The PA has dropped its plans to present a draft resolution condemning Israel’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead to the Human Rights Council for a vote in Geneva today, in effect deferring its adoption of the Goldstone Report. The decision seems to be the result of pressure of the Obama administration kind. The source added [...]
****************************************************************************************** Want to learn how to shoot with top Israeli anti-terror experts? Click here for more details. ****************************************************************************************** Last night, the IAF struck a rocket launching device in the Gaza Strip, which was aimed at Israel and set to fire. This followed a day in which palestinians fired 4 Qassam rockets and multiple mortar shells [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Well, it looks like my team of Israellycool contributors were not able to pick up the slack while I was celebrating the Jewish Sabbath, so I’ll briefly summarize what I missed these past 25 or so hours. In another possible friendly fire incident, 4 IDF soldiers from the Paratroopers [...]
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) Click Refresh to show latest updates. 3:45PM: Ok, that’s it from me for now. Elder of Ziyon, Brian of London and NeoZionoid – who are not in Israel – may continue with the updates tonight/this morning (while it is not the Sabbath [...]
