Friday July 7, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

The Interior Ministry of the Palestinian Authority has given the green light.
Palestinians troops may now - officially - attack and shoot Israeli troops.
That means war.

The Hamas-led Palestinian Authority has raised the stakes.
The objective of Hamas security forces is to fight Israel.
The objective of Israel is not to attack the PA.
Israel's objectives are to get back their soldier and stop the missile launches.

Why has the Palestinian Authority chosen to attack Israel rather than stop the missile launches into Israel and return the soldier?
Israel has no territorial aspirations in Gaza, they will leave when the missiles stop and the soldier is returned.
It would make more sense to stop the missiles than to attack Israeli targets.

The answer is abundantly clear to me.
While Israel has no territorial aspirations on Gaza, the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority has territorial aspirations on Israel.
Hamas wants more than Gaza and the West Bank.
Hamas wants much more.