Palestinian Plantings

No, I'm not referring to planting of agricultural products like dates or olives.

I'm referring to bombs. That's what a group of four Islamic Jihad terrorists were busy doing when the Israelis put a stop to their actions. The Israelis killed the four, and Islamic Jihad responded with firing six mortars into Israel.

Anyone who thinks that the Palestinians have been content with the hudna or that they haven't stopped plotting attacks against Israel needs to take their head out of the sand.

The Palestinian terrorists haven't stopped their plans to attack Israel, and the most recent Israeli strikes against terror cells inside Gaza is a reminder that the terrorists aren't stopping and that Israel must continue to defend itself against terrorists who seek nothing less than Israel's destruction.

Complicating matters further is the fact that some Israeli leaders think that they've got a partner in peace with whom they can negotiate, including dividing Jerusalem. It is statements such as that that give the terrorists hope that they can not only continue their terror attacks, but pursue the Fatah-led negotiations so as to further wrest concessions from Israel without giving anything up in return. Outgoing disgraced Prime Minister Olmert thinks that Israel should redivide Jerusalem.

The man was an abject disaster for Israel's national security and he continues undermining it with each passing day with new utterances that are more inane than the prior day. The terrorists take hope in such statements that they will simply outlast Israel's will to exist, and eventually succeed in wresting control over the entirety of the region.

Meanwhile, Mahmoud Abbas has broken ground on a museum to "honor" Yasir Arafat. Let's not forget that Arafat was a murderous bastard who murdered Israelis, Americans, and chose to reject an overly generous peace deal in 2000 at Camp David because he couldn't bring himself to accept a two-state solution between the Palestinians and Israelis. All Arafat has done is bring death and misery to the Palestinian people, and yet Abbas goes out of his way to break ground on a museum. Of course, the Palestinians honor suicide bombers and mass murderers for their stomach churning mayhem, so this is par for the course.