Outpost attack legitimate – Hizbullah lessons remembered

It may not be nice to say, but world will have hard time condemning Kerem Shalom attack
Source; Ynetnews, 25-6-2006
Palestinian sources call Sunday morning`s attack on an "Israeli" Army outpost near the Gaza border "Operation Fading Illusion". The Palestinian propagandists who coined the phrase had something else in mind, but "Israel" would also be wise to take note of the name: In many ways it describes the reality that will be created here after all the illusions the government has been selling us these past three years - realignment, separation fence, us here - them there - are put into place.
This is what post-West Bank withdrawal attacks will look like if there is no one on the other side with any true weight, and if all Palestinians do not have a clear interest in maintaining quiet: Long-range weapons like Qassams, occasional, well-planned operations with significant impact.
Consensus attack
The attack on Kerem Shalom was conducted from deep inside the Palestinian consensus. And it may not be nice to say, but the world will have a hard time condemning it. It was an attack on soldiers, it took courage. It was not a cowardly act.
As much as it may disgust us, it is seen - against the recent, successive reports of civilian deaths as a result of "Israeli" Army artillery - as almost legitimate. This significantly reduces the options available to "Israel's" government, the "Israeli" Army and the media when responding to the attack.
This is what we can expect, even if we assassinate the entire Hamas upper echelon and attack Gaza without differentiating between soldiers and civilians. We have no control over areas we don`t have forces in (and even in areas where we do have forces, we don't really have control, as we discovered over all these years in south Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank).
South Lebanon is a good example: A guerilla opposition developed, it attacked soldiers, and over time set the rules of the game with regard to "Israel". Don`t be surprised if the attack on Kerem Shalom wasn`t conducted by Jihad International, and they are trying to hint, but rather by knowledge and a mentality learned from Hizbullah.