Anybody paying attention to this? Obama, you see this? Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hasn't minced any words about his stance against Hamas and because of it, Hamas is very clear on what they face if they should resume rocket attacks against the Israelis. The best proof of all of this is what happened today, when two jihadis from the terror group Islamic Jihad were preparing to strike at an IDF patrol inside of Israel with mortars when Hamas members arrested the two. Now, tell me that Netanyahu's positioning hasn't worked. From the article at Haaretz, here's what happened:
Let's make no bones about it. Hamas got their asses spanked severely in Operation Cast Lead. The world really doesn't know just how devastating the Israelis were to the core of Hamas and just what kind of fear that was instilled in the leadership of the terror group. The last thing Hamas wants right now is to incur the wrath of Netanyahu because some Islamic Jihad jihadis decide to freelance. Amazing, isn't it? A tough stance, punishing bad behavior, and making your enemy pay for their sins leads to peace - a philosophy the leaders of Europe and America can't seem to fathom in dealing with Iran and North Korea.
Two militants preparing to fire mortars into Israel were detained Saturday by interior security officials of the Islamic Hamas movement, reported a group to which the militants claim membership. The statement, from the Saraya al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, announced the arrest of their members Saturday, reporting that the two men had been arrested as they engaged an Israel Defense Forces unit along the border of Israel and the eastern Gaza Strip.
Since the end of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, Hamas has arrested several militants from other factions trying to launch homemade rockets from Gaza at southern Israel. The group added one of the two men is wanted by Israel and had been previously injured in an Israel Air Force attack on Islamic Jihad militants several months ago.
Let's make no bones about it. Hamas got their asses spanked severely in Operation Cast Lead. The world really doesn't know just how devastating the Israelis were to the core of Hamas and just what kind of fear that was instilled in the leadership of the terror group. The last thing Hamas wants right now is to incur the wrath of Netanyahu because some Islamic Jihad jihadis decide to freelance. Amazing, isn't it? A tough stance, punishing bad behavior, and making your enemy pay for their sins leads to peace - a philosophy the leaders of Europe and America can't seem to fathom in dealing with Iran and North Korea.
Hamas nabs two Islamic Jihad men preparing to fire mortars at Israel
Two militants preparing to fire mortars into Israel were detained Saturday by interior security officials of the Islamic Hamas movement, reported a group to which the militants claim membership. The statement, from the Saraya al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, announced the arrest of their members Saturday, reporting that the two men had been arrested as they engaged an Israel Defense Forces unit along the border of Israel and the eastern Gaza Strip. Hamas, which has held de facto control of the Gaza Strip since June 2007, has stopped rocket attacks on Israel, in an unofficial, unannounced and fragile ceasefire with Israel that was reached January 18 at the end of the last Israeli military offensive into Gaza.
Since the end of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, Hamas has arrested several militants from other factions trying to launch homemade rockets from Gaza at southern Israel. The group added one of the two men is wanted by Israel and had been previously injured in an Israel Air Force attack on Islamic Jihad militants several months ago. The other is a brother of a suicide bomber who was killed near the Gaza-Israel border in 2004. Egypt is mediating a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and working to finalize a prisoners' swap with the Islamic movement in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been in captivity in Gaza since June 2006.
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