Wednesday January 5, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

Palestinian Arab Muslim terrorists attacked the Erez checkpoint, the spot that separates Israel and the Gaza Strip. The attack was an enormous success.

Why? No Israeli injuries. No civilian Arab/ Palestinian injuries.
Three Palestinians soldiers injured and taken to an Israeli hospital.

Timing and location were what counted in this attack:
The terrorists chose Erez because Palestinian Arab Muslim pilgrims are using that specific checkpoint to make their Haj to Mecca.

Israelis loosened restrictions at the checkpoint specifically to allow 4500 religious pilgrims to fulfill their life long dream and participate in the Haj. They loosened restrictions despite the fact that the crossing has been the site of 16 terror strikes since September of 2002, some of them deadly attacks.

Who were the intended victims of the attack?
Palestinians. The terrorists wanted to hurt fellow Muslims. The Israelis are insulated and protected there. The terrorists want to blame Israel.

The logic works like this:
Because of the Israeli checkpoint, Muslims on their way to the Haj would be killed.

What twisted logic. What a shame