Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has criticized Hamas for firing rockets at Israel.
Because they haven’t actually hurt anyone.
The Egyptian foreign ministry on Thursday criticized Hamas for its “cartoonish and comical” attacks on Israel and reiterated his warning to Palestinians not to provoke the Egyptian soldiers positioned on the Gaza Strip border.
Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in comments carried by
the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) on Thursday that Egyptian efforts were continuing with Israel and the European Union to re-open the Rafah border crossing “in a legal way.”Aboul Gheit blasted Hamas for recent fighting with Israel that it called “cartoonish and comical”.
He said Hamas rockets that were “lost in the sands of Israel” were simply prompting Israel Defense Forces to strike at Gaza, causing harm to Palestinians.
Of course, the Qassams are deadly, and are no laughing matter. It is only luck Divine protection that has prevented more Israelis from being killed by them. For instance, just today, two rockets landed near a school, and several people suffered shock. Hardly comical.
But the real issue is not the accuracy of the Egyptian Foreign Minister’s statements. It is the fact that he made them at all.
Good peace partners are just so hard to find.
