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That'll show 'em! "Palestinians attack Gaza fuel transfer point," from Reuters:
NAHAL OZ, Israel - Palestinian militants on Wednesday attacked an Israeli-controlled border crossing where European Union-funded fuel is piped into the Gaza Strip, killing at least two Israelis, the Israeli army said.
An unconfirmed report by an Israeli emergency service said two Palestinian gunmen also were dead.
Earlier, in a separate incident, an Israeli soldier and a Hamas militant were killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian medical staff said.
Hamas had warned on Tuesday of an “explosion” in the territory if Israel continued its economic blockade. Israel tightened its cordon after Hamas Islamists violently took over the Gaza Strip in June.
Fighters from three movements, not including Hamas, infiltrated the crossing, at Nahal Oz, said a spokesman for one of the groups, the Popular Resistance Committees.
“Terrorists entered Nahal Oz and the fuel depot. They shot at civilians inside. There are two Israelis dead and two wounded,” an Israeli army spokeswoman said.
Western diplomats said Nahal Oz was raided after completion of the latest delivery of EU-funded fuel to the Gaza Strip’s main power plant.
The Zaka emergency service said two Palestinian gunmen were killed as well. Spokesmen for militant groups said attackers withdrew back into the Gaza Strip, under fire from pursuing Israeli helicopters.
It was unclear how much damage, if any, was done to the fuel depot at the crossing. Even if no serious damage was caused, the raid could prompt Israel to block, on security grounds, future deliveries and force the power plant to shut down.
Posted by Marisol at April 10, 2008 12:13 AM
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I can just see the headline now: "Israelis shut down power plant". Of course they won't put Israel's actions in context as is the wont of the stupid MSM. Terrorists and murderers will barely rate a mention.
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at April 10, 2008 12:25 AM
As usual, this article is riddled with errata as to its terminology. I leave it to others to consider how those might be corrected.
Right now, I note that Reuters might have given more prominence to the fact that this was a military attack by armed Muslim jihadis in which four Jewish CIVILIANS were killed.
They could have headlined the story - "Gazan jihadis kill two Israeli civilians".
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at April 10, 2008 12:55 AM
Deepest apologies to all -
so sorry - accuracy in these matters is of critical importance to our side, and in my posting above, on the subject of accuracy, a mistake is doubly problematic.
I wrote 'in which four Jewish civilians were killed'.
In fact I should have written 'in which two Jewish civilians were killed and another two were wounded'.
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at April 10, 2008 12:59 AM
Well you know Islam does make you mindless. So it is expected that such behavior for it is the will of Allah.
Posted by: savsiv at April 10, 2008 1:30 AM
See Foot - Shoot Foot - Reload
....all in a days work for jihadists.
Posted by: champ at April 10, 2008 1:55 AM
Actually, the targeting of the fuel transfer point was not as stupid as it seems.
This is not the first time that Hamas targets the checkpoints used to transfer essential supplies into Gaza. Previous attacks have forced the closure of transfer points and humanitarian crossing points in the past. In fact in one attack on the Erez crosspoint several Palestinians were killed by attackers. (but we know that jihadists don't really care about casualties on their side either.)
Hamas has an interest in increasing unrest in Gaza to put pressure on Egypt.
There is unrest in Egypt over increase in bread prices, which Hamas figures makes them easier to pressure.
Hamas has been threatening to force open the border with Egypt (again).
What they want is the Egyptians to agree to allow them to open the border crossing to Sinai.
at April 10, 2008 3:15 AM
This is an OT sorry if posted before, its nearly a week old story, but its omission from UK news sources is a disturbing fact in and of its self and I dont find it posted here on JW.
Palestenians desecrate Allied service men graves in Gaza, blow up cemetary memorial.
http://iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/04/03/europe/OUKWD-UK-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-CEMETERY.php
at April 10, 2008 3:29 AM
Shut It Down. Close The Border. Nothing in, nothing out. Simple, clean, effective. Last time I checked Gaza had a border with Ikwanaland - let them extract fuel from the Egyptians (paid for with our money - Hmmm).
Posted by: Henry at April 10, 2008 6:00 AM
"... could prompt Israel to block, on security grounds, future deliveries and force the power plant to shut down."
Could? COULD? What hasn't this already been done?
Posted by: Eastview at April 10, 2008 6:08 AM
The blame needs to fall squarely on Israel for this. First, they've caved to international pressure and are still supplying Gaza with fuel. Second, many Israelis still employ Arabs, which they should not do. The recent murders at the Jerusalem yeshiva were perpetrated by the Arab chauffeur, and in this case the attackers were depot employees.
Hire Arabs and they will either kill you or tell their friends where you are and they will kill you. Stupid!!
at April 10, 2008 6:20 AM
Israel shuts down the check points, prevents humanitarian aid from going into gaza and Israel is blasted by the lovely "international community". It's a no win situation any way Israel goes. What needs to happen is certain countries, besides the US, get off their duffs and support Israel in doing what needs to and can be done to stop this wholesale terrorism. However, given the socialistic attitude that prevails in the neighborhood, Israel is very unlikely to get the support she needs. Shame on the EU, et. al. Political correctness be damned!
Posted by: bj at April 10, 2008 6:22 AM
Errata Sheet:
For "Even if no serious damage was caused, the raid could prompt Israel to block, on security grounds, future deliveries and force the power plant to shut down."
Read "Even if no serious damage was caused, because two Israeli civilians who were at Nahal Oz in order to pump oil into Gaza for the Gazan Arabs were killed by Gazan Arabs, the very people to whom they were attempting to supply this oil, the murders of the two civilians will undoubtedly cause Israel, as any sane country would, to block, on security grounds, future deliveries which will naturally cause the power plant to shut down."
Posted by: Hugh at April 10, 2008 7:02 AM
I would agree with those who say that Israel should stop all deliveries of goods and services to Gaza, including food and water, and let the Arab world provide for the needs of its own beloved Palestinian brethren (last time I checked, Gaza's western border is still the Mediterranean Sea) but for the thought that Hamas, in its compassionate wisdom, would rather allow those under its charge to die for want of food, water, and medicine -think of the PR value!- than be seen as "caving in" to Israeli demands that the Qassam rockets and border post attacks cease.
The problem is that the Zionists don't appreciate that Hamas is fighting in the cause of Allah, and that to relent would make the Hamashits no better than Fatah, those stinking apostates, eww!!!!
Posted by: Lex at April 10, 2008 8:26 AM
Several things have to be recognized:
1) Hamas wants Israel to disappear now. It is willing to do whatever it can, and will not bother to express its views differently, in order to obtain an intermediate goal. The members of Hamas are purists.
2) The Slow Jihadists of Fatah do not differ one whit from the Fast Jihadists of Hamas in their ultiimate goals. But because Abbas and his henchmen are slightly more realistic, and because they dearly want -- for themselves, for their children, for their children's children -- Infidel money (why should Arafat, and now his widow, be the only ones to enjoy billions of dollars in diverted Western, Infidel aid?), they are willing to utter a few phrases, the kind of phrases that will include a tell-tale phrase that signals to any Muslim audience their real, immutable intentions. Thus the phrase "we choose peace as a strategic option" is read differently by two different audiences.
The Americans, and the Western Europeans (well, those among them who still need a fig leaf for supporting the "Palestinians"), focus on "we choose peace." The Arabs and Muslims pay attention to, and understand completely, the second half of the phrase: "as a strategic option."
The only people who can make sense of this matter, however, are those who read with understanding both parts of the phrase, and assign them their proper meaning and value And it is those people who, having grasped the central role of Islam in everything that happens in the Middle East, and especially in the Arab siege (a siege which can be managed and endured, if the Israelis and other Westerners come to the their senses, but to which no "solution" -- pace Rice, pace Bush -- exists) of Israel, can and should be listened to.
Posted by: Hugh at April 10, 2008 8:49 AM
It's high time that we Europeans stop *any* form of support to Gaza. Check also this from NYT:
Hamas in Largest Arms Buildup Yet, Israeli Study Says (PDF report here).
These guys are trying to dodge awareness of the obvious: They're stockpiling for a massive attack on Israel.
Posted by: Henrik at April 10, 2008 8:54 AM
Since Israel is being attacked by enemy forces in Gaza, they are within their rights to attack Gaza, open the border with Egypt and drive the population into Egypt. Then use the territory as they see fit. Message - attack Israel and we seize your land.
Posted by: tanstaafl at April 10, 2008 9:30 AM
Well, let us save the idiot Europeans some money and some Israelis some lives and shut the thing down already!
at April 10, 2008 9:36 AM
Gaza is rich. It is full of a-holes with money, smugglers, gun-runners and Jizya sponges soaking up Western aid. Meanwhile they're sitting on a bonanza of natural gas that if, THEY STOPPED THEIR TERRORISM, the British will extract, process and pay them for. See this:
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/11/07/do0705.xml
Posted by: poetcomic1 at April 10, 2008 9:45 AM
See Foot - Shoot Foot - Reload
....all in a days work for jihadists.
Posted by: champ
Make that:
See Foot - Shoot Foot -
Blame Others (Israel, US) for "Forcing" You to Shoot Foot - Reload - Fire on Those Who "Forced" You to Hobble on One Foot.
at April 10, 2008 9:55 AM
Jimmy Carter is set to meet with Hamas. Should prove interesting.
Posted by: PMK at April 10, 2008 9:58 AM
It's not a bad idea at all.
The 'international community' has proven on countless occasions that its understanding of this conflict is hopelessly flawed and shallow. Any suffering of Palestinians, no matter which agency is the proximate cause thereof, will be blamed on Israel, and Hamas & Company will just laugh at their eager willingness to condemn Israel for their own actions.
The 'International Community' = 'Useful Idiots' writ large.
Posted by: Goob at April 10, 2008 9:58 AM
Since Israel is being attacked by enemy forces in Gaza, they are within their rights to attack Gaza, open the border with Egypt and drive the population into Egypt. Then use the territory as they see fit. Message - attack Israel and we seize your land.
Posted by: tanstaafl at April 10, 2008 10:04 AM
'The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, which took part in the attack, called the raid, which was carried out under cover of mortar fire, a "unique and complicated operation."
Abu Ahmed of Islamic Jihad said the attack was intended to target the fuel depot on which Gazans depend.
The fuel "is dipped in humiliation," he said, because people wait for it for hours. "If their fuel means humiliation for us, we don't want it." '
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jD4YSkDPlclqd9dHvg2f0Ij18zEgD8VUV8N80
Maybe Hamas wants a humanitarian crisis to pressure Egypt to open borders (as suggested above). IN any case I doubt this is endearing the average Gazan to either Hamas or Iran - but then Gazans can't be very bright.
I would suggest the strategy of holding off the restart of the fuel supply for some period of time as long as there are not further attacks of any kind, otherwise the hold-off period gets longer & longer. Let's see if the despised Egyptian gov. will come to the rescue.
Posted by: FM at April 10, 2008 10:15 AM
Message - attack Israel and we seize your land.
Posted by: tanstaafl
In a sane world, maybe. In the insane asylum this world has become the rule is: attack Israel and we seize your land and we end up in the dock for forcing you off your land.
It's like being in a schoolyard brawl. The one who throws the last punch is deemed the aggressor.
at April 10, 2008 10:17 AM
"The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, which took part in the attack, called the raid, which was carried out under cover of mortar fire, a 'unique and complicated operation.'
Abu Ahmed of Islamic Jihad said the attack was intended to target the fuel depot on which Gazans depend.
The fuel 'is dipped in humiliation,' he said, because people wait for it for hours. 'If their fuel means humiliation for us, we don't want it.'"
-- from a posting above
Yes, isn't it maddening the way people have to wait for something, especially something that Infidels supply. Those Infidels -- those two Israelis at the pumping-station -- deserved to be killed, didn't they?
Snap to it, Israelis, with that oil. We don't have all day.
Posted by: Hugh at April 10, 2008 11:45 AM
In wartime, I cannot imagine a better situation than being in position to shut down the enemy's sources of fuel, electricity, and water.
Should Israel come to its senses - and defend itself aggressively - I anticipate hordes of thirsty Gazans, groping in darkness, on foot, and without electronic communications. They should be one Hell of a fighting force (inshallah).
Posted by: HotSpur at April 10, 2008 12:04 PM
Make that:
See Foot - Shoot Foot -
Blame Others (Israel, US) for "Forcing" You to Shoot Foot - Reload - Fire on Those Who "Forced" You to Hobble on One Foot.
Posted by: PMK
Like that change!
Posted by: champ at April 10, 2008 12:10 PM
WND indicates that Fatah was also involved in this operation, though Israel and most of the media are blaming Hamas. Al-Aqsa martyrs bridgade was directly involved. Our "peace partner" is waging war.
"There is a general media tendency to distance Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades members working in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip from the Fatah leadership in the West Bank. But the cell of the Brigades involved in today's attack, directed by Brigades leaders in the northern Gaza Strip, coordinates directly with Fatah and with the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the northern West Bank, according to Brigades sources."
The idea is that it was a botched attempt to kidnap more Israelis.
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=61136
Posted by: PMK at April 10, 2008 12:26 PM
"Should Israel come to its senses - and defend itself aggressively - I anticipate hordes of thirsty Gazans, groping in darkness, on foot, and without electronic communications. They should be one Hell of a fighting force (inshallah)."
Dont count on it until Olmert is gone (inshallah)
Posted by: Elric66 at April 10, 2008 12:26 PM
Also, turning your children into walking time bombs is not a very good idea. And arming puppet babies with toy knives in order to kill puppet presidents is not very useful, either. It tends to invite ridicule. Constantly rioting and burning flags is becoming old hat, too. Being a terrorist in a car when the guided missile with your name on it...not good either. There are so many things to add to the list of not good ideas, I could go on and on all day!
Posted by: Jewel Atkins at April 10, 2008 12:45 PM
An important part of jihadi school is how to defecate in your own nest.
Posted by: pismopal at April 10, 2008 12:52 PM
FM quoted a jihadi apologist:
The fuel [provided by Israel to Gazan jihadis] 'is dipped in humiliation,' he said, because people wait for it for hours. 'If their fuel means humiliation for us, we don't want it.'"
We kufirs also have to wait for hours, at the airport when we want to board our plane to go see grandma. Unless it is grandma who is getting on the plane, and she is the one getting wanded by the burqa'ed TSA employee. I don't know if I would call it "humiliating", but it is definitely frustrating. Definitely aggravating. Especially since grandmas are not the ones flying jets into skyscrapers. We don't want it, either. And, believe it or don't, we have a limit to our patience, too. And unlike the "Palestinians", we won't respond by blowing our stuff up.
Posted by: special_guest at April 10, 2008 1:02 PM
The ummah is always having a temper tantrum. They should find a corner and sit in it...without blowing anything up.
Posted by: Jewel Atkins at April 10, 2008 1:18 PM
Is the general motivation here to destroy their own resources so that the rest of the world feels guilty? I suppose they want to bankrupt us this way. Very intelligent strategy!
Posted by: Kay at April 10, 2008 1:47 PM
"If their Fuel means humiliation"
What is with the "if" The action to attack the facility would seem to remove any "if"s", along with the "ands and Buts" about it.
They really did not need to go through all the fuss and risk of an attack. A simple request to stop the supply would have sufficed.
Are we or are we not supplying Educational benefits to these people to help them reduce these kind of bad decisions.
Posted by: flowerknife_us at April 10, 2008 1:57 PM
At the same time that Hamas tried to blow up the fuel depot they were in a firefight with the IDF. St.-Sgt. Sayef Bisan, 21, of the tiny Druse village of Jatt was killed.
Bisan served in the Golani Brigade's Egoz unit, which was sent into Gaza to stem Palestinian sniper and mortar fire on Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.
I thought I post this on St.-Sgt. Bisan. Not all IDF members are Jewish. There are Druse and Bedouins too.
Yet all Hamas members are Muslims. Gets you wondering what would happen if they did capture all of Israel.
Posted by: Mystical Time Traveler at April 10, 2008 2:28 PM
They act as if the EU will just keep sending them stuff.. and they blow it up.. the stupid Eu will send more.. stupid taxpayers over there.
They should get their fuel from SOWdi Barbaria or maybe from their buddy Hugo.
And Jimmy the dhimmi can build them some habiats tghey can blow up..
NO more tax money from the West for these fools!
Let Israel clear the area and pump the gas that's supposedly under there.
Posted by: Ummah Gummah at April 10, 2008 2:52 PM
Israel has finally reacted...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians
And I found "Naseem"
http://www.sonsofapesandpigs.org/2008/04/islams-reality-and-its-not-a-s.html#comments
at April 10, 2008 2:54 PM
A bit off-topic. Then again, maybe not:
Bush: Kotel No, Mass Suicide for Israel Yes
Report: Western Wall Too ‘Controversial’ For Bush Visit
The Western Wall has been deemed too controversial a place for US President George W. Bush to visit. He is opting instead for Masada – where Jewish rebels committed mass suicide. Bush will be visiting Israel as part of Israel’s 60th Independence Day celebrations. His visit will be 60 hours long. In addition to addressing the Knesset, Bush is reportedly searching for a symbolic location to visit, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as his tour guide.
Haaretz reported that Bush’s aides were leaning toward the Masada fortress. The site was where Jews held out against the Roman army, but were eventually beaten and committed suicide rather than face the humiliation and torture of captivity. Haaretz mentioned the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron, the Golan Heights and the Western Wall, explicitly, as places deemed too controversial for Bush to visit.
Of course when a part of Israel becomes “too controversial” in modern diplomatic parlance, it means the diplomats have decided it no longer belongs to Israel. On that note a few years hence, American Presidents may well refuse to even visit Yerushalayim entirely, as it’s just too controversial. After all if you can’t even move the embassy there, only the fact that Israel’s capital is de facto there forces their hand.
John McCain could visit the Wall. Though we’ll see if he visits it after he becomes President. The Pope could stop by. But for Bush and the US Administration, East Jerusalem has become East Berlin, effectively in the hands of the enemy. And now the Kotel, the Western Wall, the holiest place on earth for the Jewish place, takes on the same diplomatic status as the Maaret Hamachpelah, the Cave of the Patriarchs and the Golan Heights.
at April 10, 2008 3:16 PM
Martyrdom video
Posted by: Borg at April 10, 2008 3:28 PM
And I found "Naseem"
http://www.sonsofapesandpigs.org/2008/04/islams-reality-and-its-not-a-s.html#comments
Posted by: No More Ham, Ed
I see that Naseem is stinking up another website by spreading her poopaganda and lies - like this notorious comment made by Naseem: "Jesus was a Muslim." ....LOL!! Whatever you say, Naseem.
Islam = the religion that lets you rewrite history with the flip of the tongue.
at April 10, 2008 5:12 PM
Islam's Struggle Against Cartoon Terrorism
Western terror labs have finally produced a weapon so horrific that it has shaken Islamic world to the core, making over a billion people from Morocco to Indonesia fear for the survival of their freedoms, morals, beliefs, cultures, governments, and the very life itself. The new weapon of terror, the so-called "Cartoon," is capable of delivering an equivalent of one million Hiroshima bombs, resulting in a horrendous mass destruction like none seen on Earth before.
Read it all
http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=521
at April 10, 2008 5:25 PM
"Spokesmen for militant groups said attackers withdrew back into the Gaza Strip, ..."
...uh oh...bad martyrs...
at April 10, 2008 5:44 PM
"The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, which took part in the attack, called the raid, which was carried out under cover of mortar fire, a 'unique and complicated operation.'"
It was a unique failure and too complicated for the jihadis to pull off. They apparently failed to consider the likelihood and possible impact of the arrival of Israeli troops, stationed nearby.
"The sanctions have hit hard and Hamas threatened on Tuesday to blow up Gaza's borders with Israel and Egypt to relieve the strain."
Do the world a favor and blow yourselves up, because YOU are the reason for the sanctions!
Abu Ahmed of Islamic Jihad said the attack was intended to target the fuel depot on which Gazans depend.The fuel "is dipped in humiliation," he said, because people wait for it for hours. "If their fuel means humiliation for us, we don't want it."
Uh, Abu? ANYTHING that comes your way via the Israelis means humiliation for you, because Allah can't or won't provide it through other channels, so be a consistent refusenik and forswear it all: food, water, electricity, and medicine, as well as fuel. I'm sure that "we" will gladly support you. It's the principle of the thing! Paraphrasing St. Paul, "To live is Mohammad, to die is gain!" Right?
Posted by: Lex at April 10, 2008 7:37 PM
"Even if no serious damage was caused,..."
Apparently, two Israelis dead and two wounded is not serious.
Posted by: Nomoors
at April 10, 2008 7:48 PM
So who is going to operate the fuel depot now? Sensible skilled civilians shou;ld refuse to opoerate it - it's too dangerous.
Posted by: davidp at April 10, 2008 8:25 PM
davidp,
I wager that Israel will ask Abu Ahmed of Islamic Jihad to be in charge of the fuel depot, so that his sense of "humiliation" might subside, perhaps to be replaced by complete disgust with his fellow jihadis who see "victory" in destroying everything that represents Israeli control over the environment that they share, and with his fellow "Palestinians," who will bitch at him for not providing fuel as speedily as they would like to have it, and for in all likelihood being a Zionist proxy and apostate, worthy of a very public beheading.
Gentlemen and Ladies, place your bets.
Posted by: Lex at April 10, 2008 8:57 PM
From the "I found Naseem" blog at http://www.sonsofapesandpigs.org/2008/04/islams-reality-and-its-not-a-s.html#comments
"I just have one question: Is Nasseem a muslim, or a Klingon?"
LOL. I kinda miss Nasseem here. Now all we have to beat up on is A Khokar.
Posted by: Eastview at April 10, 2008 11:35 PM
The 'Palestinians' are in the dark even when the lights are on, even in sunshine. Israel cutting off the power will just cause the 7th century to catch up to them a little quicker. Mohammad had no electricity and managed to do just fine. Electricity is a western development, a really halal Palestinian should be able to get by without it. If doing without electricity was ok with Mohammad, then it should be acceptable to Palestinian muslims.
at April 11, 2008 12:08 AM
From the Los Angeles Times article:
"The surprise raid was intended to kidnap Israeli soldiers. said Abu Ahmed, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad. A similar cross-border ambush in June 2006 succeeded in kidnapping Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who remains in captivity somewhere in Gaza."
If the poor man is still alive, that is.
Let's see--The Israeli soldiers that these jihadis are so eager to kidnap are only there to protect Israeli civilians, who are only there to provide fuel to the less than grateful Gazans, at great cost and risk to themselves.
Why exactly is Israel the bad guy, again?
Posted by: gravenimage at April 11, 2008 12:41 AM
I have mentioned Martha Gellhorn on other occasions.
Just this week I found a biography - Caroline Moorehead's Martha Gellhorn: A Life (2004) which includes an account of Martha's visit to Gaza after the 6 Day War.
I should warn anyone who might intend to read it that Moorehead is shocked - shocked! - by what she represents as Martha's wholly reprehensible lack of compassion for the Poor, Poor Palestinians, and does her best to subtly encourage the reader to dismiss all of Gellhorn's observations (as regards Israel, and 'Palestinians', and the Arab/Muslim world) as biased, racist/ hateful (toward the poor, misunderstood, suffering, innocent Arabs) and indeed, false or falsified.
Nevertheless...the book does include some tantalising excerpts from Gellhorn's articles, letters and notebooks on this topic - enough to make one wish for some enterprising scholar to undertake to read them with a less jaundiced eye, and make them available to the world.
And so: Moorehead on Gellhorn on Gaza -
"The Gaza strip, ‘a garden spot, 150 square miles of rolling land covered with citrus groves and green fields’, shaded by the ‘waving plumes of eucalyptus trees’, its roads lined by flowering oleanders, was nothing other than a huge lunatic asylum. It was the nastiest place on earth, and needed psychiatrists, not aid workers."
"The [1967] war had neither touched nor troubled the refugees, yet according to Martha those she talked to were sullen, resentful, suspicious, afraid, and full of hatred ". (from 'Martha Gellhorn: A Life, 2004, by Caroline Moorehead, p. 427).
Things haven't changed much since, have they? Except that the lunatics have taken over the asylum. A case in point: the story under discussion today.
Given that Martha visited Gaza in 1967, we need only refer to Nonie Darwish's account of what it was like to go to primary school in Gaza in the 1950s, and to be fed full with hatred and the worst sort of antisemitism, to know that despite Moorehead's attempts to impugn Gellhorn's integrity as a reporter on the subject of Israel and the Arabs, Gellhorn was right about Gaza and its populace, in spades.
One last quote from Gellhorn, as nastily 'framed' by Moorehead, but leaping clear of its frame and still vividly apposite today, in 2008:
"To Presnell [writes Moorehead] who had dared to question the reasons for the [Six-Day] war, Martha replied sharply that he had got the whole thing, like everyone else had, "ass backwards"'.
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at April 11, 2008 1:39 AM
Interesting thing about Khokar - he's Ahmadiya, like Naseem. So next time there's a story about the Ahmadiya, we could pose that to Khokar, if he bothers showing up there.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at April 11, 2008 1:56 AM
The Danish press bought the "Disproportionate Israeli response" idea wholesale.
I'm trying to raise the issue in Denmark and cause a scandal :)
One of the best uses of JW material is to bring it to the press and to politicians. There's a lot of good material here, and it's not enough to hang around in the comment field and shout "Outrage!". JihadWatch is a feeding site for bringing the news to MSM, and we readers and commentators are the obvious crew to do it.
Posted by: Henrik at April 12, 2008 5:21 AM
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