"Unity government" allows rockets to be fired into Israel; Hamas wants "jihad unity"

At least three rockets have been fired into Israel since the "unity agreement" between Hamas and Fatah was signed.

So either there is no unity, or the "unified" PA has no real problem with rocket attacks on Israeli civilians.

Actually, its both. After Netanyahu told Abbas that he holds him responsible for rocket attacks, Abbas issued a tepid "condemnation" of the attacks.

But his condemnation wasn't because firing at Israeli towns is wrong or immoral, of course not. He said it is "in the interest of the Palestinian people and security not to give Israel any pretext to continue its attacks on Gaza."

You see, rocket attacks are fine. But Israel has a tendency to respond, and that is unacceptable. But until Abbas manages to convince the world even more than he already has that Israel has no right to defend itself, he is stuck issuing fake condemnations to mollify the willfully-blind.

Meanwhile, Hamas is all about unity: unity in Jihad.

Fathi Hammad: This land is mentioned in the Quran 64 times. We are the people of the Quran. Anyone who lives in Palestine must be from among the people of the Quran, not the people of security cooperation [with Israel].

Whenever [Mahmoud Abbas] returns from abroad, he begins to play his games: "I can't do it." "The situation is very difficult." Enough with that!

This is no time to back down. This is a time to be real men, a time for determination, a time for Jihad, a time for resolution, a time to make sacrifices for the sake of Allah.

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We are not moved by the beat of drums or by the clapping of hands. What moves us is the whistling of bullets, the sound of bombs and missiles exploding for the sake of Allah, and the capture of [Israeli] soldiers in order to swap them with our prisoners. That is what moves us. This is music to our ears. This is our anthem, our songs.

Audience: Allah Akbar, all praise be to Allah.

Allah Akbar, all praise be to Allah.

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Fathi Hammad: I would like to address our Palestinian brothers in Fatah, and say: come join us. Return to your religion, to your homeland, to your Jihad. We are up to the task. It is us to whom you should turn. Do not turn to the Americans, to the Zionists, to the hypocrites, or to [your] feeble leadership, which has sold out... Turn to us, the group that wages Jihad for the sake of Allah

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