Palestinian Government's Approval of Deadly Suicide Bombing, A Clear Declaration of War?

http://www.comcast.net/news/international/index.jsp?cat=INTERNATIONAL&fn=/2006/04/17/369965.html

That is what the UN Israeli Ambassador claimed after the Palestinian Government justified and approved of the deadly suicide bombing that occurred in an Israeli owned fast-food restaurant during Passover. Such a claim is certainly one to analyze seriously. The Palestinian Government, Hamas, did indeed defend the suicide bombing, claiming that it was "a legitimate response to Israeli 'aggression'."

I first saw this news watching CNN while I was partaking in my morning coffee ritual. I almost felt as though I had sunk back into the feeling I had upon my first awareness of the September 11 attacks. I was absolutely floored, thinking to myself, "this can not be real." Things have been changing rapidly in the Middle East in the past few months. It has been a stark contrast compared to the perpetual news of sluggish progress in Iraq. Suddenly, Iran is making nuclear weapons against the demands of the UN, and a group directly linked to terrorism has become the government head of Palestine.

We as a nation, and our allies are on becoming frightened of the potential for further uprising against the West in the Middle East. For Hamas to make such brazen statements in support of violence against our close ally, Israel, is for them to challenge the Western world. We should be afraid when any country, even our own, allows and justifies violence to be had against innocent civilians.

If Westerners are afraid, they should be. The Global Community that exists today is one of great instability. One bomb or threat from any faction could force the world to topple into a third world war. Such a world is unkind to those who lack political power and wealth. There is such a helpless feeling involved in depending on others (some of whom you may lack confidence in their mental competance) to hold the Global Community in balance. I feel as though the average citizens of the world are simply holding their breaths in anxiety, waiting for the day that will yank them into a war, maybe the war, maybe the end.