I've refrained from posting on the events in Gaza recently. Mostly because I feel that what's going on is obvious and speaks for itself. Unfortunately the reaction to Israel's defensive mission from most of the world is a fine display of how the two world wars were allowed to happen. People just chose to stick their heads in the sand and talk in cliches without taking the reality into account. You know, the whole diplomacy-must-be-given-a-chance shpiel from the peaceniks - never mind that it has been given quite a few chances over the course of decades and has failed. The european peaceniks will sing that song as long as the rockets are not falling on their heads. Anyway, I thought this article from the last week's New York Times encapsulates the Palestinian modus operandi quite well.
1. Hamas are firing from the civilian areas, Palestinian civilians get hurt:
He said Hamas militants next to his apartment building had fired mortar and rocket rounds. Israel fired back with force, and his apartment was hit. His wife, Albina, originally from Ukraine, and his 1-year-old son were killed.
The above is from Dr. Awni al-Jaru, a Palestinian surgeon.
2. Palestinian gunmen are using civilian houses:
But he insisted. “We are fighting the Israelis,” he said. “When we fire
we run, but they hit back so fast. We run into the houses to get away.”
He continued smiling.
Above is an admission from an Islamic Jihad gunman, and he has another one below.
3. Palestinian combatants don't care about the Palestinian civilians:
“Why are you so happy?” this reporter asked. “Look around you.”
A girl who looked about 18 screamed as a surgeon removed shrapnel from her leg. An elderly man was soaked in blood. A baby a few weeks old and slightly wounded looked around helplessly. A man lay with parts of his brain coming out. His family wailed at his side.
“Don’t you see that these people are hurting?” the militant was asked.
“But I am from the people, too,” he said, his smile incandescent. “They lost their loved ones as martyrs. They should be happy. I want to be a martyr, too.”
Not much concern there - you'ld think that Europeans would be protesting the Hamas (who, by the way, started this conflict by firing rockets into Israel), but I guess Europeans will always be Europeans.
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