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| Sbaihat: Sharon desires attacks |
| 2004-01-30 |
| Snipped for spittle. After a ’relatively’ long period of ’relative’ calm, the cycle of violence between Palestinians and Israelis erupted again. Contrary to the way it is portrayed in the media, the hostility did not start with Thursday’s bus bombing in west Jerusalem, but with Wednesday’s incursion by the Israeli army into Gaza city, that left 13 Palestinians dead. Hence, the Jerusalem bombing came as a surprise to no one; even casual observers could have anticipated it. snip A situation would further uncover Sharon’s failure to maintain ’security’ with his hard-line war policies. Such mediations have been successful in securing two Hudnas last year that lasted for 56 and 26 days, until each came to an abrupt end after an Israeli army’s incursion into some Palestinian town, leaving scores dead, and many destroyed houses. Killing Palestinians in the street is guaranteed to make militant groups reject the idea of a cease fire, at least temporarily. The first stage of a prisoner swap was completed yesterday between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah under a German mediation that lasted three years. This swap is largely viewed in the media, the Israeli in particular, as a defeat to Sharon’s government, as it finally acknowledged the weight the group has in the region’s military balance after decades of refusing to negotiate with it and regarding it as an outlaw "terrorist organization." With news of the swap dominating many of the media outlets, the Israeli government needed a more dramatic story to cover it; that being the death of Israelis, which is proven to be an outcome of the killing of Palestinians. Timing, in a sense, played into the hands of Ariel Sharon. Since the Middle East conflict and its successive ’peace processes’ were entirely left out of the president’s State of the Union address, Sharon got the hint: "Bush is more concerned with remaining in office after November than he is with Palestinian and Israeli blood being exhausted," said Palestinian MP Abbas Zaki. The Bush administration’s focus on the election campaign puts it in no position to attend to the Middle East, let alone the miserable failure of Bush’s "Roadmap" over the past several months. Sharon understood that with the US administration and media consumed with the election and campaigning talk, he is operating in the dark, his ideal environment. After the Israeli attack on Gaza Wednesday, a Palestinian militant said he would "hit inside Israel, until the Israelis make Sharon regret this incursion." A response came, whether it was the full or a partial response is to be seen over the next few days. The bombing in Jerusalem was an expected and desired (by Sharon) outcome of the Gaza incursion, and the emerging fact is Sharon will soon have as much Israeli blood on his hands as he does Palestinian. What a spray of hoopoe droppings. |
| Posted by:Korora |
| #5 Badgers??? Weeeeeeee doan need no steeken badgers!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-30 9:18:35 PM |
| #4 Guess what Mr. Sbaihat is studying at the Univ. of Wisconsin? Chemical Engineering. Tap. Tap. Well what do you know. My surprise-meter is broken. |
| Posted by: Daniel King 2004-1-30 6:23:34 PM |
| #3 Contrary to the way it is portrayed in the media, the hostility did not start with Thursday’s bus bombing in west Jerusalem, but with Wednesday’s incursion by the Israeli army into Gaza city, Dang! Actually that was just an opening to see what yawl are getting ole Ship for Nakba Day. I've promised Faisel a picnic if the weather is clear and he is home from the Quiet Place. I worry that his folks don't see him much, but I guess it's understandable. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-30 5:31:19 PM |
| #2 Bombing in Jerusalem surprises no one Contrary to the way it is portrayed in the media, the hostility did not start with Thursday’s bus bombing in west Jerusalem, but with Wednesday’s incursion by the Israeli army into Gaza city, that left 13 Palestinians dead. Hence, the Jerusalem bombing came as a surprise to no one; even casual observers could have anticipated it. And this load of tripe dispensed by the likes of Fayyad Sbaihat doesn't come as much of a surprise either. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-30 4:23:05 PM |
| #1 So basically what they are saying is that Sharon needed a dramatic story to cover up the prisoner swap - so the Palestinians, not being real bright, were glad to oblige him. And I love the last line where they blame Sharon for the killings by Palestinians. Ah, evil Sharon, pulling all the strings on the helpless Palestinian puppets. Apparently he gets the Palestinians to kill Isralies as he expects and desires in order to hide his failure to maintain ’security’ with his hard-line war policies. Logic only Palestinians, schooled in Madrassas and bestowed advanced degrees in Hate, can comprehend. |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-30 3:42:00 PM |