Monday, July 02, 2007

Lacking

Here's a one-paragraph sum-up from the NYTimes:-

The Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in mid-June, routing Fatah and Palestinian Authority forces there. Israel withdrew its forces from Gaza and evacuated all the Jewish settlements there almost two years ago. But Israel still largely controls the traffic of people and goods in and out of the strip.


And, of course, the continued firing of Qassam rockets and other terror attacks through and under the security fence all go unmentioned.

At the end of the item I found this:-

On Saturday evening, the Israeli Air Force struck a car carrying members of the militant faction Islamic Jihad in the Gaza town of Khan Yunis, an army spokeswoman said. Three militants were killed, Palestinian media reports said. The spokeswoman said the militants had executed suicide attacks against Israelis. The Israeli military later confirmed two more airstrikes in Gaza, Reuters reported.


"Militants" execute suicide attacks, eh? Not terrorists?

But things are looking up:-

Hamas has rejected a proposal by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah, to send an international force to Gaza to enable early elections...Israel has opposed any international presence in the Palestinian territories, but lately has softened its stance.


They saved us again.

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