In response to yesterday’s suicide attack killing three Israeli, Hamas leaves no doubt as to its position on targeting innocent Israeli civilians (via Jewlicious).
“It was a natural response to the Israeli crimes, to the continued Israeli killing, incursions and arrests,” said Hamas lawmaker Mushir al Masri. “Our Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves.”
Somebody please explain to me how disguising yourself as an Orthodox Jew, hitchhiking, and then blowing yourself up in the car is an act of self defense. The victims here were chosen randomly, with no connection to military or political activity. To those who like to draw moral equivalencies between Israeli military actions and Palestinian terrorism, I say this: The poor excuse for a human being who blew himself up specifically intended to kill as many civilians as possible and civilians with no connection to so-called “Israeli killing, incursions and arrests”. It wasn’t an act of political defiance; it was a simple act of murder. And Hamas, now the leading party of the Palestinian Authority, defends it openly. God help us all if this is who we have to make peace with.