Tens of thousands of Palestinians crowded into Gaza City's small fishing harbor Friday to celebrate the impending Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, waving flags and hearing promises from their leader, Mahmoud Abbas, that the West Bank and Jerusalem will be next.
Meanwhile, in Gaza early Friday, about 1,000 armed and masked Hamas combatants staged a training exercise in which they practiced infiltrating and attacking Jewish settlements.
For the first time Hamas invited TV cameramen to film about 1,000 gunmen training ahead of the pullout. It wasn't clear whether this signaled an intent by the terrorist group to attack settlements during the impending pullout.
The release of the pictures of Hamas members rapelling from high-rise walls and jumping through hoops of fire was also seen as a challenge to the Palestinian Authority.
And yet, they did nothing to stop it. And Hamas felt confident enough to invite TV cameramen to film their preparations for terrorist attacks, "for the first time." Please note that this is an AP item, so any bias can be counted upon to go against Israel.
Disengagement is I think a part of making Israel more secure and peaceful," Bush said in a Channel 1 interview from his ranch in Crawford, Texas. "I believe that the decision the prime minister has made and will follow through on will be good for Israel."
I'm beginning to believe our President is a pod person.
