IDF strikes Gaza targets in retaliatory attack

In response to the firing of long-range Grad rockets that hit within the city limits of Ashkelon and in the area of Kiryat Gat on Wednesday, the IDF bombed Gaza 'targets' (which usually means tunnels or bomb-making factories unless they specifically say that they hit a rocket launching team) in the early hours of Thursday. IDF aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip in the early hours on

Police use bulldozer to demolish three Arab homes, one killed

A police officer was killed and three Arab homes were demolished by police bulldozers on Sunday. But you heard nothing about it because... the police belonged to Hamas (Hat Tip: My Right Word). According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 23:30 on Sunday, 31 July 2011, medical staff at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City announced the death of Majed Hamdan Karam, 23, a police

Tin Dome?

If Iron Dome was deployed on Monday night, id didn't help an Ashkelon woman who was hit by shrapnel (according to Israel Radio) from a Kassam rocket. A woman in her 50s was moderately wounded Monday night after a Kassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.The woman was hit by shrapnel in the lower part of her body and was transferred by an MDA crew to

The Oslo Syndrome

What happens when people start to believe that depending upon the cause, terrorism might be okay?Here's an interview done by Australian television with Adrian Pracon, a survivor of the Utoya Island attack, and the country secretary of Norway's Labor party. The key part is around the 11:00 mark, but if you miss it, don't worry, because I've reproduced a summary of it below.Let's go to the

The tax benefits of working in Gaza

If you need to make a little extra money, you may want to consider the benefits of working for an NGO in Gaza. NGO's in 'Palestine' routinely pay triple what any local firm would pay. And if you happen to be in Gaza, that triple salary is also tax free. Various international NGOs working in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) have questioned a demand by the Hamas government in the Gaza

Next war will be InMyBackYard

I have often discussed - albeit not recently - how Israel's government is much more willing to let Sderot get hit than they are willing to let Tel Aviv get hit. You see Sderot is NotInMyBackYard. Its population is mostly poor, Sfardi and less educated, while Tel Aviv's is wealthy (or middle class), Ashkenazi and highly educated. But in the next war with Gaza, says Deputy Defense Minister Matan

Oops!

Unfortunately, the person who deserves the Darwin Award for this one is the one who is still alive. He managed to kill someone else instead. A student was accidentally shot dead Sunday by her brother while celebrating her success in passing the Tawjihi high school exit exams, police said.Fatima Al-Masdar was killed by a stray bullet during celebratory gunfire to mark the release of Tawjihi

Hamas preparing for imminent 'armed uprising'

Egyptian daily al-Masry al-Youm reports on preparations in Gaza for an imminent armed uprising. No, not against Hamas. Against Israel. “[Fatah] realized the bilateral talks led them to nowhere. This is why they will try a unilateral move with the UN,” says [Hamas spokesman Fawzi] Barhum. “We have agreed to delay the real reconciliation and the forming of the transitional government until the