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As everyone knows, a suicide bomber today sneaked from Gaza to Egypt and then back into Israel to blow himself up in a family bakery in Eilat, killing three.

Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, called Monday’s attack a “natural response” to Israeli military policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as its ongoing boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian government. “So long as there is occupation, resistance is legitimate,” he said. — Jerusalem Post

Of course he must mean the ‘occupation’ of the whole of Israel, since the occupation of 97% of the territories could have ended in 2000, had Arafat chosen to accept Barak’s proposal.

According to the IDF, more than 100 terrorists were caught trying to cross the Egyptian border in 2006, including suicide bombers, weapons experts, and would-be kidnappers.

This bombing was carried out by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a particularly nasty bunch, funded through Hezbollah by Iran and headquartered in Syria. They are said to have carried out more than 30 (!) successful suicide bombings since 1995 for a total of 159 fatalities. They have employed suicide bombers as young as 15. It’s time to wipe out this organization.

Acts like this have been committed against Israel (and against Jews in pre-state Palestine) for the last 100 years, despite partition, peace talks, hudnas, or whatever. It’s about time for the world to realize that the Arabs simply are not interested in peace with a ‘Zionist entity’.

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By Vic Rosenthal

Suppose that every Israeli and every Palestinian had two buttons that he or she could push.

• Button 1 would magically transplant all the Jews from the territories into Israel proper. It would also change the hearts of all the Palestinians so that they would wish to live at peace in a state alongside Israel.

• Button 2 would make the other side disappear from the face of the earth.

My guess is that a large majority of Israelis would push button 1. But an even larger majority of Palestinians would push button 2.

I will write another post later about what we can learn from this. In the meantime, I would appreciate comments. Am I right about this? Is it a fair comparison?

By Vic Rosenthal

Recently I wrote about the controversy surrounding a campus organization called the Union of Progressive Zionists (UPZ) which is sponsoring a college tour by “Breaking the Silence” (BTS) — former members of the IDF who ‘testify’ to cruelties and even alleged ‘war crimes’ committed by the IDF in the territories.

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By Vic Rosenthal

One of the most persistent issues among Jews today, especially non-observant Jews living in the Diaspora, is that of Jewish identity: what is it, do I have it, are we losing it, is that bad?

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