Posted by
Joel Gaines on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:55:21 PM
Palestinians need to fear the drastic measures being considered as a result of Hamas' actions.
You
have Hamas and Fatah battling in the streets. Crime is more rampant
between Palestinians today than ever. Food shortages are the norm now.
Access to medical care has become limited. These things are not the
fault of Israel. These things are wholly own subsidiaries of Hamas
activities.
What Palestinians should fear is Israel thinking this is their only resort for security. The question is, "Should we retake Gaza?"
The average Israeli goes to sleep these days
as his lips whisper a prayer, and with great hope in his heart: To wake
up in the morning and hear that the IDF has reoccupied the Gaza Strip,
and “Sderot experienced its first quiet night.”
Admittedly, there are reasons offered for and against retaking Gaza,
but the point I make is Hamas offers Israel very little choice except
military action to solve the problem of security for Israel.
Palestinians should be very afraid of that - although Israel is
likely to be a much better benefactor than Hamas has been. The
question is why should the Palestinians suffer because of Hamas?