Telling the truth, the loony way

Israeli "refusenik" Haggai Matar

In the most recent opinion article, Haggai Matar, “a journalist and an anti-war and ant-siege activist” – as described by Ynet – tells everyone ready to listen that he said the truth. Before the recent Gaza war, that is. He said the war won’t bring peace, that the border crossings should be opened immediately and that Hamas should be negotiated with.

Mind you, it is the same guy who preferred to stay home, instead getting drafted to the Israeli Defense Forces, and let other guys die for him and his proud mother. Very nice.

Reading his obscene statements, I felt I had to say something back – thank God for the “comments” section:

First of, let’s start with the fact that the agreement within the Israeli public is that the war was stopped prematurely, due to the politicians’ indecisiveness and lack of guts. I believe no one doubts the IDF had the power to bring much stronger pain to Hamas than it actually did.

Now, let’s remind ourselves, that Mr. Matar here wants us to negotiate with terrorists. Yes, those people, who killed dozens of Israelis, injured hundreds more. Hey, Mr. Matar – they’ve killed our children too. Somehow, we now should be negotiating with genocidal maniacs, whose sole purpose is to destroy the Jewish state. By the by, don’t forget the front page of Ynet for today – because today Hamas “shunned” PA’s PM Mahmoud Abbas for asking Hamas to accept Israel’s existence.

Oh, well, they’re democratically elected by the Palestinians, aren’t they? In my eyes, it gives all the more strength to the option of acting harsh in Gaza, instead of recognizing regime that holds power by rounding up everyone who protests its violence, labeling them “collaborators” and shooting them.

It’s really great Haggai Matar presents himself and the likes of himself as the ones who told people the truth when everyone didn’t want to listen. Too bad Mr. Matar never protested Hamas’ indoctrination of children, by showing them Jew-eating rabbits and other “whimsical” characters of genocidal nature.

We can agree on one thing, here: this war was useless. IDF did a good job and could’ve done a much better one – if not the cowardice of the political echelon.

So let Hagai and others protest and present us “the truth”. The recent elections reflected the real mood of Israeli people. Our verdict: Hagai Mattar is a loon, as are many others like him. They protest attacks against Hamas and Gaza, while never rallying for cessation of rocket and mortar fire at Israeli South.

You’re no traitor, Hagai. We live in democracy, where you have a right of speech – something Hamas doesn’t allow to its Gaza citizens, by the way. You simply are a loon. You live in another dimension, fighting for those who choose to murder you, and fighting against those who for generations been trying to make peace. Thank God for democracy.

Thank you mate. Just few years back, I had to look for drugs and weapons in Bittuniya and Rama (two Palestinian towns near Ramallah), while you sat at home with your peace-loving mother, sipping coffee and bloviating about how “justful” you are. That’s okay, mate. The IDF will pay the price. Even for you.

Hamas says won’t join PA gov’t recognizing Israel

This woman does not recognize Israel

I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell ya!

Hamas declined Hillary Clinton’s proposal to recognize Israel. Mrs. Clinton said that for Palestinians to unite, Hamas must also recognize Israel. Well, the latter replied with a ‘screw you’ attitude:

Hamas rejected Saturday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remarks that a successful Palestinian reconciliation process must include recognition of Israel by Hamas.

Hamas will not recognize Israel or the Quartet’s conditions, and Clinton’s statement is not acceptable to the Palestinian people,” said Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan.

Clinton said Friday that a successful Palestinian reconciliation process between Fatah and Hamas must include recognition of Israel by Hamas.

Speaking ahead of her first visit to the Middle East as Secretary of State, Clinton told the Voice of America that “I believe that it’s important, if there is some reconciliation and a move toward unified authority, that it’s very clear that Hamas knows the conditions that have been set forth by the Quartet, by the Arab [League] summit.”

She said that Hamas must “renounce violence, recognize Israel and abide by previous commitments. Otherwise, I don’t think it will result in the kind of positive step forward either for the Palestinian people, or as a vehicle for a reinvigorated effort to obtain peace that leads to a Palestinian state.”

Also today, Hamas shunned PA’s Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas for saying that if Hamas wants to achieve peace between themselves and the Fatah, they’ll have to recognize Israel. Well, that went down the drain, didn’t it?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday any unity government with Hamas would have to agree to a two-state solution with Israel, a demand quickly rejected by his Islamist rivals.

The disagreement could hamper Egyptian-brokered reconciliation talks aimed at ending a schism between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, where Abbas’s Fatah faction holds sway.

“We are moving in steady steps towards … a national unity government that abides by our known commitments, which include the two-state vision and the signed (peace) commitments,” Abbas said in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Hamas official Ayman Taha in Gaza said Abbas’s comments undermine chances for reaching a unity agreement.

“We reject any pre-conditions in the formation of the unity government. Hamas will never accept a unity government that recognizes Israel,” Taha said.

But yeah, I know. They just want peace.

Ceasefire still in effect

"No, we're not actually going to fire."

Well, thank God for that “ceasefire” that is already “in effect” – announced by the Egyptians. I mean – without it, we might actually have rockets raining down on Israeli cities.

Oh, wait:

Two Grads were fired by Palestinian gunmen in north Gaza toward Ashkelon Saturday morning. One rocket hit near an educational institution in the southern coastal city, and a number of residents were treated for shock. The second rocket landed in an open area outside the city. There were no reports of injury or damage.

At around 8:45 am the Color Red alert system, which warns of incoming projectiles, sounded in the southern Israeli city, followed by reports of loud explosions.

A Qassam rocket fired from Gaza at approximately 10 am landed in an open area within Eshkol Regional Council limits. There were no reports of injury or damage.

Overnight Saturday, a Qassam rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open area within the Sdot Negev Regional Council’s limits. There were no reports of injury or damage in that attack either.

Despite the ceasefire declared following Israel’s recent military offensive in Gaza, Palestinians have continued firing rockets toward Israel on an almost daily basis.

Ridiculous.