Al Qaeda asks for Cease Fire with US

Imagine if Al Qaeda asked for a cease fire with the US after they blew up the Twin Towers and the US started to hit them back. Now imagine the US agreeing.

It almost impossible to conceive that the United States would ever agree to such a thing.

Yet here in Israel, Hamas purposely blew up a school bus, knocked out the electricity to towns in the Eshkol region, launched hundreds of missiles, and have been trying to kill as many civilians as they can.

And despite all that, Israel is agreeing to a ceasefire with Hamas after we only began to start hitting them back!

(As an aside, I would like to point out the miraculous nature of how few people have been killed by all these missile attacks, as opposed to how many could have been killed. There are those that like to say that we in Israel are exaggerating the missile threat. I think it's clearer that a dozen kids getting off the school bus minutes before it got hit is yet another example of an open miracle).


Is there any logic here to Israel's actions?

Even Ministers in the government are baffled.

The only explanation I can think of is that the government wants Hamas to stay in power. It prevents a reunification of the Palestinian Authority with Gaza. Meanwhile Hamas activities in the "West Bank" keeps the PA weak and threatened - as well as too busy to concentrate much on launching their own activities against Israelis.


I go back to my original premise. Time to topple the PA. Time to topple Hamas. They're both dangerous to Israel.

If Jordan isn't ready yet to be in the picture, then let's start talking to the local Sheiks - they can't stand the PA and Hamas either.

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Cheering from the Sidelines

Gaza Strip: This past Friday, al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorists abandoned peaceful coexistance, resorted to violence and killed each other in a bloody shootout, leaving 24 dead.

Not that the world could care less that children and non-combatants were killed as collateral damage -- that's only the case if Israel is involved. When Islamic terrorists kill children, its not even worthy of a yawn.

What is fascinating though, is that Palestinian Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan seems to be one of the Al Qaida supporters, perhaps invoking the phrase, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend?"

Palestinian sources reported Sunday that the Hamas government in Gaza revealed documents proving that al-Qaeda loyalists who clashed with the Islamist group's security forces over the weekend were backed by a number of Arab countries and by elements associated with senior Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan.

The fighting erupted Friday when Hamas forces surrounded a mosque in the southern Gaza town of Rafah on the Egypt border where about 100 members of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, were holed up. The violence left 24 people dead, including Jund Ansar Allah leader Abdel-Latif Moussa. ynetnews

Here's to wishing both sides much success.

Photos of the carnage via rotter.

Mosque where the shoot out took place.

Adjacent buildings to the fighting.

Killed Hamas Terrorists

Angry Gazans

More Angry Gazans

Angry Gazans with automatic assault rfiles

Beefed up security (note the absence of a license plate on the vehicle)

More beefing.

Angry Hamas Terrorists on Patrol

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