Archive for April 4th, 2008

Palestinian Protester of the Day

Can’t you just feel the rage?

A Palestinian protester eats an ice-cream and uses a sling shot at Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel’s security fence in the West Bank village of Bilin April 4, 2008. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK)
And the popsicle of violence continues..
Update: Brian is also amused.

Work Accident Watch

I smell a “work” accident.
Two people were injured in a mysterious explosion*, east of the town of Al-Qarara in the southern the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources announced on Friday morning.
The sources told Ma’an that the injured were taken to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis where one of them is said to be in a [...]

The Fifth Column

Not good.
Some 48 percent of Israeli Arabs believe Iran should be permitted to develop nuclear weapons, according to a poll released recently by the University of Haifa.
Professor Sami Samuha, who supervised the poll, attributed the high level of support to Israeli Arabs’ desire for “Israel not to be a strong state,” or from the stance [...]

That Lying Old Coot: Caught in the Act

Anti-Israel blogger Richard Silverstein has once thumbed his nose at the truth.
In a comment* to this post that “Arabs [in Israel] walk around in perfect safety”, Silverstein responded in his usual shrill fashion:
Tell it to the inhabitants of Jabel Mukaber who would’ve been pummeled by pogromists if they’d dared venture out of their homes. Tell [...]