Bookworm on Feb 10 2008 | Filed under: Israel
While fanatics fight, ordinary people try to live. In Hebron, a City with a sadly bloody history, a few good men have had the courage to try to achieve stability and some measure of harmony:
Heads of local Palestinian clans in Hebron met on Sunday with representatives from Israeli settlements in the area and [...]
Bookworm on Feb 08 2008 | Filed under: Hamas, Israel
We now know that the Gazans instant collapse into existential despair the last time Israel reduced their electricity flow was a carefully choreographed dance that served two purposes: it enabled Hamas to knock down the wall Egypt had built (a wall about which no one in the West ever complained) and it gave photo [...]
Bookworm on Jan 29 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I’d grown up hearing that it takes two thieves to strike an honest bargain. That’s sort of true here, with each side ending up with nothing — which is pretty fair, considering what each was offering the other.
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Bookworm on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians
Here’s what I wrote yesterday:
Laer does a fantastic post about Israel’s decision to cut of power to Gaza. I would be more impressed if it weren’t for the fact that I know that, in a day or two, when Palestinian shrieking reaches fever pitch, the UN, Europe and the US will gang up on Israel [...]
Bookworm on Jan 21 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I’ve got a deadline, so I thought I’d just give you a few links to things that interested me this morning:
Rick Moran highlights Zimbabwe’s insane inflation, another horrible indictment of Mugabe, who took one of Africa’s most stable and prosperous nations and reduced it to abject poverty.
An Iraq War widow, trying to help others, was [...]
Bookworm on Jan 11 2008 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians
Although I think he’s fallen into the stupidity trap that plagues all American presidents who get embroiled in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I actually don’t doubt the possibility that Bush will force through another peace agreement within the next year. These agreements are easy to reach, with the Israelis so desperate for peace (especially under the [...]
Bookworm on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians
Regarding Annapolis, I’ve had little to say. I feel as if I’m watching a car accident in slow motion, horrified by the spectacle, but helpless to do anything. I do have one hope, though, and one comment. My hope is that the Arab nations attending get into “the enemy of my enemy [...]
Bookworm on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: United Nations
It’s obvious, of course, that the UN is no friend to Israel when one reads any report of the proceedings that constantly emanate from UN headquarters. Most of the UN’s effort goes into denouncing Israel. However, a lot of people still naively believe that, on the ground, things are going to be different. That’s why [...]
Bookworm on Nov 13 2007 | Filed under: Children, Israel, Media matters, Palestinians
A few months ago, I took umbrage at a BBC news story that reported that Israel killed Palestinian children and only saw fit to mention, in the 5th and 6th paragraphs, that the children were fiddling around rocket launchers when Israel fired its missiles. I felt that the news was being reported to demonize [...]
Bookworm on Oct 26 2007 | Filed under: Hollywood, Jimmy Carter, Media matters
I like to tweak NY Times movie reviews (heck, any MSM movie reviews), because of the relentless Progressive punditry that characterizes them, regardless of the movie’s actual content. With a movie about Jimmy Carter on the table, I was therefore prepared for a full frontal case of anti-Bush commentary in the review. It wasn’t there. [...]
Bookworm on Oct 26 2007 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
I have to say that, this week, when I was casting my votes for the Watcher’s Council, I had a really hard time. The caliber of articles that the council members submitted this week — both their own and someone else’s — was incredibly high. I kept going back and forth between articles, practically parsing [...]
Bookworm on Oct 09 2007 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians
A Palestinian human rights group is complaining about major abuses against Palestinian civilians. The malfeasors stand accused of
“extra-judicial and willful killings and shooting at combatants and civilians after capturing them;”
seizing people “in their homes” and dumping their bodies “in remote areas;”
executing “wounded persons during their evacuation to hospitals;”
pushing people “to their deaths from tall [...]
Bookworm on Oct 06 2007 | Filed under: Arabs, Israel
A few stories caught my eye regarding the Middle East:
The Palestinians say that they won’t negotiate with Israel until Israel agrees in advance to their demands. (That’s an interesting negotiating tactic and definitely one to try during my next Court-ordered settlement conference.)
Egypt has discovered a smuggling tunnel into Gaza, a squiblet that tells lots about [...]
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