This Ongoing War: A Blog: 10-Jun-06: Hamas Takes 'Credit'

Saturday, June 10, 2006

10-Jun-06: Hamas Takes 'Credit'

Palestinian child being exposed to the best that his parents' society can provide for him, at a rally in Gaza today described by Reuters as part of an internal struggle for power.

Israeli towns in the vicinity of Gaza have suffered for months from endless bombardments, almost daily, of Qassams, Katyushas and mortars. A little game has been played all this time, in which various Arabic-named groups have claimed responsibility while Hamas, the largest of the terrorist organizations by far, has pretended to be holding back, observing a bogus truce.

This morning, the silly game ends.

Hamas puts out an announcement taking "credit" for an attack on Sderot, announcing this was "only the beginning", that the range of its Qassam attacks will grow and that Hamas will no longer honor its "self-declared" "truce" with Israel.

"The earthquake in the Zionist towns will start again," according to a leaflet distributed at a Hamas rally Friday night. Hamas "will choose the proper place and time for the tough, strong and unique response."

We have only one question: why do otherwise skeptical reporters and editors repeatedly - obsessively - buy such self-serving nonsense from the Hamas thugocracy, ignoring Hamas' deep involvement in daily acts of civilian-directed terror?

The incredibly short attention span of the global media when it comes to anything related to Palestinian terror, and the resulting shallow published reportage that passes for analysis, are costing lives on both sides of this awful war.

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