British Support of Israeli Actions

Thanks to the horrific Islamic subway bombings in London, the British seem
to understand what Israel has been facing for decades:

Israel's response to the recent Kassam rocket attacks on Sderot has been
measured and appropriate, Kim Howells, Britain's Minister of State for the
Middle East, told The Jerusalem Post, disregarding Palestinian appeals for
the world to rein in the IDF.

Howells, on a three-day visit to the region, hinted in an interview
Wednesday night that financial aid to the Palestinian Authority might be
withheld if the PA did not seriously begin tackling the terrorism in its
midst.

"The Palestinians are receiving more aid per capita than any other people on
the face of the earth, and we want to see some proper response," Howells
said, hinting at a decrease of economic aid if the Palestinians don't fight
terror.

"I thought the retaliation this week was proportionate," said Howells about
the IDF operations. "The [Palestinian] attack was a very serious one, it
could have killed a lot of people. It's a miracle really there weren't more
casualties."

"I think there is no excuse now," he added. "Gaza is now in the hands of the
Palestinian Authority, and there are no Israeli troops there. One hopes that
where tough decisions have to be made, Abu Mazen [PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas]
and the PA will make them."

At the same time, Howells said, the world would carefully watch how
"selective" the IDF's retaliation would be. "I don't think that any nation
on earth relishes the prospect of world opinion if it retaliates by shelling
indiscriminately. But it seems to me that the Israelis have targeted with
great care those it believes responsible for firing those rockets."


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