The major news outlets have determined that since
there has not been a successful Palestinian suicide bombing for
awhile, Israel is now in a "period of relative calm":
▪
Christian
Science Monitor (11/25): "Israel is enjoying a period of
relative calm - there has not been a Palestinian suicide bombing
in seven weeks."
▪
BBC
(12/1): "Our correspondent says
Israelis never stopped making arrests during the recent period of
relative calm."
▪ Reuters
(12/10): "Signals that Israel is getting ready
to impose its own arrangement have increased pressure on the
Palestinians at a time of renewed interest in the road map, thanks
to a spell of relative calm and a new Palestinian
government."
This description is highly misleading, for it implies that Palestinian terrorists have made a recent, peaceful
gesture to "calm down."
In fact, the head of the IDF
Intelligence Corps states that no less than 25 suicide
bombing attempts have been made in recent weeks ― all
but one
foiled by the tireless efforts of Israeli security forces.
Events such as these two recent IDF intelligence successes receive little media
coverage:
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IDF officers plan Gaza anti-terror mission |
12/8: Israeli security caught a 40-year-old
Palestinian
mother
of seven trying to carry a bomb belt for a suicide bombing in
Rosh HaAyin. The Tanzim militia, exploiting IDF humanitarianism, recruited her to
smuggle the bomb
from Nablus because IDF soldiers rarely do body searches on
women.
12/3:
Two
suicide bombers ― both members of the PA security forces ― were
en route to attack Israeli schoolchildren in Yokne'am (near
Haifa) when they were captured by Israeli security forces while
hiding in a West Bank mosque.
[For a longer account of attempted
terror attacks against Israeli civilians since the Oct. 4 Haifa
restaurant bombing,
click
here.]
By
describing this as a "period of relative calm," the media suggest
Palestinian terrorist efforts have abated. They haven't ― IDF diligence has
simply won out. But foiled bombings don't make
headlines.
A more
accurate term for the past few weeks: "A period of thwarted
terror"
--- SECURITY FENCE IS WORKING
---
This week, the UN General Assembly
voted to ask the World Court to rule on the legality of Israel's
security fence. Israel's UN Ambassador
Dan Gillerman said, "Israel regards this
vote as a moral victory" since the countries who voted in favor were
"mostly tyrannical dictatorships, corrupt and human-rights defying
regimes."
The security fence has also played
an important role recently in deterring terror.
UPI reports that because of the fence's effectiveness, life is
returning to normal in Netanya:
(A Netanya
resident) marveled at the city's signs of recovery. "You see more
people in the streets! All the shops are open! People are eating in
restaurants!" she said...
The
atmosphere changed after Israel built a formidable security barrier,
at the edge of the West Bank, 10 miles east of Netanya...
Wednesday the army caught an Islamic
Jihad suicide bomber on his way to attack an Israeli school in
Yokne'am south east of Haifa. The bomber and his guide first went to
a remote village to skirt the fence's northern section, which is
still under construction. They were arrested in a mosque in that
village.
In reporting on the UN decision,
did your local media note the fact that security fence has already proven itself
an effective anti-terror measure? If not, HonestReporting
encourages you to contact your local editors to make them aware of
the fence's effectiveness and of the failed
terrorist efforts above.
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