A Peek into a Mind

A direct hit of 2 missiles and BOOM! No Rantisi!

I’m not really dancing in the street (that’s what Palestinians do) but I’m certainly very pleased. Rantisi had it coming for a long time. He used to surround himself with kids and women, knowing our pilots will not be authorized to shot him while with innocent civilians. But he did one mistake today and drove with only 2 of his bodyguards. And that’s it. Direct hit, excellent work.

The general direction things are taking past few weeks is mostly positive in my eyes. The one sided separation plan is taking real form (and I’m very pleased Israel will poll out of Gaza!) and the American summit last week was mostly positive as well. Now Rantisi out of the picture. Things are in a positive direction so far. Still. It’s the middle east here. Things can change in minutes.

Regarding all the fuss about the Washington Summit. Well, I was surprised to hear Bush had accepted there should be changes and that ‘67 borders are not written in stone. That’s positive. Still, I hope Israel will not leave too many settlements in the Palestinian area. Only the big blocks. I was surprised from another issue - the noise caused by the small remark about the “right to return”. So Bush said he accept the fact that the refugees will return only to the Palestinian state. So what? Like it could have ever happen different.

We are barely 6 million Jews in Israel. On a very small area. Having millions of Palestinians living inside Israel will turn it in into an Arab state and will de facto cause the destruction of Israel. Even the most extreme left opposes this stupid “right to return”. And about compensations? Well, have the Arabs states gave compensations to the Jews that left to Israel? The thousands Jews that had to leave Iran? Iraq? Egypt, Libya, Syria, Morocco, Algir? Will MY family get compensation for the property they left? Will the Eastern European countries pay for all the property jews had to leave there? Russia, Poland, Hungary and the rest?

You know what? I think this could be arranged. If all the countries, including Arab countries, will agree to pay for all these then sure, the Palestinian refugees should get a compensation for all they left as well. No problem with that. But justice cannot be applied one sided.

Anyway, on the down side of the recent events - A terror attack this afternoon (3 hours before the assassination of Rantisi). A suicide Bomber exploded himself in Erez Industrial Zone, killing a 20 years old Israel officer and wounding 3 other. Luckily these guys prevented him from reaching the inside of the hall where lots of other people were present. The attack, btw, was carried out by Hamas and Fatah (Arafat’s organization).

I was asked if I do not fear terror attacks now. Well, of course I do. But not because of killing Rantisi. They have been trying to execute huge attacks for weeks already, even before we killed Yassin. There are about 56 attempts a day the last time I’ve heard and security forces managed to catch or prevent over 12 terror attacks the past few weeks. It’s not that they aren’t trying already, I doubt they can try harder then they do lately. I just hope our security forces will manage to keep all of them out and prevent any from slipping by them.

Update: I just found out that even Shimon Peres, traditionally against targeted killing, supports the act, saying that whoever murders should not be spared. Well, seems really the whole nation is supportive of this. Hmm. Somehow I’m not surprised…

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Rantisi Profile (CNN)
Rantisi Profile (BBC)
Rantisi - short profile (Hebrew, Ynet) (rprt)