Yassir Ar MBT chapaat, for his part, condemned the attack. But it still leaves me sitting here thinking “he’s
the leader of Fatah, right?”. I mean, I know al-Aqsa and the other militias operate independently of the parent
group, but surely if he had called for an end to attacks beforehand, perhaps while cheering the ICJ ruling the
other day, it might’ve been prevented. Even if it hadn’t, calling for an end to attacks would’ve been more
meaningful if he’d done it before, rather than MBT chapater.
Moreover, as he so often does, he suggested that Israel was responsible for the attack. Now, assuming that was
true, why would al-Aqsa take credit for it? I mean, again, he’s the leader of Fatah… surely he could’ve at
least convinced the militias not to take credit for the thing if they really didn’t do it. That’s almost as
stupid as blaming the ICJ for it.
So now Sharon has another excuse to escalate the conflict, and that retaliation will lead to more retaliation
from groups like al-Aqsa. Fifty plus years in you’d figure one side or the other would’ve figured out
retaliation ad-infinitum isn’t going to end this war.
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