The Hamas hudwinka
Question: when is a ceasefire not a ceasefire?
Answer: When it is a tactic of war.
Khaled abu Toameh reports in the Jerusalem Post that the head of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, said of his six month hudna, or ‘truce’, offer:
'…it is a tactic in conducting the struggle. ... It is normal for any resistance that operates in its people's interest ... to sometimes escalate, other times retreat a bit. ... The battle is to be run this way and Hamas is known for that.’ He also warned of an explosion of violence in Gaza if Israel rejected the truce.Elsewhere, more of Mashaal’s remarks were reported:
Hamas has been negotiating with Egyptian officials for a six-month ceasefire period during which Hamas would halt its terrorist attacks and Israel would stop all counterterrorism operations. Nothing would prevent Hamas from continuing to import and manufacture weapons and train terrorists.Of course not. It’s only the dimmest dhimmi dummies such as Jimmy Carter who fail to grasp that a hudna is actually a hudwinka.