Archive for July 28th, 2008
The Caption Writer Who Thinks He’s a Novelist
Yeah, that would be this guy..
A Palestinian holds up a photograph showing one of the lead characters of Turkish TV soap opera ‘Noor’ , displayed for sale at a street corner in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Every evening for several months now, a tall young Turk with soulful blue [...]
Hamas in Training
Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a training exercise in Gaza July 28, 2008. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
This one’s called the “work accident.”
Hamas Using Israeli Cement to Build Bunkers
One of the major items that Israel had not allowed into Gaza before the current “calm” was cement. Human rights organizations and others complained bitterly about how this cement shortage was affecting Gazans’ lives.
So now that Israel has allowed many truckfuls of cement into Gaza, what is happening to it?
Everything that goes into Gaza, either [...]
Interview With My Father: Part Seven
A number of years ago, my father was interviewed for the Jewish Migrant Oral History Project. Thankfully, I have a copy of the interview, and I will be publishing excerpts from it in his memory.
Previous installments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Interviewer: You were talking about the situation on board the boat.
Dad: That’s when I [...]
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