Add in the fact that Israel may actually withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor, meaning the PA will (more)easily be able to transport weapons into Gaza, and I think you have all the makings of a disaster. I don’t see how this whole thing will not end badly.

I hope this is true.

The reasoning is that those responsible want to damage Abbas’ situation.

And this from Haaretz

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/545147.html

“In a videotape made prior to the attack, the bomber, Abdullah Badran, a resident of the West Bank town of Deir al Ghusun, declared that the bombing was intended to do harm to the Palestinian Authority, which on February 8 declared a cease-fire with Israel.”

There apparently been pressure from the US to go easy on Abbas.

I also find it significant that the UN (with its large European contingent) has only recently condemned anti-Semitism.

I do believe that Europe has its share of people who are disgusted by anti-semitism, but those people do not seem well-represented in their governments and institutions.

Maybe he is trying to cover his ass?

Something that is interesting is how, in this relatively “closed” area, Hezbollah can be active and the various gangs and groups not be aware of, or closing their eyes to, this activity?

So far we know that all the groups have worked in tandem to their overall benefit, under Arafat’s watchful eye.

If Dahlan is getting rid of left-over pro-Araftian opposition (Arafat’s cousin’s boys) in Gaza how come the PA has let things slide in the West bank where the bomber came from?

It’s almost like he’s saying that the PA and our security forces (made up of Al Aqsa Martyrs, Hamas and Islamic Jihad members) has a monopoly on anti-Israeli terrorism and we won’t have outsiders messing around on our turf.

Do Tell. What is it about Europe that has wooed you so? Perhaps Roger’s original comment was unexact, but surely that is no reason to pick up verbal arms to protect the increasingly anti-American Western Europe. If you have traveled there in recent times, you would surely agree. To put it in poker terms, your reaction to Roger’s comment is a “tell.” And frankly, many are growing quite tired of those (yes even fellow Jews) who are anxious to defend the anti-American and anti-Israel states, while quite willing to perform an ongoing anal exam of both American and Israeli policies.

Roger, love your site.

It’s a bit of a mistake to assume that everyone collaborated like that. Some did. Some didn’t. Some resisted. Some just bided their time. You can’t blame everyone for not resisting.

And of course the Germans were quite capable, in many instances, of spotting Jews themselves and knew the Jewish areas etc.

But, yes, granted there were collaborators. But its a bit of a leap from that to say Europe built the camps. Its simply not true. The Nazis built the camps and the Nazis instigated the Holocaust.

No, we cannot and must not deny wider anti-semitism. But to leap from a recognition of wider anti-semitism to simply saying (without any qualification) Europe built the camps (as Simon did) is wrong.

Oh, “directly” to blame — nicely sliced. I guess the accessories to the Holocaust in many German-occupied countries weren’t “directly” to blame. Someone had to point out the Jews, buddy, they didn’t all have a brand on their forehead.