So, Hamas declares that they are planning to relaease Ahmed Saadat, a senior PFLP terrorist who is repsonsible for killing an Israeli cabinet minister several years ago.  (Granted the minister did not like Arabs very much, but he was a senior government official nonetheless.)

Israel pulled their "f*** you" move today, storming the jail and looking to take Saadat, dead or alive.

In the AP recounting of the history of this particular case, there's an awful lot of finger pointing going on.

On March 7, Abbas said he was willing to free him but would not take responsibility for any action Israel would take against him later.

Abbas accused the Americans and British of withdrawing the monitors without telling him, violating the 2002 agreement. He said he would hold them responsible if anything happens to the prisoners.

Saadat told Al-Jazeera, which broadcast the raid throughout the Arab world, that he held Abbas partly responsible, saying he should have gotten him out of prison sooner.

Angry at the Israeli move, Palestinians are randomly attacking any non-Israeli civilians they can find, most of whom are most likely available for the taking only because they sympathize somewhat with the Palestinians themselves.

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