Month: February 2007

I hate to admit it, but what’s going on in Gaza is not normally my thing. That does not mean I consider it unimportant. Far from it. The fact that I don’t blog about something does not indicate indifference. There are hundreds, thousands, and if we get down to the individual level, probably millions of…

The Palestinans are having fun in Gaza terrorizing each other. Ibrahim Barzak, Canadian Press, Published: Friday, February 02, 2007 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas fighters blew up a pro-Fatah radio station in Gaza, ambulances were caught in the crossfire and gunmen exchanged heavy fire in deserted streets as a new wave of factional…

Those Iranians sure get around. Fatah-affiliated Palestinian security forces arrested seven Iranian weapons experts – including an Iranian Army general – during a raid Thursday night at the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City, a security official said. According to Palestinian reports, another Iranian committed suicide during the raid. Hamas official Islam Shahwan…

Since I have no hard news at this time on the Guilford College case, I’m going to run with rumor and innuendo. Largely absent from news coverage has been any account of the early morning altercation other than that being presented by the Ramallah students. Sources familiar with the incident have now come forward stating…

Lately I seem plagued by definitions. First I wanted to know what “morality” was. Then I wanted to know what the word “better” meant. Well, as long as I find myself slouching towards a better morality, I might as well ask a question on a lot of people’s minds lately. What is racism? On its…

They are back at it. At least one Palestinian was killed and some 20 others were wounded Thursday afternoon in fierce exchanges of fire that erupted between Hamas and Fatah gunmen in Gaza. A 17-year-old Palestinian was killed during the gun battles, and two of those injured in the fighting are listed in critical condition.…

As I’m not a smoker, it has taken me longer to notice this than I should have, but I have become convinced that ordinary paper matches (the kind you buy in the grocery store) simply don’t work as well as the ones I remember from the old days. I’m almost inclined to say they just…

After interviewing the accusers in the Guilford College melee, police have decided not to file charges. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Police have decided not to pursue their own charges in a racially tinged fight between several Guilford College football players and three Palestinian students. A magistrate judge has charged six players with misdemeanor assault and five…

The current “truce” in Gaza is hanging by a thread. 05:33 Feb 01, ’07 (IsraelNN.com) a Hamas spokesman escaped an assassination attack in Gaza Wednesday night as the shaky truce between the Hamas and Fatah militias entered its third day. Hamas charged Fatah with carrying out the murder attempt on Fawzi Barhoum, and Fatah denied…