The Situation in Gaza
The situation in Gaza is getting ugly. Palestinian militants, apparently with the blessing of the Hamas government, infiltrated Israeli territory and kidnapped an IDF soldier. Israel has threatened a full-scale assault on Gaza in retaliation if the soldier is not released immediately.

All this comes on the heels of an implicit recognition of Israel by Hamas--whatever that's supposed to mean.

This is a bad situation, but frankly, Israel cannot let Hamas get away with speaking out of both sides of their mouth. They can't let them make sweeping statements condemning terror attacks while at the same time organizing and financing the very same acts.
- posted by Base10 @ 9:52 AM