I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale

Egypt threatens Hamas with tough love if the rocket attacks against Israel do not cease according to sources within the Palestinian Authority reports the Jerusalem Post.

Egypt has threatened to cut off its relations with Hamas unless the movement halts its rocket attacks on Israel, Palestinian Authority officials said Wednesday. The officials said Egyptian Intelligence Chief Gen. Omar Suleiman sent a "tough" message to Hamas leaders, warning them against the continued rocket attacks. The message was delivered to PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas by Burhan Hammad, a senior Egyptian intelligence officer based in the Gaza Strip, the officials added.

They said that Suleiman also warned that Egypt would not side with the Palestinians if Israel launched a military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. "We hope that the Hamas leaders will listen carefully to what the Egyptians are telling them," said one official here. "Hamas must return to the period of calm so as not to give Israel an excuse to invade the Gaza Strip."

If you believe the messengers or the message I also have some prime swamp land just waiting to be developed in Florida if you don’t want a bridge in Brooklyn, but buried deeper in the article is a development which should be worthy of capturing our attention.:

"The firing of the rockets and the resignation of Interior Minister Hani Kawassmeh [earlier this week] are part of an attempt by Hamas to extract concessions from President Abbas ahead of his meeting with Mashaal," he told The Jerusalem Post. "The meeting is supposed to focus on the possibility of including Hamas in the PLO.

Mashaal wants to be deputy chairman of the PLO. At the meeting, Hamas will agree to a cease-fire with Israel on condition that Mashaal is appointed to a senior position in the PLO. This is extortion."

Hamas coming to rooster under Fatah’s wide, wide tent – I really didn’t see that one coming. Nor would it be a Fatah first. It makes a certain kind of sense as well as being an effective way to get around any kind of aid boycott.

Of course, it is a great way to pull off more “resistance” operations and then blame it on a few hard heads in a “breakaway” fraction – much like what Fatah does regularly with Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades.