tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post2201947694440180735..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Clean SheetsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-71980128704092290052014-07-28T21:10:45.446-07:002014-07-28T21:10:45.446-07:00Don't know if you've seen this extremely h...Don't know if you've seen this extremely heartening brave public statement by Chris Hedges:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1zsuTpczu0&feature=youtu.beDaniel Abdal-Hayy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05692776372807142753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-81100140768698334532014-07-28T15:21:43.190-07:002014-07-28T15:21:43.190-07:00Terry and Jonathan, many thanks, wish things were ...Terry and Jonathan, many thanks, wish things were a bit cheerier here -- that is, in the world.<br /><br /><br />Those of us who may have had the temerity to assume the horrors inflicted by Israel upon Gaza might dissipate with the latest brief respite in the agony have been fooled again -- the result of projecting a human mentality upon an inhuman aggressor.<br /><br />So today they're back at it. The grounds of Al-Shifa Hospital have become a de facto refugee camp. There's a park. This morning kids were playing on swings, the first day of Eid -- the equivalent of Christmas morning, a joyous time. Kids on swings, others awaiting their turn. When a missile struck, killing nine.<br /><br />Bombing and shelling from land, sea and air intense throughout the day.<br /><br />__<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.channel4.com/paul-mason-blog/gaza-mixture-peoples-faces-ranging-devout-simply-stunned/1394" rel="nofollow">‘Israel doesn’t understand – we’re a nation that can’t be crushed’ -- Paul Mason (Channel 4 News), Gaza, 28 July 2014</a><br />__<br /><br /><br />Those of us who have been doing everything in our power either to deny/block out what's happening in Gaza, or to lie to ourselves that in a moment Civilization is going to step in and say "Nada mas", ought to consider a reality check.<br /><br />Let's face it. These murderers will stop at nothing.<br />Here is their idea of a pep rally.<br /><br /><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/gaza-graveyard-sing-joyful-israeli-youths" rel="nofollow">"Gaza is a graveyard!" sing joyful Israeli youths (7/26/14)</a><br /><br />__<br /><br />This video shows an Israeli mob actually singing in celebration of children’s deaths in the style of a soccer fans’ song: “In Gaza there’s no studying, No children are left there, Olé, olé, olé-olé-olé.”<br /><br />The mob also incites directly against Ahmed Tibi and Haneen Zoabi, two prominent Palestinian citizens of Israel who are members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.<br /><br /> Tibi – Ahmed Tibi<br /> I wanted you to know<br /> The next kid to be hurt will be your kid<br /> I hate Tibi<br /> I hate Tibi the terrorist.<br /> Tibi – is dead!<br /> Tibi – is dead!<br /> Tibi – is dead!<br /><br /> Tibi is a terrorist.<br /> Tibi is a terrorist.<br /> Tibi is a terrorist.<br /><br /> They’ll take their papers away.<br /> They’ll take their papers away.<br /> They’ll take their papers away.<br /> Olé, olé, olé-olé-olé<br /> In Gaza there’s no studying<br /> No children are left there,<br /> Olé, olé, olé-olé-olé,<br /><br /> [Three lines, not entirely clear]<br /><br /> Who is getting nervous, I hear?<br /> Zoabi, this here is the Land of Israel<br /> This here is the Land of Israel, Zoabi<br /> This here is the Land of the Jews<br /> I hate you, I do, Zoabi<br /> I hate all the Arabs.<br /> Oh-oh-oh-oh<br /> Gaza is a graveyard<br /> Gaza is a graveyard<br /> Gaza is a graveyard<br /> Gaza is a graveyardTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50824613248918686932014-07-28T13:15:52.268-07:002014-07-28T13:15:52.268-07:00The poetic response is especially moving. The acco...The poetic response is especially moving. The accompanying images painful. A yellow birdcage of all things vividly illustrates the scene.Jonathan Chanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-59328960582831882962014-07-28T05:47:26.778-07:002014-07-28T05:47:26.778-07:00Dear Tom: Your posts on the Israeli-Gaza conflict ...Dear Tom: Your posts on the Israeli-Gaza conflict have been so vivid and powerful, and painful to absorb. This side of the story, as you know, is mostly invisible in this country. Thanks for helping to provide it.tpwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05909239000589253931noreply@blogger.com