I should also warn you to be prepared for the blitz of news coverage of Middle East violence. The 3 week period of "relative calm" will be over and our local and national news media will present headline coverage of Wednesday's bus attack where 7 innocent Jewish settlers were ambushed and killed. No mention will be made of Israeli troops killing the Palestinian mother and her 2-year-old son nor will there be any mention of the 13-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed by Israeli machine guns. Neither will there be any mention of the 35-
year-old Palestinian journalist Emad Abu Zahra, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops--if only he could get a fraction of the coverage that Wall Street journalist Danny Pearl received.
Amnesty International reported in its 1999 annual report on Israel and the Occupied Territories that " Israeli authorities have demolished at least 2,650 Palestinian homes in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem... As a result 16,700 Palestinians (including 7,300 children ) have lost their homes." Since this report was written the number of innocent Palestinian homes demolished has almost doubled to 4700, causing more than 30,000 men, women, and especially children to become homeless with very little clothing and food. Have you even once heard and criticism or condemnation coming from the White House, let alone any headline news from either local or national media? Could you list any other nation on this planet that could get away with demolishing one Jewish family's home let alone 4700 homes?
year-old Palestinian journalist Emad Abu Zahra, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops--if only he could get a fraction of the coverage that Wall Street journalist Danny Pearl received.
Amnesty International reported in its 1999 annual report on Israel and the Occupied Territories that " Israeli authorities have demolished at least 2,650 Palestinian homes in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem... As a result 16,700 Palestinians (including 7,300 children ) have lost their homes." Since this report was written the number of innocent Palestinian homes demolished has almost doubled to 4700, causing more than 30,000 men, women, and especially children to become homeless with very little clothing and food. Have you even once heard and criticism or condemnation coming from the White House, let alone any headline news from either local or national media? Could you list any other nation on this planet that could get away with demolishing one Jewish family's home let alone 4700 homes?