The spokesman of Hamas’ armed wing called on Thursday for the escalation of the confrontation with Israel on all resistance fronts.

“We call for escalation of the confrontation with the occupation throughout the West Bank and all resistance fronts” the spokesman for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said in a video speech aired by Al Jazeera TV.

[That’s a call for Hezbollah and Syria to launch a wider war. If that’s what they wanted, though, they would already have done it. Hamas had better hope for a rescue from Western leftists, because it’s not coming from their allies. — Ed]