If you’re keeping up with the news, you know by now that this probably won’t be a short operation. Of course, a lot depends on factors outside of Israel’s control. For example, here’s a scenario for bringing a quick ending to the bloodshed: Hamas stops launching rockets on Israel. Effective immidiately, all launches on Israeli [...]
Posts Tagged ‘palestinians’
War Again
Sorry if this sounds too self-centered, but this really sucks. Right in the middle of the kids’ Hannuka Holiday? I absolutely hate those phone calls too. Sigh. Flashbacks to the Lebanon war of 2006. I sure do hope this one won’t be as long. I doubt it though, with both sides prancing and making threats, [...]
A Ceasefire Almost Here
Israel on Wednesday officially confirmed that an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire (tahadiyeh) with Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip will go into effect at 6 A.M. Thursday. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/993702.html There is a lot of controversy in Israel concerning the topic of a ceasefire with Hamas. What people are afraid of, in a nutshell, is this – 1. [...]
Establishing more Ties with the West Bank
Here’s an optimistic piece of local news – Programming for peace / Israeli hi-tech companies outsource to West Bank I think this is absolutely awesome. Finally, cooperation and in a field that does both sides good. I like the fact that there are educated people, engineers and programmers, and not what we call here “black [...]
