Hamas followers in a demonstration supporting Hezbollah in Gaza (Image from Al Jazeera)Hamas And Hezbollah Plan Final Battle -- The Strategy Page
October 22, 2008: In the West Bank, Palestinian radicals have encouraged the greater use of gasoline bombs (gas or kerosene in a bottle with a lit rag as a fuze) for attacks on soldiers and Israeli settlers. The fire bombs make for more spectacular visuals and are more likely to injure their targets. In response, the police and soldiers have been shooting to kill when the fire bombs appear, or are suspected. The Palestinians, and most of the foreign media, tend to spin this as Israeli troops murdering Palestinian children (teenagers are the most eager to use the fire bombs, and the least fearful of the consequences).
Lebanon remains deadlocked between the meek Christian/Sunni/Druze majority and the Shia, Hezbollah dominated, minority. The majority of Lebanese would like to be free of Hezbollah and Syrian terrorism, but do not want to trigger another civil war. Hezbollah is led by Shia religious fanatics who don't care how much damage they cause, because they are on a Mission From God to destroy Israel and turn the entire region into an Islamic religious dictatorship. The Lebanese compromise by continually complaining to the UN, and the world, about the regular Israeli reconnaissance missions over Lebanon. What these photo recon aircraft are watching is Hezbollah bring more rockets, and other weapons, from Syria into southern Lebanon. The UN peacekeepers ignore this (after Hezbollah threatened to go all terrorist on them if they made a stink), and the Lebanese government just complains about the Israeli recon flights.
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My Comment: Hamas and Hezbollah are getting ready for the next war. Is Israel ready?