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Israel acts against continued Qassam attacks

av Magnus Lindberg • 2006-12-27 • Kategoriserat under: Articles in English, Israel, Judeen, Samarien, Gaza - Palestinska Myndigheten

Since the “ceasefire” in Gaza issued a month ago more than 60 Qassam rockets have been fired towards Israel proper. During the past week there have been three casualties. This night, two fourteen year old boys sustained injuries from the heaviest Qassam fire since the beginning of the truce.
Up until now, Israel has shown complete […]



Regarding the level of democracy within the Palestinian proto-state

av Mike Kushner • 2006-12-25 • Kategoriserat under: Articles in English, Judeen, Samarien, Gaza - Palestinska Myndigheten

A commentator asked me in a previous post why I didn’t consider Fatah a democratic party. In writing my reply I realized that it was getting rather long, so I decided to post it as a short essay instead.
I’m very sorry to see Hamas in power, which anyone who has bothered to read their covenant […]



Back from Israel

av Magnus Lindberg • 2006-12-23 • Kategoriserat under: Articles in English, Israel

After three intense weeks in Israel I’m finally back in Sweden. Four highlights from the trip deserve special mentioning. In no particular order:

Dinner with G. Tikotzinsky and Anna. To meet my fellow authors in real life was a nice experience. Doing so over grilled sea bass and a Goldstar made the whole thing even nicer. […]



The HRW Report – Part II

av G. Tikotzinsky • 2006-12-23 • Kategoriserat under: Articles in English, Libanon

In Part I, I investigated HRW’s forensic claims, and questioned some of the photo evidence. I will now turn to the witness accounts and the methodology. Admittedly, this part and its questions may seem conspiratorial in nature, to varying degrees. The reader should judge for himself.
For starters, let us take a look […]



HRW’s Report on the Ambulances – More of the Same

av G. Tikotzinsky • 2006-12-22 • Kategoriserat under: Allmänt, Articles in English, Libanon

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published a 25-page document titled “The ‘Hoax’ That Wasn’t: The July 23 Qana Ambulance Attack.” The document is an answer to several bloggers who accused HRW and Hizbollah of fabricating a story about an Israeli attack on Red Cross ambulances in Lebanon on July 23. Unfortunately, the […]