Israel Matzav

Israel waiting to see if Abu Bluff condemns Kassam attacks on Sderot

Israel is waiting to see whether 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen will condemn 'Palestinian' terrorist attacks on Sderot that took place during his meeting with President Hussein Obama.

Israel will be watching "very closely" to see if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will condemn Thursday's Kassam rocket fire on Sderot in his public comments with US President Barack Obama later today, a senior government official said.

During Operation Pillar of Defense, the official said, Abbas "stubbornly refused to do so. He even refused to disassociate himself from those attacks."

The official said Israel will also be watching whether Abbas will cease Fatah's unity talks with Hamas. "These rockets were launched from territory controlled by Hamas, and Hamas refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist and support peace," he said.

Israel has not yet issued a formal response to the attacks. One government official said that Abbas cannot say he is a "peace-maker" while staying silent when rockets are being fired on Israel.

'Palestinian' terrorists fired four rockets on Sderot during the meeting, although only two of them made it into Israel. 

Four rockets were fired on Thursday morning towards Sderot, the second day of US President Barack Obama's visit to Israel.

Two rockets landed inside the city, one landing on a private residence and causing damage to the structure, another was not located, police said. The IDF confirmed that the second rocket exploded in an open area in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.

Another two rockets fired from Gaza landed on Palestinian territory, according to reports. No injuries were reported.

Let me guess: The Iron Dome battery from Sderot is the one they used on Wednesday for Obama's photo-op?

But here's the real question: Does our new government have the junk to retaliate while Obama's here? Or is this week open season on Southern Israel?

Labels: Abu Mazen, Barack Hussein Obama, Gaza, Hamas rockets, Sderot

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:22 AM