Cooking with Gas in Gaza, With Sauce for the Hypocrite Geese.

I feel like I owe you a note here.  I still owe you some posts on my series on the whole Israel/Palestinian gig.  I got a little preoccupied trying to help wade through the memes, and hopefully avoided throwing out too many myself, but y'all oughta get it at this point.  Don't believe everything you're told, hear, or see about this.  I promise that I'm moving on...I think I may need to call in the little prince for supportive reality strikes.  I have a hard time being quiet though...duh.  So read the post, try and figure out what's what the best you can, and keep hoping this ends as quickly as possible with the safety and the security of the all the people, from all the weapons, finally coming to pass.

While the righteous indignation bombs continue to be lobbed at Israel today in the blogosphere, OMV is going to give you the straightest scoop it can on what happened with the UNRWA school incident today (complicated by the fact that the Israeli government, in spite of an Israeli Supreme Court ruling, is not allowing journalists to enter Gaza).

The IDF reports that its soldiers were taking mortar fire from Hamas crews stationed at UNRWA operated al-Fakhura school near the Jabaliya refugee camp.  The BBC reports that, according to UNWRA officials (the UN relief organization in Gaza that happens to fund the purchase of text books containing anti-Israel/Jewish propgaganda, and has Hamas terrorists on its payroll):

"three artillery shells had landed close (emphasis mine) to the al-Fakhura school on Tuesday afternoon, spraying shrapnel on people both inside and outside the building."

As a result at least 30 people were killed, and 55 wounded.  An unspecified number of children were among the dead.  I do not doubt that Hamas crews were firing on IDF forces from the school, in violation of international law.  Here they are doing it on the 29 October 2007.

Though the IDF could have killed these terrorists at the school before shooting the 2nd and 3rd mortars, they did not.  Why?  Because the terrorists were in front of a fucking school.  Yes, the IDF allowed Israel to absorb mortar fire on its own civilians rather than potentially kill the children inside, while the men who are supposedly fighting for them callously fire at Israeli children, in front of their UN operated school.

The IDF later reported that two members of Hamas rocket launching cells, Imad and Hassan Abu Askar, were killed by the Israel shells.  

Since no one seems to be describing all the circumstances of the incident, I have no answer as to why the IDF showed restraint in 2007, but fired shells in this incident.  Obviously in a combat situation mortar fire must be neutralized.  I don't know whether snipers could have been used.  I don't know if the mortar crew would have responded to the approach of Israeli infantry by driving the children outside in front of them, as Palestinian terrorists have done for decades.  What I do know is that the IDF obviously made sure they did not directly hit the school in order to minimize civilian casualties.  No doubt there will be an investigation into the incident.  UNRWA is demanding an independent investigation, according to Haaretz, and wants anyone who violated international law to be indicted.  Well assholes, you might start with Hamas who had these clowns firing mortars from the school in the first place.  Last time I checked that was a violation of international law.

According to Article 28 of the Fourth Geneva Convention the presence of civilians “may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.” 

 What does this mean?  It means that Israel does not have to refrain from attacking the mortar crew firing from the school.  It also means that Hamas is in violation of international law.  In accordance with the so-called "rule of distinction" if someone aims at a legitimate target, the attack is permissible, even when civilian deaths result.  That being the case, the IDF could have shelled the school directly, killing more civilians.  They did not do so.  In combat, that is showing restraint.  Repeat: UNRWA stated three shells landed close to the school.  I hate to tell you rabid dingdongs out there, but the only party that violated international law in the school incident today was Hamas. {for the record, that does not mean I'm like..."cool the IDF got to knock of some kids and it's all legal...giggity giggity giggity...y'all oughta know me well enough...I'm just sayin' when the bleeding heart Hamas are freedom fighter types get a hold of this they'll call the IDF war criminals...spawn of Satan...Pia Zadora lovers...you know the drill...so you should know that they're full of shit, and the indisrciminate killing line is a ginormous lie}

So Code Stink, you gonna hit the streets tomorrow and protest Hamas' violation of international law?  Somehow I don't think you will.  Why would you?  You haven't been saying a word while Hamas was slaughtering Israeli children for years.  Not a peep over the last seven years while Hamas rockets have been falling on Israeli towns.  After all, they're only Israelis, so they deserve it.

How can I say that?  Because if the blood of innocent Jewish children meant as much to Code Pink as the blood of innocent Palestinian children, then we'd have some footage on the pro-Israel biased TV news, wouldn't we?

 Since you Code Stinkers care so much for the Palestinian children who have died, as well you should, take a look at the faces of the Israeli children who were killed by Palestinian terrorists; children who were killed, not because Israeli soldiers were hiding behind them, but because they were Jewish children (an act of genocide, which is also a violation of the Geneva Conventions, but you don't really give a shit about that either).

You want to stand up outraged over the deaths of innocent children?  Please do, you absolutely should.  But if you don't stand up for the Israeli children too, then you're nothing but a bunch of worthless hypocrites who aren't worth the pot you piss in.  So look at these children, the children of the people you call oppressors, and tell me they deserved to die.  If you Leftist wackadoos, whether you're a Code Stinker or not, stand up for Hamas, an organization that holds the genocide of Jews in its charter, then the blood of these children is on your hands.

These are the children killed by Palestinian terror groups between 2000-2005.  These photos were part of a powerpoint presentation that appeared here.

I found them in this html format here.

Sleep tight you hypocritical assholes.

My colleague Sara asked a couple questions on No Quarter tonight.  The only questions that matter.  "whatwill it take to resolve this crisis? what will it take to get these attacks to stop, to end the desire to wipe out Israel, and to end the attacks on innocents?"

That's very simple Sara: when the world values the blood of innocent Palestinian and Israeli children with equal worth.