Starting yesterday evening, Hamas and its allies in Gaza fired over 150 rockets into Israel—and not only at towns and cities in the south of the country but also at Jerusalem. These attacks followed days of sporadic rocket and mortar fire, incendiary devices attached to balloons, and other acts of terror, as well as rioting in Jerusalem and elsewhere. Benny Avni comments on the response from abroad:
The right word for the statements from the Biden White House, the State Department, the Europeans, and the United Nations, all of whom are calling for a de-escalation of the violence in Jerusalem, is counterfactual. The fact is that the sudden escalation in violence . . . is dictated, mostly, by Hamas.
The Gaza-based terror organization decides when to shoot and at what targets. It is in a fury because the Palestinian Authority decided to cancel a scheduled election that Hamas was predicted to win. Eventually Hamas will also decide to end the current round of hostilities and beg for a ceasefire. Israel will quickly abide. Meantime, Hamas has decided to turn its fire to Israel.
The terrorist organization hitched a ride on a confluence of events, including the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Arab unrest over a real-estate dispute at east Jerusalem, Israel’s annual celebration of Jerusalem Day, and riots at the al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount. . . . And Hamas, an ally of Iran, knows exactly what it is doing.
Read more on New York Sun: https://www.nysun.com/foreign/as-biden-tries-to-get-the-old-band-back-together/91504/