WE ARE APPROACHING TISHA B'AV AND FATAH IS LAUGHING. We are approaching the day that commemorates the destruction of both the First and Second Temple--among other national tragedies--while we are in the midst of another one approaching.

'It's all a joke. It's just a joke." That's how the Palestinian terror commanders in Judea and Samaria explained the show they made of handing in their weapons to Fatah commander Mahmoud Abbas's official militias over the weekend.

"This is all a big joke," they told reporters while posing for pictures. "Abbas asked us to sign a declaration saying we won't attack Israel and so we are."

Technorati Tag: Israel.

[Hat tip: Powerline]