Saturday September 24, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

When I think about rallies and public celebrations, I think of balloons and noisemakers.
When I hear about celebrations sponsored by Hamas, I know that there will be bazookas in place of balloons and the noises will be exploding ammunition.

That's what happened at a Hamas rally celebrating Israel's departure from Gaza.
A truck blew up.
It was filled with kassam missiles, the make shift rockets that Hamas frequently fires into Israel. 19 people were killed, over 80 wounded.
Hamas says that Israel shot the truck from a helicopter gunship.
Palestinian security forces say the explosives were improperly handled.

Last week a Hamas munitions house blew up killing 5 people.
The explosion resulted in a call to be more careful with weapons, especially in public.

Who brings live ammo to parades, to rallies, to celebrations? Who? Why?

There are too many accidental deaths at Hamas rallies.
There can be no justification for taking those lives. They do not care about the deaths of their own.

It seems that the only people they care about killing is Israelis