Words of the Week, VI
For those waking up: soon after ceasefire, Hamas executed surprise attack on Israeli troops involving a suicide bomber & kidnapped a soldier
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) August 1, 2014
Letter from #Israel to the #UN on Hamas's violation of humanitarian cease-fire & kidnapping of Hadar Goldin pic.twitter.com/sLJ8Jr15fV
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) August 1, 2014
If you think you know how to conduct war more humanely than the IDF, suggest something specific. Otherwise you are simply vilifying Israel.
— Marc Leibowitz (@Marc_Leibowitz) August 1, 2014
From Amos Oz, quoted in an interview with Deutsche Welle:
“I have been a man of compromise all my life. But even a man of compromise cannot approach Hamas and say: ‘Maybe we meet halfway and Israel only exists on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.'”
From Uriel Heilman, “The Images Missing from the Gaza War,” on JTA.org:
“Either reporters and editors are uninterested in telling the side of the story that shows what Hamas is doing in Gaza or they’re unable. Let’s consider that latter possibility.”
And on a related note: “Forty Questions for the International Media in Gaza”