Abbas' Fatah Group Is Preparing Martyrs

A group affiliated with Fatah has launched its "Summer Storm" campaign against Israel. The Palestinian daily Maan reports;

The Fatah-affiliated, Group of the Martyr Ayman Jouda, on Sunday declared that it has launched what it called the 'Summer Storm' campaign, to confront the Israeli attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the brigades said that the campaign will include guerrilla operations and launching projectiles at Israeli towns.

The group also said that "the new slogan for our battle with the Israeli enemy at this stage will be the campaign of the Summer Storm; to confront Israeli arrogance, assassinations and violations, and to protect our people. We urge the other factions to prepare the martyrs to confront the expected attack on the Strip by the Zionist enemy".

The statement urged the Palestinian resistance fighters "to hit the Zionist enemy, intensify martyrdom operations and burn [the Israeli towns of] Ashkelon and Sderot."

The liberal in you may want to argue that the call has gone out to resist Israeli attacks. Self defense, right? Wrong. "Martyrdom operations", which means suicide attacks and "burning the Israeli" towns are war crimes. They are not defensive in nature.

This is the same Fatah that is chaired by Mahmoud Abbas. The same Abbas that has become Israeli PM Olmert's bi-weekly drinking buddy. The same Abbas that received a $100 million booster from Olmert. The same Abbas that has Condi Rice jumping through hoops. For this same Fatah, the U.S. Congress just authorized a support package of $59 million.

When will they understand that Fatah is no less a terror organization than Hamas? When will Fatah be recognized by the U.S as a terror organization? You can't fight the war on terror when you invite the terrorists into your own home. Rice, Olmert….anyone paying attention???