Smooth Stone

The airraids are working because the vermin are retreating. But unfortunately, too many of them are still breathing and, alas, capable of breeding. From One Kassam Rocket Too Many:

The combination of Israeli air attacks, a tight economic blockade, and increasing losses among the terror organizations is putting Hamas under considerable pressure. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh may speak of a tahdiya (lull, or quiet), though not a hudna (cease-fire), but Hamas’ military wing, headed by Ahmad Jabari, does not accept his leadership. Hamas and Islamic Jihad forces number slightly over 10,000 men at arms. Dozens of gunmen are killed in Gaza every month.

Since ten Islamic Jihad militants were killed this week, several of them high up in the organization’s military wing, there has been a decrease in rocket fire by Islamic Jihad. The militants fear the Israeli security services have succeeded in infiltrating their ranks and they have gone underground to limit the damage.

While Hamas is not launching Kassam rockets, it makes do with firing mortars at IDF bases and Israeli communities adjacent to Gaza. The military wing of Hamas is working on spectacular operations, along the lines of the abduction of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. IDF operations two or three kilometers inside Gazan territory are aimed in part at preventing the excavation of tunnels that would enable terrorists to infiltrate IDF bases or kibbutzim close to the border, with the goal of abducting or killing Israelis.

From Palestinian Legislative Council Passes Law Against Any Concessions on Jerusalem:

The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council Thursday passed a law that makes any concessions on Jerusalem illegal and defines such concessions as a crime of high treason. Many Fatah legislators made it known that they too support the law, which states that Jerusalem is a Palestinian, Arab and Islamic city. The new law still requires the approval of Mahmoud Abbas, said Ahmed Bahar, acting speaker of the PLC. The law is intended to embarrass Abbas and ties his hands on the eve of the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on core issues, including the future status of Jerusalem. Hamas officials said Abbas would have no other option but to endorse the law.

Don’t forget to send your support and thank-you notes to George Bush and Condoleeza Rice this Christmas season. They need to know how effective their decision to support the Muslim War Machine really is. From Hamas Militants Train for Attack on Israel:

FOX News had an exclusive look at Hamas soldiers as they trained with new Kalashnikovs in Gaza.

“The U.S. and Israel and other regional powers were generous enough to provide Fatah security with very good weapons, and now they are in our hands,” one Hamas gunman said.

President Bush, goddamit, what kind of myopic, ignorant madman are you? How DARE you force Israel to negotiate with terrorists! How DARE you!

From Hamas “to Step Up Attacks” After Annapolis:

Syrian-based Musa Abu Marzouk, the number-two man in Hamas, said the post-Annapolis period would witness a dramatic escalation in anti-Israel attacks.

“Resistance operations will be escalated in all forms and methods,” he said.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhr said the Arab League decision to send Arab foreign ministers to the Annapolis conference came as a shock to most Palestinians because it paved the way for normalization with Israel.

When Jews shoot at Palestinians in defense against Palestinians who throw lethal stones at Jews in order to satisfy their hunger for Jewish blood and sinew, there is grotesque international outrage. Because, let’s face it, as far as the international community is concerned, a Jew’s life has no value. But when a Palestinian shoots at another Palestinian when no provocation exists, the international community hides their heads in the sand. Let’s face it. Arabs are scary people and do not take well to criticism, so its best to just ignore their barbaric behavior and continue to diaper and bottle-feed them. That way, the world can proceed with their mindless vapid consumerism and socialist godlessness. Here’s another example of the silence from the international community and the double standard when it comes to Jews. From JPost:

Hamas security forces on Monday opened fire at a mass rally commemorating the death of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, violently dispersing close to 250,000 people who had gathered in the largest public display of support for the rival Fatah movement since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June.

Six civilians were killed and at least 85 people were wounded, hospitals and witnesses said. Among the critically wounded was a Hamas policeman who was shot in the head.

Hamas security officials said they fired toward protesters who threw stones at security compounds. Hamas police were positioned on rooftops around Gaza City, and protesters were seen running for cover at street corners.

Smoke was rising around the edges of the rally court yard, but thousands of supporters still milled around, as firing was heard from around the rally.

Eyewitnesses said Hamas gunmen roamed the streets later and started detaining protesters.

Hamas said one of the dead was killed by Fatah gunmen who had fired from rooftops, but that could not be confirmed. A Fatah official said the person, a Fatah supporter, was shot on his way to the rally by a racing car, accusing Hamas of the shooting.

Hamas said five of its policemen were injured, one seriously, and accused Fatah gunmen.

I have not heard of any international outrage or protest against Hamas, have you?

From Hamas Children’s Magazine Glorifies Martyrdom:

The Hamas children’s magazine Al-Fateh is published biweekly in London, and is posted online at www.al-fateh.net. In stories, poems, riddles, and puzzles, the magazine includes incitement to jihad and martyrdom and glorification of terrorist operations, as well as characterizations of Jews as “murderers of the prophets” and laudatory descriptions of parents who encourage their sons to kill Jews. In each issue, a regular feature titled “The Story of a Martyr” presents the “heroic deeds” of a mujahid who died in a suicide operation or who was killed by the IDF. The magazine includes illustrations of child warriors, presenting them as role models. The magazine’s titular character, Al-Fateh (“The Conqueror”), is depicted as a small boy on a horse brandishing a drawn sword.

Two sides of the same filthy coin.

Hamas TV has aired a short videotape that seems to show Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas telling a security chief to “slaughter” Hamas’ men.

The snippet shows Abbas at a photo opportunity, shaking the hand of a man in uniform. Apparently confident that the audio would never be aired, Abbas asks him “are you the commander of the operational force?” and the man answers in the affirmative. Abbas then says one word forcefully: “itbakh!” – which is Arabic for the imperative “slaughter.”

Arab sources told NRG that the uniformed man is known as “Sinbad,” and that he had been in charge of a Fatah force created to fight Hamas during the war between the terror groups in Gaza. The tape was apparently shot during the internecine war, and Abbas was telling “Sinbad” to slaughter the Hamas forces.

Just when you think Islam can’t go any lower. From Hamas Video Lauds “Chunks of Flesh of Jews”:

Hamas broadcast a music video on its Al Aqsa TV channel that showed terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens, accompanied by the lyrics, “In black bags, chunks of flesh of Jews” and “We want Sharon’s head.”

See Video (MEMRI-TV)

From Report: Hamas Moves Kidnapped IDF Soldier:

Kidnapped IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit, held by Hamas since June 2006, has been transferred to a new hiding place, Israel television Channel Two reported Tuesday. The kidnapping of Hamas official Mohawah al-Qadi may have been the reason for transferring Shalit. Reportedly, Hamas was afraid al-Qadi would disclose details regarding the whereabouts of the soldier.

Cross-posted on Divest from “Palestine”.