I made a factual error in a previous blog entry. I said that Israel had killed eight people in the Gaza raids. I apologize. In fact, Israel has killed 17 people, including a 4 year old and an 11 year old, in these raids.
On the topic, a minor note via News Insider relating to the ‘all are equal but some are more equal than others’, the US is taking steps to make it easier for Israelis (and no one else) born in ‘terrorist countries’ to get US visas. In other words, painting whole countries as ‘terrorist’ and discriminating against people born in them is okay — as long as these people are not Israelis.
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli who leaked information on Israel’s nuclear arsenal and then was kidnapped and imprisoned for 18 years, is now in hiding in a church, after the Israeli press leaked his address.
Last, and important after the assassinations of Yassin and Rantisi, Bush’s endorsement of the settlements, and the ongoing starvation and slaughter in Gaza, is that Sharon is again making noises about killing Arafat. The idea can only be to try to provoke a spectacular atrocity by Palestinians that can then be used for another reprise of ‘Defensive Shield’, another major atrocity like Jenin, or something facilitating the ethnic cleansing that is the ultimate goal of all this.
