Thursday, June 26, 2008
Hamas is already stating outright that they have no intention of acting as a responsible government responsible for controlling law and order and implementing agreements: Hamas says it will not police truce with Israel
The militant group Hamas said it remains committed to a cease-fire with Israel, but will not act as Israel's "police force" in confronting militants who breach the truce.
The comments by Hamas leader Khalil al-Haya came shortly after Gaza militants fired three rockets into southern Israel Tuesday, lightly wounding two Israelis. It was the first attack since the truce took effect last Thursday [Third -- See below].
Israel responded by closing Gaza's border crossings, which are used to deliver food and basic supplies into the area.
Hamas said it was exerting pressure on Islamic Jihad, which claimed responsibility for the attack, to stop the rocket fire and demanded that Israel open the crossings. But al-Haya said its forces would not confront rocket launching squads on the ground.
"Even if there is a violation by some factions, Hamas emphasizes its commitment to the calm and is working to implement the calm," al-Haya said.
"But Hamas is not going to be a police securing the border of the occupation," he added. "No one will enjoy a happy moment seeing Hamas holding a rifle in the face of a resistance fighter."...
See also: Al Aksa Terrorists: Violation Aimed at Extending the Ceasefire
For the third time in eight days, Palestinian Authority terrorists violated the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel Thursday afternoon in an attack the Fatah-aligned Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade operatives claimed was meant to force Israel to expand the agreement to include Judea and Samaria.
The terrorists fired a Kassam rocket from northern Gaza toward the direction of the western Negev city of Sderot shortly after 1:00 p.m., the third violation since the tahadiyeh, or temporary truce went into effect one week ago...
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Actually, the initial firing of rockets by Islamic Jihad was the second or possibly third violation of the truce.
An Israeli warship fired shells into the waters off Gaza City shortly after the truce came into effect in what can only be described as a deliberate provocation.
And international observers and Palestinian authorities have expressed disappointment at the slow pace at which the border crossings were being opened - and the type of commodites being allowed through. They say this was a violation of the spirit of the Egyptian brokered truce.
"An Israeli warship fired shells into the waters off Gaza City shortly after the truce came into effect in what can only be described as a deliberate provocation."
Actually, they were firing warning shots at approaching boats 500 meters off shore.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1213794282464
"And international observers and Palestinian authorities have expressed disappointment at the slow pace at which the border crossings were being opened - and the type of commodites being allowed through. They say this was a violation of the spirit of the Egyptian brokered truce."
Only in the topsy-turvy world of the international journalist could not opening a border crossing snap-snappy enough be equated with firing mortars and rockets.
I wonder if Chris Gelken and "international observers" also want the end of world wide airport passenger and cargo inspections?
Those inspections hamper the activities of al qada and their allied progressive, radical, islamofascist appeasing, "international observers".