The war against Israel
Mary Madigan
Why do we call it the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?
Via Yahoo: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday that peace efforts with the Palestinians would be frozen if they do not crack down on militant groups in the wake of a weekend suicide bombing that killed four Israelis outside a Tel Aviv nightclub...Islamic Jihad terrorists take their orders from Syria. Lebanese Hezbollah is working to carry out other attacks on Israel. Saudi Arabia funds Hamas. Hezbollah also receives substantial amounts of financial, training, weapons, explosives, political, diplomatic, and organizational aid from Iran...There were conflicting accounts as to who was responsible for the attack. Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group with leadership in Lebanon and Syria, claimed responsibility Saturday after first denying any connection to the bombing.
Abbas blamed the attack on a "third party," which other Palestinian officials said was the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah, which is backed by Syria and Iran.
Hezbollah denied the accusation.
A senior Israeli military official said Hezbollah had nothing to do with the attack but was vigorously working to carry out other attacks on Israel. Police remained on heightened alert throughout the country Sunday.
Sharon blamed the attack on Islamic Jihad militants, working on the orders of their leaders in Syria.
"We know this for certain," he said.
Syria denied involvement.
How are peace efforts supposed to succeed when the "Palestinian issue" is just a weapon used in larger war against Israel?
Arab nations have vowed to fight this war "to the last Palestinian." There are signs that the Palestinians are getting tired of being cannon fodder. At least they've stopped celebrating attacks:
In contrast to the dozens of previous suicide bombings, no celebrations were held in the West Bank on Saturday and militant groups didn't hang the customary posters of congratulations at the bomber's home.That's something.
