As the latest terrorist aggression against Israel continues, it’s painfully obvious that peace is not something Hamas is keen on pursuing (They themselves have become immune to the pain inflicted on their own people due to their own aggression.).
For Israel’s part, yesterday they signed an Egyptian-brokered truce ~
Israel accepted the truce in a surprise move Tuesday morning, after Hamas categorically rejected the notion of a ceasefire Monday night.
But they needn’t have bothered ~
According to the IDF, at least 47 rockets have been fired on Israel since 9:00 am Tuesday, when an Egyptian-brokered truce was meant to come into effect. A direct hit was scored on a house in Ashdod but no one was injured. Five rockets were fired at Rishon Letzion and intercepted.
Just to get a proper perspective on this perennial conflict, here’s a short video I’ve posted before. It humorously illustrates how the poor “beleaguered” terrorists in Palestine are continually “bullied” by Israel 
, and may be helpful to share with the factually-challenged ~
Video via Arutz Sheva (Israel National News)
For anyone who takes the time to understand this conflict, it’s pretty clear which side has the moral high ground. Canada’s Prime Minister is one of those. He doesn’t need to watch that cartoon to see the existential threat Israel is facing. Stephen Harper gets it; Canadian Prime Minister Condemns Obama, West for Not Supporting Israel ~
In perhaps his most strongly worded statement to date, Prime Minister Harper proclaimed that self defense is “not merely an Israeli right” to be exercised only in the abstract, but an “Israeli obligation” that must be defended by all Western nations.
“Failure by the international community to condemn these reprehensible actions will encourage these terrorists to continue their appalling actions,’’ Harper said in a rare Sunday statement. “Canada calls on its allies and partners to recognize that these terrorist acts [by Hamas] are unacceptable and that solidarity with Israel is the best way of stopping the conflict” […]
Ending the war does not require Israeli “restraint,” implies Harper. It demands the world declare that sole responsibility for the terror of violence belongs with the terrorists. It is Hamas, claims Harper, that is entirely responsible for the current Israel-Hamas war. “It is evident,” Harper asserts, “that Hamas is deliberately using human shields to further terror in the region,’’ and he takes several swipes at the United Nations and the “international community” for calling for Israeli restraint in the face of escalating rocket fire aimed at murdering and maiming Israeli civilians.
“Canada mourns the death and suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza. Responsibility rests solely with Hamas and its allies, who launched and continue to feed this crisis,’’ he said.
Taking a well-deserved shot at President Obama…
Harper rejects outright calls coming from both the White House and the UN that Israel agree to a negotiated ceasefire with Hamas. Not only should Israel not agree to a ceasefire, says Harper, Israel should continue her offensive until the Iranian-backed terror group is “massively degraded,” if not eliminated entirely. “Indiscriminate rocket attacks from Gaza on Israel are terrorist acts, for which there is no justification.”
Will this latest Hamas aggression be the final straw that compels Israel to take back Gaza? Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, thinks so. That would certainly put an end to the rocket attacks.
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Related:
• Arutz Sheva (Israel National News) ~ for all the latest news out of Israel
• Gaza Shows (Again) How The Underdog Can Be Wrong
• The “Peace Process” Delusion
