Thursday, March 15, 2012

Egyptian parliament votes unanimously in favor of expelling Israeli ambassador, describes Israel as "number one enemy" - Jihad Watch
As long as the military has veto power, the vote is symbolic, but the language of the resolution points to things to come. "Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament votes in support of expelling Israel's ambassador,"


BBC News - Gazans 'inured' to endless conflict
"After the attack last night (Sunday) the Israeli Shin Bet (Internal Security) called me on the phone to tell me it was because of my son's activities," he says.

I asked another local how it was that so many people could have escaped relatively unscathed from a building that was so completely destroyed.

"Sometimes the Israelis call up the person beforehand and warn them that they have 10 minutes to leave the house, then they strike."

No comments: