What Say You, Jimmeh?

Hamas has sent some Christmas greetings to Israel.

Muhammad Deif, the commander of Hamas’ military wing, said the Palestinians will not give up their struggle until Israel ceases to exist.

In a statement issued Saturday to mark 23 years since the Islamist group was founded, Deif also vowed to release all Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. “We promise to release them and break the (prison) bars despite the occupiers’ efforts,” he said.

In a direct message to Israel, Deif said, “You will disappear and we will have Palestine. We won’t wave a white flag as long as even one Muslim remains.”

What say you, Jimmeh?

All I can say is thank G-d we have the “moderates”: our “peace partners” of the Palestinian Authority.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday night that in the future Palestinian state “there will be no Israeli presence.”

While touring Ramallah, Abbas rejected the possibility that Israeli soldiers would remain stationed along the borders of the future Palestinian state or will be a part of an international force that will deploy there.

“We are prepared to move toward peace based on international resolutions, the Road Map and 1967 borders, but when a Palestinian state is established it will be empty of any Israeli presence,” said the Palestinian leader.

“If a Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital, we will object to the presence of even one Israeli in its territory. This is our position,” he said.

According to reports, Abbas was referring only to Israelis, as the Palestinian Authority does not object to foreign Jews being a part of the international force which may deploy along the borders of a future Palestinian state. He was referring to IDF soldiers, settlers and Israelis carrying a blue identification card.

That sounds a heck of a lot like Apartheid. I think a new book is called for.

What say you, Jimmeh?