PNA “Strongly” Condemns, Explosion in Afula Leaving Four Killed
Sounds good. We've been hearing a lot about these "stong" condemnations in the last few days. So can we have a quote, please? Ah!
“Palestinian leadership strongly condemns the explosion took place in the city of Afula on Monday May 19,” the PNA said in an official statement issued Monday by Palestine News Agency (WAFA).
There it is. The "strong" condemnation is "strong," not because there's any substance to it whatsoever, but rather because those making the statement are characterizing it that way. What's missing here? Well, for one thing, any condemnation of the exploder. What's condemned is the explosion, not the act that resulted in it and certainly not the taking of innocent lives. Just an awkward translation, you say? I don't think so.
In fact, though, the "strong" condemnation is immediately followed by speculation (masquerading as fact) as to the intent of those who orchestrated it.
The PNA said the goal of such attack targeting Israeli citizens is to destroy the International peace efforts and all opportunities aiming implementation of the “Road Map” peace plan.
It's interesting to note that neither the PNA, Yasser Arafat nor any of his various mouthpieces ever accuse Hamas, Islamic Jihad or any other palestinian terrorist group of trying to destroy peace efforts or sabotage the "Road Map." No, that accusation is usually reserved exclusively for Israel. So what are they really trying to say here? And what's the solution to this dire problem? But of course.
Palestinian leadership called on the Israeli Government for immediate cease-fire and to withdraw its forces from the Palestinian cities and stop killing of Palestinian civilians.
And that is exactly what Israel should do in the face of five suicide bombing attacks in three days. Withdraw, concede, cease and desist. Here's an axiom upon which you can rely: you will not find a palestinian "condemnation" of palestinian terror against Israelis that doesn't include the words "killing of Palestinian civilians."
Let's be fair. At the end of this article, we are told who perpetrated this crime and against whom. Right?
A Palestinian militant blew himself up at the entrance of a mall in the northern Israeli city of Afula when a female security guard tried to stop him/her from entering, Israeli sources reported.
I've highlighted those last three words because, in this context, they're intended to convey the suspicion that there is at least some degree of untrustworthy bias in the account (factual errors aside).
So let's review. The Palestinian National Authority has "strongly" condemned an explosion, reported by "Israeli sources" to have been perpetrated by a palestinian "militant" at a mall in Israel, because it threatens the progress of the "Road Map" which is intended to assure the establishment of a palestinian state by 2005. And the PNA further demands that in response to this "explosion," Israel immediately stop all efforts to secure itself against further explosions of this nature. And for this "condemnation," the PNA expects, and will probably receive, the undying gratitude of the free world.
I'm sick to death of hearing about how these terrorists are trying to undermine Abu Mazen and the "new" palestinian leadership. Please get this. There is no new palestinian leadership. Abu Mazen has no intention of doing a damn thing to interfere with ongoing terrorist attempts against Israelis, and the terrorists know it. If he tries, he'll be dead, and he knows it. What he has every intention of doing is the same thing his boss has been doing for the past ten years -- mesmerizing the international community with the words it wants to hear while the murder and mayhem continue unabated.
How many repetitions of the same script do we have to live through before we're ready to move on?
