Gaza: Summertime and the Living is easy

Hamas, the terror group in control of the Gaza strip has proudly posted photos of its 2016 summer camp on its twitter feed.

There are no lanyards or art n' crafts in a Hamas run summer camp. The children are there for one purpose only- to learn to be soldiers.

Does anyone still think we have a partner for peace?

For more photos of Hamas run summer camps in Gaza, check out : 
Pictures: Summer camps are a bit different on the Gaza strip

The 68 Congressional Representatives who refused to repudiate incitement

Palestinian incitement and glorification of violence is a huge obstacle to peaceful co-existence.
The Palestinian government, media and educational system are all complicit.

Recognizing this, earlier this month, 369 Members of Congress sent a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, stating

“Now is the time for the Palestinian Authority to take concrete steps to avoid further violence.  This starts with a sustained effort to publicly and officially repudiate these attacks, ending the unacceptable incitement to violence emanating from Palestinian Authority officials and institutions, continuing important security cooperation with Israel and agreeing to unconditionally renew direct talks with the Israelis.”

The 68 Representatives (listed below), however, did not sign. If your Representative did not sign this letter,  please call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, ask to be transferred to your Representative,and express your disappointment.

For your reference, the names in red were endorsed by J street

Rep.Justin Amash MI03

Rep. Joe Barton TX06

Rep. Xavier Becerra CA34

Rep. Earl Blumenauer OR03

Rep. Madeleine Z. Bordallo GU00

Rep. Michael C.Burgess TX26

Rep. G. K.Butterfield NC01

Rep. Lois Capps CA24

Rep. Michael E.Capuano MA07

Rep. André Carson IN07

Rep. James E. Clyburn SC06

Rep. John Conyers Jr. MI13

Rep. Danny K. Davis IL07

Rep. Peter A. DeFazio OR04

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier CA11

Rep. Debbie Dingell MI12

Rep. Lloyd Doggett TX35

Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. TN02

Rep.  Donna F. Edwards MD04

Rep. Keith Ellison MN05

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva AZ03

Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez IL04

Rep. Cresent Hardy NV04

Rep. Joseph J. Heck NV03

Rep. Rubén Hinojosa TX15

Rep. Michael M. Honda CA17

Rep. Tim Huelskamp KS01

Rep. Jared Huffman CA02

Rep. Will Hurd TX23

Rep. Henry C. “Hank”Johnson Jr. GA04

Rep  Eddie Bernice Johnson TX30

Rep. Walter B. Jones NC03

Rep. Steve King IA04

Rep. Barbara Lee CA13

Rep. John Lewis GA05

Rep. Frank D. Lucas OK03

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer MO03

Rep. Stephen  F. Lynch MA08

Rep. Thomas Massie KY04

Rep. Betty McCollum MN04

Rep. Jim McDermott WA07

Rep.  Luke Messer IN06

Rep.  Gwen Moore WI04

Rep.  Richard M. Nolan MN08

Rep.  Richard B. Nugent FL11

Rep.  Beto O'Rourke TX16

Rep.  Donald M. Payne Jr. NJ10

Rep.  Pedro R. Pierluisi PR00

Rep.  Chellie Pingree ME01

Rep.  Stacey E. Plaskett VI00

Rep.  Mark Pocan WI02

Rep.  David E. Price NC04

Rep.  Amata Coleman Radewagen AS00

Rep.  Bobby L. Rush IL01

Rep. Gregorio Sablan MP-At Large

Rep.  F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. WI05

Rep.  John Shimkus IL15

Rep.  Louise McIntosh Slaughter NY25

Rep.  Jackie Speier CA14

Rep.  MikeThompson CA05

Rep.  Bennie G.Thompson MS02

Rep.  Peter J.Visclosky IN01

Rep.  Timothy J. Walz MN01

Rep.  MaxineWaters CA43

Rep.  Peter Welch VT00

Rep.  Ed Whitfield KY01

Rep.  John A.Yarmuth KY03

Rep.  David Young IA03

Mother of Palestinian Terrorist Pulls Out Knife in Interview, Threatens to Carry Out Attack

This is what Israel faces. Chilling evil.

via MEMRI

Umm Muhammad Shamasne, whose son Muhammad was killed while perpetrating a terror attack on a bus in Jerusalem on October 12, was recently interviewed in her home by the Lebanese Al-Quds TV channel. Offering the interviewer candy to celebrate her son's martyrdom, Umm Muhammad Shamasne said that she hoped her other sons would follow in his footsteps, and pulled out a knife, threatening: "My deeds will speak louder than words." The interview aired on October 22, 2015.

Incitement to Violence from Gaza's Islamic University

From the Facebook Page of the Student Council of Gaza's Islamic University

The University held a festival, in front of a packed audience

Glorifying violence

All photos from here

Incitement to violence takes place in all levels of Palestinian society. Government,  mass media, social media and the educational system are all complicit, and this remain a huge obstacle to a lasting peace in the Middle East

As the toll of dead and wounded mounts, Palestinian Incitement to violence continues

On September 18, in an interview on Palestinian TV, Mahmoud Abbas declared  "We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. This is pure blood, clean blood, blood on its way to Allah. With the help of Allah, every shaheed (martyr) will be in heaven, and every wounded will get his reward."

His threats have come to fruition.

As the toll of dead and wounded on both sides continue to rise, the Palestinian media continues to issue calls for terror attacks on Israeli civilians. 

There are no calls for calm or moderation to be heard.

Quite the opposite. Instead, Fatah issued a statement calling  2 dead terrorists  "heroes"

Where are the Palestinian Mothers?

Hamas activists Amer Abu Aysha, 33, and Marwan Qawasmeh, 29 have been implicated in the murder of Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16. Upon learning of her son’s potential role in this crime Abu Aysha's mother told Israel's Channel 10 news. "If he did the kidnaping, I'll be proud of him."

The role of incitement in Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians is seldom addressed, but in the Wall Street Journal, Bret Stephen asks the hard questions:

Where are the Palestinian Mothers?

He writes:

Here's my question: What kind of society produces such mothers?
　
Well-intentioned Western liberals may prefer not to ask, because at least some of the conceivable answers may upset the comforting cliché that all human beings can relate on some level, whatever the cultural differences. Or they may accuse me of picking a few stray anecdotes and treating them as dispositive, as if I'm the only Western journalist to encounter the unsettling reality of a society sunk into a culture of hate. Or they can claim that I am ignoring the suffering of Palestinian women whose innocent children have died at Israeli hands.

But I'm not ignoring that suffering. To kill innocent people deliberately is odious, to kill them accidentally or "collaterally" is, at a minimum, tragic. I just have yet to meet the Israeli mother who wants to raise her boys to become kidnappers and murderers—and who isn't afraid of saying as much to visiting journalists.

Read it all here