The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and a Palestinian economic development council have estimated that $1.9bn in damage had been caused by the three-week incursion.
More than 4,100 homes, about 1,500 factories and workshops, 20 mosques and 31 security compounds were destroyed in the attacks, according to the estimate, leaving about 50,000 people homeless. [This number [...]
Gaza: until recently a Palestinian enclave, and now an unholy fucking mess. Not that Gaza City was akin to Geneva before the Israeli bombing campaign, let’s be honest, Pals can be every bit as ornery and daft as Israelis– I think it’s all that shared genetic heritage:
“Tsvi Misinai, a retired computer expert and pioneer of [...]
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[This is a letter from an Israeli woman to President-elect Obama, telling her story of the conflict that has raged for more than 50 years.]
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice.”
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Posted in J'accuse, Politics, in memorium | Also tagged Barack Obama, conflict, Dr Martin Luther King, Gaza, Israel, Jan 19th 2009, justice, MLK 2009, Palestine, peace, UN |
Gentle reader, as I have stated before, it is my considered opinion that Tom Friedman talks out of his ass with regard to the Middle East. After all, merely visiting the region occasionally doesn’t make one an expert on the area, any more than shopping at Williams Sonoma makes one a great chef. Friedman’s disturbingly popular books and [...]
Posted in Barf, J'accuse, Politics | Also tagged al Jazeera, APC, dead babies, DIME bombs, fighter jets, Israel, Middle East, NTY, numpty, Palestine, terrible writing, Tom Friedman, Williams Sonoma |
It’s all so reminiscent of another lame Joe who had a penchant for propaganda.
A gentle reminder to “Pajamas Media”: a war is when TWO sides are fighting. And Joe the Self-Promoter is not a war correspondent just because he says he is.
Real correspondents attempt to cover both sides of the story, rather than just parroting [...]
Dear Oscar voters,
Further to Mr David Frum’s assertion that:
“…the casualties are disproportionate: Hamas has arranged it that way. If necessary, sympathetic photographers take pictures of children who pretend to be injured, and once they are published in Western newspapers these claims become fact.” [outraged emphasis mine]
I’d like to offer fresh evidence of the astounding skill and [...]
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