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All Systems Go

Hamas and Hezbollah, succored, trained and financed by Syria and Iran as their proxy militias ready to do battle with the hated Israelis, have been inordinately busy of late. Scurrying about their clandestine yet quite transparent schemes of securing and tucking away in underground bunkers stocks of arms and munitions with which to arm themselves for yet another attack on the hated Zionist presence.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, hiding out in Syria - like the brave commander of his intrepid forces that he represents - has issued another of the region's time-honoured belligerent rhetorical warnings. "We in Hamas, and in most of the factions, think that after December 19, the truce ends and it will not be renewed". After all, if the time-and-opportunity-buying ease in attacks has served its purpose, what practical reason to prolong it?

Might as well get down to the business that exemplifies their reason for existence. One must be practical, after all; the resumption of holy jihad must take precedence over the irritating presumptuousness of Egypt wishing to successfully broker a peace between the Palestinians and Israelis. Israel, complains Khaled Meshaal, has not eased its border blockage of Gaza.

"We are studying the issue of the calm with our allies ... and, God willing, we will reach a vision within the coming days", said Mr. Meshaal. How statesmanlike, how God-adoring. It is no trifling thing, after all, for a cleric, a man of God, a visionary, to conclusively alert his militias to action once again. However, having the blessing of Allah, matters will proceed as they must.

The enemy must be faced once again, and humbled through the fighting prowess of Hamas. A fighting force ferociously determined to wrest the territory on which the State of Israel stands, from its grasp, to leave it with nothing, to dissolve its presence in the geography, and leave it with the memory of its ancient presence, and its failed modern-day reality.

For its part, the enemy is more than satisfied to have the truce continue, despite its understanding of the purpose behind the "calm". "Israel has been, and continues to be, ready to abide by the understandings negotiated through Egypt. But it is clear that we won't be doing so unilaterally" cautioned the Israeli prime minister's spokesman, Mark Regev.

"As long as Hamas continues to use terror from Gaza, Israel will use its own means", warns Tsipi Livni. The truce to which Mr. Meshaal refers has been disrupted violently on quite a number of occasions. Occasioning Israeli Defence Forces to react to a plot to abduct Israeli soldiers for unending ransom leading to death, in a repeat of previous Hezbollah, Hamas and Fatah stealth-and-hostage successes.

Israel's military has also seen fit to interrupt tunnels construction and the surreptitious passage of explosives and arms on an underground journey to top up Hamas's invaluable offensive caches, along with the passage of 'fighters'. The "calm" also has not prevented ongoing barrages of Palestinian rockets into Israel's border areas and beyond.

The noble leadership of Khaled Meshaal, authoritatively interpreting Allah's will to re-absorb Islamic territory and remove the insulting presence of an occupying affront to Islam will carry their martyrdom-loving movement to triumph. For, truth is, there is nothing that the State of Israel could promise and carry out, for its presence as a non-Muslim country to be acceptable to jihadists.

The very presence of Jews on what was once indelibly and unmistakably Islamic holy ground presents as an assault on the sanctity of Allah's presence in his holy land. The terror militias are his right hand of avenging might. Their will shall prevail.
But Israel too has its dedication to the spirit and the justice of its existence; it is a haven for world Jewry and will remain so.

Israel too has its supporters, those to whom the presence of Israel in the very land of its ancient awakening as a distinct people dictates its longevity, its authentic right to the justice of recognition and peace. Some of its friends do not hesitate to speak their mind, and speak too of the very real threat that militant Islam poses not only to Israel but toward the rest of the world.

In the words of Geert Wilders: "My most important message to Israel is to remember that this is not a territorial conflict, but ideological. You gave up Gaza, and what did it give you? Nothing good. Regarding a Palestinian state, I would say there already is one, and it’s called Jordan.

"But if you feel that this will help, I would tell you that this is an illusion. It will not bring about the end of the jihad; it’s rather the start of jihad. We see it here, and in Europe, and in the United States. However, whatever Israel decides, I will always be your friend - but make sure that you are not fooled by people who say it’s a territorial dispute.

"You must defend yourselves.”

Labels: Israel, Justice, Terrorism, Traditions

posted by Pieface @ Tuesday, December 16, 2008