamas has signed onto in the last decade–except to say that there has been approximately one every six months after each outburst of missile fire from Gaza.
But before we get to this agreement, stop and consider this unbelievable piece of information.
It was just a few days ago that PM Netanyanu found himself in a bomb shelter in Ashkelon himself the target of a missile from Gaza. There has as yet been no response to that attack. But here is the part of all of this that is hard to believe: today, Israel told Egypt to tell Hamas that the IDF has not yet responded to the attack.
Israel told Egypt to tell Hamas.
Why in the world did Israel tell Egypt to tell Hamas? Why did Israel give anyone advance warning? Are we afraid of the Egyptian response? Are we afraid of the Hamas response?
The obvious answer to both questions is a resounding and pathetic “yes.”
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So what is the agreement/deal this time?
Israel will:
*increase the number of Gazan workers in Israel from the current 5000 (as we reported yesterday)
*expand the fishing zone
*begin planning on a natural gas pipeline to Gaza
*increase medical aid and equipment to hospitals
and on and on.
What will Hamas do?
The exact same things they always say they will do:
*gradually reduce the “protests” along the border fence
*prevent missile attacks into Israel
What will change as a result of this agreement? Nothing. Israel will continue to make concessions; attacks on our soldiers will continue along the border fence, and missile attacks will continue on the children, women, and men of southern Israel.
It’s the same old song.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.