The Jerusalem Post reports on the latest Hamas threats against Israel, if Israel dares not accept their Egypt’s truce initiative.
Israel may have 200 nuclear warheads, but Hamas has 200,000 people who want to blow themselves up inside Israel, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said Tuesday.
No doubt Zahar is not counting himself in that figure of 200,000. After all, I doubt he would blow himself up, given he won’t even bring himself to undergo a simply procedure to have that ugly wart removed.
Besides, those suitcases stuffed with millions dollars in cash don’t just move themselves.
Zahar, who was speaking to supporters at the Islamic University in Gaza City, said Israel would pay a heavy price if it rejected the Egyptian initiative for truce with the Palestinians.
“If Israel says no, it will pay a heavy price,” he said. “We are a besieged people and we will have to use all our tools to defend ourselves against Israel.”
Zahar said he expected Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman to brief Israeli leaders next week on Cairo’s efforts to achieve a truce.
He said that once Israel accepted the Egyptian initiative, all the border crossings into the Gaza Strip would be reopened. “The issue of the truce initiative will be determined finally next week,” he added. “I believe Israel will accept the initiative, although it will try to drag its feet on some issues.”
The Hamas leader pointed out that his movement had accepted a cease-fire with Israel in 2005. “Hamas benefited from that truce and no one can deny this,” he said. “Even those who opposed the previous truce have admitted that it was useful.”
In other words, a combination of “accept our truce or else” with an admission that such truces benefit the terrorists. Our leadership would have to be pretty stupid to go along with that.
Here’s hoping they don’t anyway.
