Saturday, March 15, 2014

The Usual Suspects

Oh, and the Palestinians continue to try to kill Israelis.

Factions of Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired rockets into Israel while the faction in control pretends they aren't involved and can do nothing about it:

The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, which often operates independent of Hamas, began the barrage on Wednesday after Israel's forces killed three of its fighters a day earlier.

On Thursday afternoon, Islamic Jihad leader Khaled al-Batsh announced that a deal that had been brokered by Cairo to end the 2012 war was back in effect, provided the Israelis also complied.

"Following intensive Egyptian contacts and efforts, the agreement for calm has been restored," he said on Facebook.

Within hours, however, the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC), a Gaza splinter group, said it had launched eight rockets into Israel. At least four struck open areas and one was downed by Iron Dome, the Israeli military said.

Israel's air force then bombed a PRC camp in southern Gaza and "three other terror sites" to the north, the military said.

Israel kills "fighters", which is what the Palestinians call their armed men who kill Israeli civilians.

The bright spot of Ukraine is that it keeps John Kerry from making farcical efforts to pressure Israel into making dangerous concessions to "fighters."