ROCKET ATTACKS CONTINUE

Palestinian Rocket Hits House in Sderot - Shmulik Hadad
Palestinians in northern Gaza continued firing rockets at Israel Sunday. One rocket hit a house in Sderot, and one person sustained moderate injuries after being hit by shrapnel in the torso and limbs. Three people suffered shock as a result of the attack. More than 20 rockets were fired at Israel over the weekend. ( Ynet News)

Hamas Decries Abbas' Call to Stop Kassam Fire
Hamas decried on Sunday a recent call by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to stop Kassam rocket fire on Israel and release kidnapped IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit, Israel Radio reported. (Jerusalem Post)

U.S. Would Not Tolerate Rocket Fire on San Diego - Editorial
Israel has embarked upon a campaign to: 1) uproot the Palestinian terror networks that have embedded themselves in Gaza and the West Bank, with the active support of Iran and Syria; and 2) destabilize what Israel accurately terms a terrorist government run by Hamas, which has made Gaza a haven for jihadists much as Afghanistan was under Taliban rule. The campaign is in part meant to deal with the consequences that followed Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last summer, such as the complete collapse of security on the Gaza/Egypt border, which permitted terrorists and weapons to cross unimpeded. Given Israel's desire not to reoccupy Gaza permanently, it must re-examine establishing a zero-tolerance policy to deal with terrorist rocket attacks from Gaza. The U.S. would not tolerate terrorists firing rockets across the Mexican border at San Diego, and Israel cannot and should not accept any rocket firings at Sderot and Ashkelon.

The Palestinians continue to refuse to permit their Jewish neighbors to live in peace. Ever since the ascendancy of Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti during the 1920s (who would later become a collaborator with Hitler's Final Solution), the Palestinians have had the wrong kind of leaders. Hamas, which responded to Israel's complete withdrawal from Gaza by stepping up rocket attacks on Israeli towns, behaves very much in the genocidal tradition of the Mufti. ( Washington Times)

See also Israel: "No Possible Justification" for Palestinian Rocket Attacks - Greg Myre
Israel describes Palestinian rocket attacks as terrorism and argues that any rationale for firing the rockets evaporated when the government withdrew its soldiers and settlers from Gaza last summer. "We left Gaza," Brig.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan said. "There can be no possible justification for launching these rockets, and we cannot tolerate a situation where they are being fired at our citizens every day." The Palestinians have not yet fired any rockets from the West Bank - a development that would cause even greater alarm in Israel because they could be launched within a few miles of several main cities. [ED. NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING; SEE BELOW] (New York Times)

See also Failed Palestinian Rocket Attack from West Bank - Hanan Greenberg
Palestinians in the Tulkarem area of the West Bank failed in an attempt to fire a rocket at Israel over the weekend, Israeli security sources said. "There is no doubt that terror organizations are trying to copy the technology and knowledge in the Gaza Strip in terms of high-trajectory fire in a bid to threaten the Sharon [greater Tel Aviv] region," a senior officer said. "There is no doubt that these attempts will continue," the officer added. ( Ynet News)