Israel: Time to Mow the Lawn

It's been four years since Operation Protective Edge mowed the metaphorical Gaza lawn. Since then the yard has really gone to hell.

The Israelis have had it with the Gaza border riots. 

In the meantime the incendiary kite offensive has burned half the Gaza border forest area. 

Yesterday Hamas launched a rocket attack on Israel, which responded with a series of airstrikes.

The IDF is deploying Iron Dome batteries in the south.

The Times of Israel says:

A top Israeli general said Wednesday the military hit Hamas hard and would step up attacks in the future, as top political leaders and army brass met in Jerusalem to discuss how to deal with a surge in violence from Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the high-level security cabinet Wednesday evening, after rocket fire from the Gaza Strip overnight and Israeli retaliatory strikes raised the possibility of a large-scale military conflict in the Palestinian enclave.

Rev up the lawnmower.

Palestine's new Jerusalem Moment

Dear Arabs:

The Persian is using the Palestinian as muscle in his war on the Jew. Well, what are you going to do about it?

Ok seriously. Yesterday, Jerusalem Day in Israel, 50,000 Palestinians gathered at the border to protest. This time it was a bloodbath with 55 people killed trying to breach the border. That's basically the Palestinian 9/11.

In a sense Hamas/Iran has it's little propaganda victory, 5-14 will forever be marked in the Palestinian calendar and used as a rhetorical weapon against the Jews.

Of course no one in the Arab world really cares about the Palestinian issue. Palestinian 'refugees' have been a festering sore for 70 years. Eighteen year old Mohamed Abdul al Salah killed yesterday was no more a refugee from Palestine than William Stroock is a refugee from Westphalia.