2 Killed In Terror Attack In Israel

Four terrorists infiltrated from Gaza and killed two Israelis on Wednesday. Speaking at a Kadima pre-Passover toast on Thursday night, Olmert said: "It doesn't concern me to which organization a particular terrorist belongs. The group controlling everything in Gaza is Hamas, and the group, with all its members, bears responsibility for the incessant terror and will be forced to bear the unavoidable consequences of its actions. I promise you that the response to Hamas will be such that it will no longer be able to act against Israeli citizens."

I have to say that I am more than skeptical that Olmert will deliver on this promise. As a matter of fact, I am quite certain that he will not. One need only remember the botched 2006 summer war against Hezbollah in which Olmert made grand promises of destroying Hezbollah which he never fulfilled. His policy has been a policy of weakness and appeasement. It is no surprise that this man has single digit approval ratings.

Immediately after making his statements about a devastating response to Hamas Olmert goes on to say that "in terms of the war on terror, we will continue the effort to conduct a dialogue that is serious, responsible and reasonable and to build understandings with the PA headed by Mahmoud Abbas." I hate to break it to Olmert, but a war on terror should not involve dialogue with the enemy. Mahmoud Abbas is the protege of terrormonger Yasser Arafat. Abbas and Hamas are both enemies of Israel. So right after pledging strength, Olmert pledges weakness. A senior Fatah leader described the death of Imad Mughniyeh, the senior Hezbollah leader responsible for the death of countless innocnents including U.S. soldiers, as an "extraordinary hero... unequaled Hezbollah commander ... a beacon of light." His killing was called a "murder in broad daylight... a tragedy that has hurt every Lebanese, every Palestinian, every Arab, and every free man on the face of this earth." So wrote Fatah leader Ahmad Dahbur, until recently the undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, in Al Hayat Al Jadida, the official PA daily controlled by Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. These are the people that Israel is meant to negotiate with? Israel needs a leader that will display true strength in the face of this intractable radicalized foe bent on the annihalation of the Jewish State. Tweet