While our esteemed blogmaster is sleeping, things are still happening. From Reuters: Palestinian gunmen blew up a section of the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Wednesday, witnesses said. Residents of the southern Gaza town of Rafah said a series of explosions created large holes in the concrete wall that separates the [...]
With some in the Arab media reportedly blaming Hamas for the current crisis, and reports that some Hamas leaders had instructed all palestinian terrorist groups to stop firing rockets and mortars at Israel, one could be forgiven for believing the Qassams would stop. One would be wrong. As at the time of this post, the [...]
I mentioned yesterday Palestinian Arab press reports that Hamas forced the bakeries of Gaza to be closed even though they had a month of supplies. I wrote on Sunday about similar reports that Hamas was stealing fuel meant for hospitals. Today, a PA official confirmed these stories: A top PA official in Ramallah told The [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(Saturday Jan 19): It seems like it has been a relatively quiet day today, with only a handful of rockets being fired into Israel so far. Yeah, I know, that sounded ridiculous, but I’m talking after around 150+ rockets hit Israel the past 4 days. Menawhile, an IAF strike turned at least 2 Hamas terrorists [...]
We’ve just released another episode of Shire Network News. This week’s interview guest is California-based filmmaker, Chris Burgard, whose documentary about the situation on the US-Mexico border is winning awards and pissing off all the right people. We also have a very strong piece about Sderot from Meryl Yourish. You might want to listen. For [...]
