Showing posts with label Hamas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hamas. Show all posts

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Israel, Hamas, Gaza and the Clueless WASPy Blogger


Photo from source, Huffington Post

It's amazing how fast "blog time" goes compared to real time when you're on vacation. My intention has been to post a couple of things every day, even in these dog days of blogging over the holidays. But Sunday just slipped right by me! Of course, we had friends over, and were entertaining most of the day. Still, I was surprised to find that I had posted almost nothing for Sunday.

The biggest story going right now is the Hamas/Israel Gaza fight, and I'll confess to it being sooo far off my radar, I have nothing particularly wise or sage to add. I don't know why anybody wants to live there, so I'm puzzled why people put themselves in harm's way. There are many things about deeply-held religious feelings and beliefs that I'll never understand. Still, it is important enough that I feel some mention be made of it, so here you go.

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Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers Sunday, pounding smuggling tunnels and government strongholds, sending more tanks and artillery toward the Gaza border and activating thousands of reservists for a possible ground invasion. . .

Read more at: Huffington Post

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Rachel Maddow on McCain's Double-talk

One of my favorite pundits (an admittedly short list) is Rachel Maddow, of Air America Radio and now MSNBC, hosted Countdown with Keith Olbermann for the second time yesterday. She did a great job.

Here, Rachel takes John McCain to task for his double-talk, even though other pundits and journalists still insist on calling his shtick "the straight talk express." Check it out.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Something Happened in Gaza


Photo from source, TIME

I know it's an important story, but darned if I know enough to write intelligently about it. So, I'll just shut up and get right to the story excerpt. Make of it what you will.

[Excerpt]

Hamas Beats Israel's Gaza Siege

It took explosives to do what diplomacy couldn't: allow Palestinians to go on a shopping spree. The siege of Gaza, imposed by Israel and the international community after Hamas seized control of the Palestinian territory last July, ended abruptly before dawn on Wednesday when militants blew as many as 15 holes in the border wall separating the territory from Egypt. In the hours that followed, over 350,000 Palestinians swarmed across the frontier, nearly one fifth of Gaza's entire population. . .

Read more at: TIME
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