Merry Christmas except in Gaza, 500:1 bodycount

Where is Bush? Where is Obama?
Over 500 civilians have been killed in the last few days of the Israeli invasion and bombing raids in Gaza. One Israeli soldier has been reported killed during the fighting.
500 civilians to 1 soldier.
And for those that are about to jump on the “Israel is protecting its borders from rocket [...]

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The Wall, Again

The recent events regarding the breach in the comparatively short 40-foot security fence that runs between Gaza and Egypt at the end of January have brought some long-needed attention back onto the much larger Israeli West Bank Barrier. Back in July of 2004, I was condemning this larger security wall, pointing to the unanimous [...]

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Bush’s Visit to Israel

I heard something very unexpected the other day on the way home. I was listening to NPR and caught a blurb taken from Bush’s speech regarding the Israeli/Palsetinian conflict. He mentioned the typical shit: Palestinians needing to stop their violence against the Israeli “defense” forces. Israel needing to halt any “unauthorized” new settlements. I made [...]

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