Archive for January 21st, 2008

Liveblogging the Latest – Monday January 21st

Liveblogging the Latest – Monday January 21st

The main news this morning is thankfully not concerning any Qassam rocket barrages. In fact, the Qassams are being fired less and less, thanks to Israel’s response – including the closure of the border crossings to Gaza. And it is precisely this measure that the palestinians are now playing up for dramatic effect on the [...]

Strike – No Spares

One would think that Palestinian Arabs would know by now that their oft-declared “general strikes” hurts no one but themselves. I have referred a number of times to the strike of 1946-47 when an Arab boycott of Jewish goods ended up hurting many Arab shopkeepers – while the Jews increased their marketing to other countries, [...]

Suffer the Clowns

Clowns are down in the popularity stakes. Bad news for Coco and Blinko — children don’t like clowns and even older kids are scared of them. The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to [...]

A Gazan Child Cries. Reuters is There to Blame Israel!

Pity Reuters. They want so much to find pictures that illustrate that “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza that they will grasp at any straw they can find, even a child who apparently skins his knee: A Palestinian boy cries outside his house in the Gaza Strip January 20, 2008. Gaza’s main power plant began shutting down [...]

Hamas’ Circle of Death

Here’s how it goes – a portent of things to come in the Palestinian Arabic media: * Hamas proudly shoots some 160-odd rockets to Israel since Tuesday, and some 100 mortar shells not only at Israel but also towards Gaza crossing points where humanitarian aid enters. * Israel decides that allowing these terrorists to continue [...]