"We will not allow a humanitarian crisis to develop there," a senior defense official said. "In the meantime, if the Palestinians want food or medicine, they can turn to Egypt and start to take care of themselves."
Unfortunately, it always seems to be the very people the Palestinians refuse to believe under any circumstances. Of course, this whole situation could turn around immediately; if the Palestinians would stop firing rockets at Israel. They don’t even have to return IDF Corporal Shalit, give up the right of return or any land for the full blockade to end - just stop firing rockets at Israeli civilians. But apparently, the opportunity to launch kassam rockets at Jewish civilians has been alleviated to a status of a human right for Palestinians.
In a letter to the UN, the PA president said that fuel supplies must be restored to the Strip to enable hospitals to function and to avoid a humanitarian crisis. Abbas also called on the Arab League to urgently convene a meeting on the situation in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement released by his office, the PA president urged the Palestinian people to maintain patience, tolerance and unity. "We will continue to act to resolve the crisis, to end the occupation and to establish a Palestinian state," he vowed. Abbas also appealed directly to Israel to lift the blockade, said the PA president's spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh. Earlier, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal urged the PA president and Arab leaders to forget their differences and help the beleaguered Gazans.
But at no time did the so called moderate leader of Palestinian Authority call out publicly for the ending the kassam attacks on Israel. Instead, he used it as an opportunity to play kiss and make-up with Hamas. Of course he wasn’t the only one acting in front of the world’s media:
The plea was a rare show of emotion for the hard-line Khaled Mashaal, who lives in exile in Damascus, Syria. "All Arab leaders, exercise real pressure to stop this Zionist crime ... take up your role and responsibility," he told Al-Jazeera satellite TV in a live interview from Syria. "We are not asking you to wage a military war against Israel... but just stand with us in pride and honor."
Mashaal said he had been in contact Sunday with some Arab countries including Egypt and Saudi Arabia to see if they would pressure Israel. He also said he asked Egypt if it would provide fuel to Gaza plant. Egyptian officials were not immediately available for comment.
Who wants to bet Hamas asked the Egyptians supply the fuel under the same payment terms Hamas offers Israel? The more I watch this situation the stronger I get that this is a Pallywood production in the making.
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just saw a senior israeli government official interviewed on global news... apparently 70% of the electricity in gaza comes through israeli transmission lines and is not affected by the lack of fuel.
don't expect that to stop the pals from trying to portray this as a war crime.
amazing.
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Exactly. Simply Jews has a good post on this.
Snoopy, always has interesting posts.
Neocon - The really telling points in this incident are twofold.
Firstly, Hamas could have made many decisions, such as, cease fire kassams, or even stage managing their resources to divert power at all times where needed at hosptials etc, or even by using - rolling backouts in the middle of the night to divert and maintain the power supply. Hamas could have purchased diesel fuel from the Egyptians, but instead, they opted to cut the lights and stage an "international humanitarian crisis" and two, the huge show of support by the local population for the poor management skills of palestinian governance.
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