Moab Musings

The noise continues today as it has done for the last five months along the Wadi Sakra valley, masking the horrors of the sounds of the mighty Israeli military as it bombs its way through Gaza and Beirut casually blowing away runways, bridges, public offices and homes – oh and a few men, women and children along the way – but that's immaterial – the Israelis are looking for 3 live (note: live) soldiers – captured as prisoners of war to make a point and wake the world up from its slumber.

Doesn't matter if you are 1 year old or 75 these days when the Israeli military has a plan. And if you are an Arab - great because arab lives are unequal to Israeli ones, apparently. And if you are a leader of the Arabs – blah, blah, blah – 'don't look at me for a solution', says Amr Musa, 'and the peace process is dead', is all they can say – "it's Jordan's fault". Great! Now I can sleep at night … knowing that. "Your careers are dead" can't help thinking and look up the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut for some real reporting.

And this is what I read:
"In the south, a 75-year-old Palestinian woman was found dead after being wounded by Israeli tank shelling, local medical sources said. Fatima Jadallah was wounded in the thigh when tanks opened fire on a neighborhood near Gaza's destroyed international airport in Rafah, but she bled to death before the ambulance could arrive because of continued shelling. Another 20 people were wounded, including a woman and a baby, by sporadic gunfire and Israeli shelling in the northern incursion, medical sources said. On the ground, dozens of Palestinians living on the edges of Beit Hanun were fleeing their homes and taking shelter in UN-run schools in the nearby Jebaliya refugee camp, witnesses said."
The article continues:
"Last night my son said: 'Mummy, I can't move my arms anymore because I'm frightened.'"
"We haven't been able to wash our children for four days," said Aisha's husband, Adel Massoud Rajab.


http://www.dailystar.com.lb

… all the while the sonic booms of the mighty Israeli Jets continue to strafe the hell hole that is Gaza while mothers try and nurse their children to sleep – but they can't; … I wonder what you would do?

And in the meantime did you know that since April 2006 the Israeli authorities stop entry to Palestinians returning to their homes and lives in the Occupied Territories/Gaza and/or Israel if they also have dual nationality and therefore hold a second passport? No? didn't think so!
http://www.jkcook.net/

… and the Palestinians continue to hope that "humankind will one day hear the voice of its conscience." J

PS when I can work out why blogger won't upload my photos, you will eventually get some views of the Wadi Sakra Valley in full motion.