Via NY Times: Two rockets were fired at Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest city, from Gaza on Thursday for the first time since 2014, the Israeli military reported. (New York Times) See also U.S. Peace Envoy Condemns “Outrageous” Rocket Fire at Tel Aviv – Raphael Ahren (Times of Israel) See also Gaza Rockets Shock Tel Aviv – Michael Bachner (Times of Israel) See also Tel...
The international community’s double standard
When Jews shoot at Palestinians in defense against Palestinians who throw lethal stones at Jews in order to satisfy their hunger for Jewish blood and sinew, there is grotesque international outrage. Because, let’s face it, as far as the international community is concerned, a Jew’s life has no value. But when a Palestinian shoots at another Palestinian when no provocation exists, the...
Images that Shock
Google Earth helps Muslims kill Jews. From Images that Shock: The Guardian has filmed rare scenes inside Hamas-controlled Gaza – Hamas beating up Fatah dissenters, Palestinian doctors forced by their Fatah paymasters to go on strike or forfeit their salaries, the militants who log on to Google Earth to search for Israeli targets for their Kassam rockets. What these films show is not a Gazan...
Islam’s double-standard
Hamas has admitted that it has fired on Fatah demonstrators in Gaza because they threw stones at them. Seems like some Hamas members asked Reginald Denny if throwing stones could be painful. Thanks to Colin for sending in this excellent mirror of the hypocrisy embedded in the palestinian Muslim culture. The moral of the story? Jews can’t defend themselves when Muslims throw stones at them...
When the Lights Went Out in Gaza
h/t Daily Alert, from When the Lights Went Out in Gaza: Last Friday, the lights went out in Gaza because the electric bill wasn’t being paid. The European Union which, for humanitarian reasons, is financing the Palestinian enclave’s power supply, suddenly refused to continue the subsidy because of allegations that Gaza’s government – run by the Islamist party Hamas –...
Terror in Gaza: Two Months Since the Hamas Takeover
From Terror in Gaza: Two Months Since the Hamas Takeover: After Hamas completed its takeover of Gaza in mid-June 2007, terrorist groups there have carried out rocket and mortar fire toward Israel. During the last two weeks in June, 61 rockets hit Israel. A number of Israeli civilians were wounded in the attacks and more suffered from shock; property was also damaged. During July, 55 rockets hit...
As Mortar Shells Fall, Goods Go to Gaza
From As Mortar Shells Fall, Goods Go to Gaza: Alongside the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the gritty business of coexistence marches on. Since the Islamic militants of Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, Israel has kept the main commercial crossing point at Karni shuttered. Hamas seeks Israel’s destruction, making border crossing etiquette more precarious than elsewhere. On Wednesday, between...
Hamas’ Hidden Economy
From Hamas’ Hidden Economy: Military insurrections cost money. To take over Gaza last month, Hamas had to pay salaries, procure weapons, manufacture rockets, buy help from local crime families, bribe opponents, print leaflets and banners, produce media propaganda and even order up Hamas hats and bandanas. How did Hamas fund the Gaza coup? In the face of international sanctions, Hamas has...
Arabs Losing Faith in “the Cause”
I am a proponent of “you get what you deserve”, and believe me, the palestinians do not deserve a damned thing. From Arabs Losing Faith in “the Cause”: Why is America trying to pour new money and more weapons into Palestinian Arab hands barely days after the Gaza debacle? It is an ill-considered policy, both premature and useless. The only sure result will be that warring...
Waiting Until It’s Safe
From Waiting Until It’s Safe: The events in Gaza reinforce a truth about much of the so-called human rights community: they care when the villain is Israel, but are indifferent to acts of violence committed by Palestinians against Palestinians. The seizure of Gaza by Hamas is the final happening in a chain of events that began with the Oslo Accords in 1993. Israel opted to give the...
