It is an open secret that the Israeli-Egyptian border facing the Sinai desert has been a porous entry for terrorists and smuggled weapons for a long time.
The fact of Egypt's continuing war with Israel, enabling terrorists to fight against Israel, is well known to Israel's intelligence services. In fact, it is such an open secret that America, Britain, France and, of course, the Arab League members all know that Egypt is the willing enabler of weapons and explosives transfers into Gaza.
The recent publications about 377 tons of HMX, RDX and PETN high-energy explosives that have gone missing in Iraq is, of course, of grave concern to America, Israel and Europe. These explosives are of a special nature, which allows them to be shipped in anything, meaning that they do not explode without a detonator. The American and allied forces are experiencing heavy losses due to roadside explosives, where small charges of highly powerful explosives in small quantities can blow up APCs (Armored Personnel Carriers).
These explosives are designated as HMX (High Melting point Explosives), RDX (Rapid Detonation Explosives) and PETN (Pentaerythritol). The amount missing would fill a fleet of 40 large trucks. These explosives pack far more power than conventional TNT. They are easily smuggled, even hitting them with a hammer will not cause detonation; therefore, they can be transported by donkey cart on a rough dirt road.(1)
For Israel, this kind of explosives can easily make it way across the Egyptian-controlled Sinai and into Gaza through the smuggling tunnels under what is called the Philadelphi Route and into the town of Rafah, which straddles that road. From there, it is not difficult to smuggle these explosives into Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin and even into Israel's cities.
Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, understands all of this through Israel's military intelligence and her various secret services, namely, the Mossad, Shabak and others. Regrettably, Sharon is ignoring what will be an inevitable flood of shipments once Israel withdraws from Gaza. Presently, the terrorists make do with smuggling tunnels and are thus somewhat limited, although tonnage does get through.
If Sharon succeeds in leaving Gaza (denials of military withdrawals notwithstanding), the gates will be wide open. Trucks with larger missiles coming from such Egyptian seaports as Alexandria, from Iran and Syria, will cross the Sinai into Gaza - with impunity. Some of the explosives out of the 377 tons missing in Iraq will make their way into Israel, courtesy of Sharon's retreat and the Egyptians.
When Israel's borders should be tightened with road patrols, check-points, etc., Sharon is throwing the gates wide open.
When the smuggling ship Karin A made its way through the Suez Canal, controlled by Egypt, a great pretense was made that the Egyptians knew nothing about it. There were other such shipments, but Israel did not want to accuse the Egyptians of conspiring to arm terrorists, lest even the stone-cold dead Camp David Accords of 1978 be declared null and void publicly by the Egyptians. Better a fake peace than open hostility with Egypt, now armed with $60 billion in freely gifted American arms. America has been giving Egypt $2 billion a year since Camp David was signed in 1978, adding up to $60 billion, which Egypt has used to buy weapons, courtesy of free, American tax-payers' dollars, thus building Egypt into the military colossus of the Middle East.
Sharon's gamble is that if Egypt's military and intelligence forces are invited back into the Sinai, then they will stop the smuggling, which, of course, Egypt has actually aided and abetted until now. But Sharon has signaled that he believes Egypt will stop the terrorists in their own self-interest.
There are a few problems with Sharon's wishful thinking. One is that Hosni Mubarak is old, ill and will likely not continue leading his nation. Add to that the ever present possibly of assassination by the Muslim Brotherhood, who managed to assassinate former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Egypt is slowly drifting toward the kind of Islamization that one sees in Iran. Should any of the above take place, Israel will see an Egyptian army in the Sinai that Sharon himself invited in. This army could phase into one driven and controlled by radical Muslim Jihadists.
Sharon thought he could buy reduced pressure from the European Union, the United Nations and American pro-Arab interests if he withdrew from Gaza. Yet, Javier Solana, Europe's foreign policy chief, has already stated in the most hostile manner possible that Israel should not expect the Gaza withdrawal to be the end of Israel's capitulation to Arab Muslim terror.(2)
In the meantime, our defeated prime minister has agreed to give the World Bank authority to gift all Jewish properties to the Palestinian Authority. There was a phrase that precluded gifting Israeli properties to those involved in terrorism, but even that was eliminated.
Sharon has betrayed any principles he may have once had, to the point where malfeasance of office should be invoked by the courts to impeach Sharon. The responsibility for the number of Jews who have died and those who, no doubt, will die across all of Israel due to his confused planning can be laid at Sharon's doorstep. Hopefully, this dictatorial tyrant will be thrown from office before his Nero-like madness makes all of Israel vulnerable to massive attacks.
The Jewish nation has always been under deadly peril, both from the Arab Muslims who intend to overtake the whole Jewish State and from their European supporters. But not until now has the existential threat actually come so clearly from inside - with the exception of from the Oslo Gang. Sharon's rule must be terminated by all legal means possible before the prophecy that speaks of the sand being burned black, the streams run with pitch, with only the owl and the bittern inheriting the land, becomes reality.
There are several passages spoken by the prophet Isaiah that may make sense to those who wish to see, hear and understand:
"Come close, O nations, to hear and regimes be attentive; let the earth and its fullness hear; the world and all its offspring. For Hashem has a fury against all the nations and a wrath against all their legions; He has destroyed them; He has delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain will be thrown aside and their corpses will bring up a stench; the mountains will melt with their blood.
"For it is a day of vengeance for Hashem; a year of retribution for the grievance of Zion. Its rivers will turn to tar and its soil to sulfur; its land will become burning tar. Night and day it will not be extinguished; its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation (the land) will be desolate; for all eternity, no one transverses it. Owls and bitterns will occupy it." (Isaiah 33:16-35:15)
Is Hashem speaking of all the nations who have attacked Israel whom He will destroy? When Isaiah speaks of the sand becoming black and the streams running with pitch (tar), burning with smoke going up forever, is the reference to the nations with oil?
As for the ignorant Jew, Sharon, no doubt, he will be educated before he leaves us.
Notes:
1) "Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq: US Admits the Loss of Material It Was Urged to Safeguard - Inquiry is Set" by James Glanz, William J. Broad & David Sanger, New York Times, October 25, 2004.
2. "Solana Says EU Will Not Settle For Gaza Withdrawal Only" Ma'ariv, October 24, 2004.
The fact of Egypt's continuing war with Israel, enabling terrorists to fight against Israel, is well known to Israel's intelligence services. In fact, it is such an open secret that America, Britain, France and, of course, the Arab League members all know that Egypt is the willing enabler of weapons and explosives transfers into Gaza.
The recent publications about 377 tons of HMX, RDX and PETN high-energy explosives that have gone missing in Iraq is, of course, of grave concern to America, Israel and Europe. These explosives are of a special nature, which allows them to be shipped in anything, meaning that they do not explode without a detonator. The American and allied forces are experiencing heavy losses due to roadside explosives, where small charges of highly powerful explosives in small quantities can blow up APCs (Armored Personnel Carriers).
These explosives are designated as HMX (High Melting point Explosives), RDX (Rapid Detonation Explosives) and PETN (Pentaerythritol). The amount missing would fill a fleet of 40 large trucks. These explosives pack far more power than conventional TNT. They are easily smuggled, even hitting them with a hammer will not cause detonation; therefore, they can be transported by donkey cart on a rough dirt road.(1)
For Israel, this kind of explosives can easily make it way across the Egyptian-controlled Sinai and into Gaza through the smuggling tunnels under what is called the Philadelphi Route and into the town of Rafah, which straddles that road. From there, it is not difficult to smuggle these explosives into Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin and even into Israel's cities.
Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, understands all of this through Israel's military intelligence and her various secret services, namely, the Mossad, Shabak and others. Regrettably, Sharon is ignoring what will be an inevitable flood of shipments once Israel withdraws from Gaza. Presently, the terrorists make do with smuggling tunnels and are thus somewhat limited, although tonnage does get through.
If Sharon succeeds in leaving Gaza (denials of military withdrawals notwithstanding), the gates will be wide open. Trucks with larger missiles coming from such Egyptian seaports as Alexandria, from Iran and Syria, will cross the Sinai into Gaza - with impunity. Some of the explosives out of the 377 tons missing in Iraq will make their way into Israel, courtesy of Sharon's retreat and the Egyptians.
When Israel's borders should be tightened with road patrols, check-points, etc., Sharon is throwing the gates wide open.
When the smuggling ship Karin A made its way through the Suez Canal, controlled by Egypt, a great pretense was made that the Egyptians knew nothing about it. There were other such shipments, but Israel did not want to accuse the Egyptians of conspiring to arm terrorists, lest even the stone-cold dead Camp David Accords of 1978 be declared null and void publicly by the Egyptians. Better a fake peace than open hostility with Egypt, now armed with $60 billion in freely gifted American arms. America has been giving Egypt $2 billion a year since Camp David was signed in 1978, adding up to $60 billion, which Egypt has used to buy weapons, courtesy of free, American tax-payers' dollars, thus building Egypt into the military colossus of the Middle East.
Sharon's gamble is that if Egypt's military and intelligence forces are invited back into the Sinai, then they will stop the smuggling, which, of course, Egypt has actually aided and abetted until now. But Sharon has signaled that he believes Egypt will stop the terrorists in their own self-interest.
There are a few problems with Sharon's wishful thinking. One is that Hosni Mubarak is old, ill and will likely not continue leading his nation. Add to that the ever present possibly of assassination by the Muslim Brotherhood, who managed to assassinate former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Egypt is slowly drifting toward the kind of Islamization that one sees in Iran. Should any of the above take place, Israel will see an Egyptian army in the Sinai that Sharon himself invited in. This army could phase into one driven and controlled by radical Muslim Jihadists.
Sharon thought he could buy reduced pressure from the European Union, the United Nations and American pro-Arab interests if he withdrew from Gaza. Yet, Javier Solana, Europe's foreign policy chief, has already stated in the most hostile manner possible that Israel should not expect the Gaza withdrawal to be the end of Israel's capitulation to Arab Muslim terror.(2)
In the meantime, our defeated prime minister has agreed to give the World Bank authority to gift all Jewish properties to the Palestinian Authority. There was a phrase that precluded gifting Israeli properties to those involved in terrorism, but even that was eliminated.
Sharon has betrayed any principles he may have once had, to the point where malfeasance of office should be invoked by the courts to impeach Sharon. The responsibility for the number of Jews who have died and those who, no doubt, will die across all of Israel due to his confused planning can be laid at Sharon's doorstep. Hopefully, this dictatorial tyrant will be thrown from office before his Nero-like madness makes all of Israel vulnerable to massive attacks.
The Jewish nation has always been under deadly peril, both from the Arab Muslims who intend to overtake the whole Jewish State and from their European supporters. But not until now has the existential threat actually come so clearly from inside - with the exception of from the Oslo Gang. Sharon's rule must be terminated by all legal means possible before the prophecy that speaks of the sand being burned black, the streams run with pitch, with only the owl and the bittern inheriting the land, becomes reality.
There are several passages spoken by the prophet Isaiah that may make sense to those who wish to see, hear and understand:
"Come close, O nations, to hear and regimes be attentive; let the earth and its fullness hear; the world and all its offspring. For Hashem has a fury against all the nations and a wrath against all their legions; He has destroyed them; He has delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain will be thrown aside and their corpses will bring up a stench; the mountains will melt with their blood.
"For it is a day of vengeance for Hashem; a year of retribution for the grievance of Zion. Its rivers will turn to tar and its soil to sulfur; its land will become burning tar. Night and day it will not be extinguished; its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation (the land) will be desolate; for all eternity, no one transverses it. Owls and bitterns will occupy it." (Isaiah 33:16-35:15)
Is Hashem speaking of all the nations who have attacked Israel whom He will destroy? When Isaiah speaks of the sand becoming black and the streams running with pitch (tar), burning with smoke going up forever, is the reference to the nations with oil?
As for the ignorant Jew, Sharon, no doubt, he will be educated before he leaves us.
Notes:
1) "Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq: US Admits the Loss of Material It Was Urged to Safeguard - Inquiry is Set" by James Glanz, William J. Broad & David Sanger, New York Times, October 25, 2004.
2. "Solana Says EU Will Not Settle For Gaza Withdrawal Only" Ma'ariv, October 24, 2004.