All Entries Tagged With: "Gaza"
The Day In Israel: Wed Sept 9th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day
The media reported that a letter written by IDF soldier Gilad Shalit just months after being taken captive by palestinian terrorists was released to them.
To my mother and father, brothers and friends, I send you Shalom.
My health is deteriorating daily, I am especially struggling emotionally and this [...]
The Day In Israel: Mon Sept 7th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day
The Arab League and Hamas both said that Arabs should not normalize ties with Israel as long as we don’t implement a ” settlement freeze.”
“It is impossible to speak of normalization when Israel rejects any significant measure,” Arab League chief Amr Moussa said at a joint news [...]
Adventures of a Splodeydope
When I saw this photo late Friday afternoon, the following thoughts crossed my mind:
Members of a group called Jund Ansar Allah surround their leader Abdel-Latif Moussa (3rd L) after Friday prayers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 14, 2009. Islamist radicals from the Palestinian group called Jund Ansar Allah defied the Hamas rulers [...]
Reel Life in Gaza
It is not often I would ask you to read the rest of an article that begins “The 57-year-old Gaza vendor Adnan Abu Beid was preoccupied with showing his watermelons,” so bear with me.
The 57-year-old Gaza vendor Adnan Abu Beid was preoccupied with showing his watermelons, onions, fruits and vegetables at his little store in [...]
Liveblogging the War: Fri Jan 23rd, 2009
Please scroll down for new updates.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
1:16PM: UN investigator Richard Falk says the situation in Gaza reminds him of the Warsaw Ghetto. I guess that is why he is a UN investigator, and not a history professor.
9:10AM: A PA official has stated that Israel made a big mistake by ending [...]
Liveblogging the War: Thurs Jan 22nd, 2009
Yesterday was another quiet day, but I’ll at least see this liveblogging through the week.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
6:03PM: Reuters caption of the day:
A cleaver lies on the stomach of freshly slaughtered cow outside Husam Nasr’s butcher shop in Gaza January 22, 2009. Nasr said he would have been able to sell the [...]
Liveblogging the War: Wed Jan 21st, 2009
Please scroll down for new updates.
Sorry for the radio silence but let’s just say real life and a faulty internet connection got in the way. Either that, or Barack Obama was trying to silence me during his inauguration.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
Click Refresh to show latest updates.
12:00AM: That’s it from me for today, [...]
Liveblogging the War: Tues Jan 20th, 2009
You’re not done with my liveblogging just yet, since I am not convinced that this ceasefire is going to hold very long.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
Click Refresh to show latest updates.
6:30PM: File this under Those Effin’ French: France may be prepared to talk to Hamas even if it does not recognize Israel.
6:20PM: You [...]
Operation Cast Lead Mon Jan 19th, 2009
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata
If you don’t count the 20+ rockets and mortar shells that were fired into Israel yesterday, the ceasefire is holding. But given its fragility, methinks it wise to keep up the liveblogging for now.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
Click Refresh to show latest updates.
Tuesday Jan 20th -for latest updates, [...]
Operation Cast Lead Sun Jan 18th, 2009
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata
I’ll keep this liveblogging post because, you know, something might just happen today.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
Click Refresh to show latest updates.
Monday January 19th – see latest updates here.
10:44PM: That’s it from me for today – I am just too exhausted both physically and mentally to continue.
As [...]
