Islamic Jihad Still Jihading in Tel-Aviv

Members of Israel's 17th parliament were sworn in today, hours after a suicide bomber struck a falafel stand near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station. MonstersandCritics.com reports,

A Palestinian suicide bomber killed nine people and injured some 60 others when he blew himself up in a busy street in southern Tel Aviv Monday, police and hospital officials said. Five bodies - in addition to that of the suicide bomber - were seen sprawled on the ground. Four more people later died of their wounds in hospital. The wounded included some 30 people treated for post-blast shock.

The military wing of the radical Islamic Jihad organzation said it was responsible for the attack, with leader Khaled al-Batsh calling it a 'brave operation.'

He told reporters it was a retaliation for Israel's killing, in two separate incidents, of Khaled al-Dahdouh, the Gaza head of the Jihad's armed wing, and Abed al-Guga, Abu Yousef, leader of armed division of the militant Popular Resistance Committees. The Islamic Jihad has carried out all six suicide bombing in Israel in the past year.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad seems to be positioning itself as the "true" resistance front on behalf of the Palestinians. The apparent lack of Hamasian martydom operations can perhaps be attributed to their recent surprise introduction to the real world; a world in which Palestinians cannot eat nor be paid with terrorism. Hamas spokespeople claim they will not punish those who attack Israel. Surprised?

We at A of A predict that this attack will harden the international community's united front against Hamas until the pressure to join the society of civilized human beings becomes unbearable. The Hamasian cabinet will then martyr themselves in protest.