By Stan Goodenough
Mar 21, 2008
Contrary to the globally-circulated reports painting Israel as the aggressor in Gaza, the Jewish state demonstrated once again Wednesday that it cares enough about the needs of its enemies in the Strip to arrange for them to receive all the electrical power they can use.
According to reports on the website of the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, Israel has agreed in principle to allow Egypt to directly supply the Gaza Strip with electricity via a line from the Sinai.
Originating in Arish, and traveling via a conduit that will cost $35 million to install, 150 megawatts of power will be on tap for Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinian Arabs within two years.
Israel has sanctioned this alternate sourcing of power to Gaza even as Kassam rockets continue to fall in the Negev, fired against Israeli targets with the exulting support and approval of the majority of "Palestinians" living there.
When, in an effort to end to the rocket launches, Israel threatened to turn off the power it supplies to Gaza, the international community erupted in protest, fed by Hamas-prepared disinformation campaigns that disseminated hoax photos via the Internet.
Even such a non-military response was unacceptable.
Compared to the clamor for Israel not to respond, barely a voice has been heard telling the terrorists that stopping the firing would end the need for any kind of Israeli reaction.