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January 22, 2008
Those Whacky Gazans
I don't know about you but I need some comic relief, and really if you examine the Israeli-Gaza situation, it is pretty nutty. The Gazans overwhelmingly voted into power Hamas, a terrorist organization whose Islamist, Jew-hating covenant explicitly calls for the elimination of the State of Israel, and of Jews everywhere.
And yet Israel supplies this terrorist state with fuel, electricity, medical care—even as Qassam rockets are launched from Gaza into Israel on an hourly basis.
It never occurs to anyone that Egypt can supply their beloved Muslim brothers with all of Gaza's power and medical needs.
It certainly never occurs to anyone that Gaza, the recipient of more foreign aide than any other country on the planet, should build their own electrical grid.
What, construct their own infrastructure?
Unthinkable.
No, it's much more fun watching the Jews squirm as they supply their genocidal enemies with the means of their own destruction.
Look, for all you people who are concerned about the, ahem, fate of the Palestinian people, it's time for some mature geo-political thinking. The so-called Palestinian people receive way too much attention on the world's stage; every time one of them passes wind the New York Times writes an outraged article, and Israeli leftists trip all over themselves to pick olives for some Arab farmers—hey, Kumbaya!
The last thing they want is their own state. In fact, they have no intention of declaring a state.
It would mean the end of all the absurd attention. The end of UN relief agencies. The end of welfare for generations of welfare witches. The end of all the, y'know, good times.
No, they like it like this, for they have a plan, and the plan is to destroy a state, not build a state.
Rant over.
Now to Seraphic Friend Jake Novak, whose biting humor gets to the nihilistic core of Gaza.
Jake gets to write, he's not on strike, like you-know-who.
1. Israel allowed 50 trucks full of food supplies into Gaza today. Before that, most Gazans had been forced to eat surplus explosives.
2. Palestinians say the supplies of flour and milk Israel allowed into Gaza today were "insufficient"... mostly because they can't figure out how to set them on fire.
3. The European Commission is condemning Israel's actions to stop Palestinian rocket attacks as “collective punishment"... because stopping the attacks unfairly keeps Palestinians from dancing in the streets when Jews die.
4. Israel has shut off all power to Gaza. Apparently, suicide bombers and exploding rockets are not an acceptable payment for the electric bill.
5. Hamas leaders are strongly protesting the move, especially since darkness makes it hard to continue killing people.
Today's Links
A New York Times profile of Michael Yon.
Why Arabs Suffer. Guess what, it's not because of Israel or a Jewish conspiracy. Shocking. H/T The Augean Stables.
Our friends the Saudis offer Israel Dhimmi status. Thanks sooooooo much. And, no doubt, the Israeli left will leap at the generous offer. H/T Joshuapundit.
Hamas lies about the blackout in Gaza, and Israel is made the scapegoat. What else is new?
As I said, the Egyptians really love their beloved Palestinian brothers in Gaza. How much do they love them? Click here to find out. H/T Seraphic Chaver, Kishke. We wait for all the so-called human rights groups to express their outrage.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at January 22, 2008 08:16 AM
Comments
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I think what upsets the Pals most is the shortage of American flags. What should they throw on the bonfires they light for the benefit of foreign journalists?
Posted by: kishke at January 22, 2008 11:12 AM
Good point Kishke,
Doesn't always seem they have an endless supply of American and Israeli flags when they have an anti-infidel pep rally?
And I wish I could get a dollar for every time Abbas or one of his cronies claims massacre....
It would be funny if it wasn't for the useful idiots in the liberal media that eat it up.
Posted by: Lance at January 22, 2008 12:10 PM
Robert
this 'rant' is right on the money.
Peter
Posted by: doc at January 22, 2008 07:54 PM
Peter:
Thanks so much. Need to rant every once in a while.
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at January 23, 2008 12:53 AM
This shouldn't surprise you, but yesterday, at the Herzliya Conference, Dan Gillerman was speaking about Israel-NATO relations. He had to leave the panel early because the dear old Security Council was considering a proposition by a number of Arab states to, you guessed it, pass another resolution against Israel. Apparently the U.N. didn't like your advice and opposed Israel's alleged shutdown of Gaza's power grid.
Posted by: Ronit Lieberman at January 23, 2008 02:54 AM
"(P)retty nutty"? Really?
Gaza has been under siege for over a year for daring to democratically elect Hamas, a resistance movement founded with Israel’s aid and blessing...Gaza today is under a total blockade of fuel, without electricity, heat, bread, clean water, medicines, and overflowing sewage in the streets. The only light that brightens Gaza’s night sky is exploding Israeli bombs and shells. Israel is also blocking all U.N. humanitarian goods from entering Gaza which includes baby formula; such collective punishment of an entire population is illegal under International Law.
Yes, it's just a hoot.
Posted by: Chris at January 23, 2008 06:02 AM
Hamas, a resistance movement founded with Israel’s aid and blessing...
Chris, you been at the weed again?
Posted by: kishke at January 23, 2008 06:37 AM
Ronit:
Currently 45,000 people die every month in the Congo.
We are truly shocked that the U.N. has not yet passed a resolution blaming Israel for this ongoing atrocity.
But no, keep talking about Israel.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at January 23, 2008 09:15 AM