The Return of Gaza

Happy New Year All!!

I'm back from a month long sabatical.

I think it is pretty obvious that the Israelis are reaping a large positive harvest from the return of Gaza. Take a look at this story from Reuters.

GAZA (Reuters) - About 20 Palestinian gunmen stormed into a government office in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to protest the arrest of a suspect in the kidnappings of three Britons, witnesses said.

Kidnappings and "protesters", well they used tobe protestors, now they are gunmen storming government offices in protest of the arrest of some of the kidnappers.

The genius of the Sharon plan, which was obvious to me from the beginning, was that the Palis would show their true stripes as a set of outlaw gangs incapable of self government.

Another six months of Pali craziness will seal the deal.

The Israelis have turned the corner in the information war. The only part of the war that was for keeps. (with apologies to all those murdered by the Pali thugs - the individuals are gone but the nation will live)

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Update 1617z 03 Jan '06

More excitement in Gaza.

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen bulldozed a barricade on the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, disrupted traffic on the frontier and stormed government offices on Wednesday in growing unrest ahead of elections later this month.

The gunmen, renegade members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant group in President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction, went on the rampage after police arrested a local leader on suspicion of involvement in the kidnapping of three Britons last week.

After commandeering a bulldozer to cheers from onlookers, gunmen smashed through concrete blocks lining the border near the Palestinian refugee camp of Yibna, witnesses said.