Monday March 27, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh both had messages for the Israeli people on the eve of their election.

Abbas said that Israel must recognize the new Palestinian leadership.
Haniyeh, extending his hand to end the violence, said that Hamas is not interested in a "whirlpool of blood."

Good PR for Hamas, but what about reality?
Both men, through their messages to the people of Israel, placed the burden of peace on Israel - deflecting it from themselves, from their shoulders, from their people and politics.

Israel is doing the right thing by shunning Hamas.
Palestinian leadership still does not recognize that Hamas was and is still a terrorist organization and will continue to commit acts of terror as long as they are an organization.
Until Palestinian leadership accepts the truth, Israel cannot deal with them.