The Options of Resistance

"All options of the Palestinian resistance remain open. We warn the Zionists against committing any more stupidities, including their violations of international laws by their arresting of the Parliament speaker."
"The resistance is the only route to freeing the prisoners."
"The lives of the three [Israeli teens] are not worth those of the 5,000 [Palestinians in Israeli prisons]."
Mushar al-Masri, Hamas spokesman

Female soldiers of Hamas which has been blamed for the kidnapping, rallying in uniform to show their support for the kidnappers - Photo Screenshot/Israellycool

"The kidnapping was carried out by Hamas members. We know that for a fact. Hamas denials do not change this fact."
"Instead of abiding by his international obligation to disarm Hamas, President Abbas has chosen to make Hamas his partner. I believe that the dangers of that pact now should be abundantly clear to all."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Israeli military has arrested hundreds of Palestinians and closed off West Bank roads in a frantic search for three missing youths, two 16-year-olds and one 19-year-old, all of them hitchhiking back home from their school in a West Bank settlement. The recently signed re-alliance of Fatah and Hamas in a unity government condemned by Israel given the terrorist credentials of Hamas and the fact that it is on the terror list of most Western countries, appears to illustrate the dysfunctionality of the Palestinian Authority with the abduction of the three Israelis.

Hamas speaks authoritatively of 'violations of international laws', alluding to the detaining and imprisonment of members of Hamas by the IDF, but international laws obviously express no opinion on the abduction of three civilian Israeli youth, described by Hamas spokespeople as "Israeli soldiers", in a gleeful triumph of 'resistance' to the oppressive 'occupiers'. The three youths disappeared on Thursday night heading away from their religious school. One of the teens had placed an emergency call with the statement "We've been kidnapped" before the line went dead.

The capturing of Israelis, be they soldiers or civilians represents a high-value target for Palestinian 'militants', for the potential use of the captured Israelis as bargaining tools in the exchange of prisoners; the usual ratio of exchange hugely favours the Palestinian 'resistance', at something approximating 500 to one. A senior Israeli military intelligence officer stated his opinion based on experience that only the "most institutionalized cells ... promote suicide bomber attacks and kidnapping"; a direct referral to the activities of Hamas operatives.

The IDF's closure of the West Bank city of Hebron as the likeliest place where the three boys were abducted and may be being kept, is in the hopes that the restricting of traffic may constrain, or prevent the kidnappers from smuggling them out of the area. "The Israeli government cannot blame the Palestinians for security issues in areas that are not controlled by them", insisted Ehab Bseiso, spokesman for the Palestinian unity government, a claim rejected as "absurd" by Mr. Netanyahu who pointed out that the attackers had originated in Palestinian territory.

It is worth iterating that the Palestinians express their resentment and grievances against Israel and its citizens in the most heinous manner, by constant violent attacks both through the activities of terrorist groups and through the individual initiative of lone Palestinians or groups of young thugs who target Israelis to stone their vehicles on highways, or to attack and kill them when opportunity arises. Israel, on the other hand, welcomes the opportunity to give expert medical treatment to seriously ill Palestinians. Case in point, Chairman Abbas's wife was released from a Tel Aviv hospital on Monday after undergoing surgery in a neurological orthopedic unit of Assuta Hospital.

Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ (Abu Mazen) wife has been released from Tel Aviv’s Assuta Hospital the Yisrael Post reports on Monday, 18 Sivan 5774.
YWN ISRAEL reported on Sunday that the PA leader’s wife was hospitalized in the Tel Aviv hospital on Thursday, under an assumed name. Her true identity was not revealed. She underwent surgery for an unspecified problem with a leg and she was admitted to a neurological orthopedic unit.
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Immediately after the event occurred, Hamas gave high praise to the kidnapping without claiming direct responsibility. After all, inclusion in the unity government could be tainted in the opinion of the West hesitating to accept this new standing for Hamas, should they admit in public that they were involved in the abduction of three teens. However, in a message they sent on to journalists reference was made to "the success of the kidnapping", and that "the movement pays tribute to the heroes who are behind the kidnapping", speaking volumes about their agenda as terrorists.

A senior security official in Egypt offered the information that Egyptian National Security was communicating through a third Palestinian party to aid in the resolution of the crisis. Egyptian authorities use intermediaries in contact with Palestinian militant groups since the government refuses direct contact with Hamas, whom they too consider a terrorist organization. According to the Egyptian official, the three Israelis are believed to be still in the West Bank.