For the past 21 days, Israel has been attacking the Gaza strip, ostensibly targeting the Islamist group HAMAS, but in actuality mainly killing shitloads of civilians. 30% of the Palestinian dead are women and children. According to figures cited by Reuters around 20 minutes ago, 13 Israelis had been killed (10 of them soldiers) and over 1,055 Palestinians were killed, 670 of whom were civilians. (I hope you've heard about this conflict by now...)
Given the current set up of the world, there's not much that's going to be done about Israel's current attack on Gaza. Israel is just being Israel, and with the exception of the US, they're not going to be influenced by anybody to stop what they're doing. But nonetheless, it's refreshing to see some kind of concrete action by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela against Israel. Both governments cut all diplomatic ties with the Israelis, with the Venezuelans expelling the Israeli ambassador and embassy staff, and the Bolivians calling on the International Criminal Court to bring human rights abuse charges against Israel.
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Hey Paul! Came across your blog in my late night wanderings through the web and realized I suck at staying in touch with people... Sorry for that. You still in Dimashq (in case you didn't figure it out -- it's Anne here, one of those bloody Dutch students)?
About your post: you're right it's kind of sad that this is about all that's actually being done. Btw, must be getting quite a lucrative business in Venezuela -- selling former ambassadors' houses :)
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now. Keep it up!
And according to this article, I totally agree with your opinion, but only this time! :)
You have to express more your opinion to attract more readers, because just a video or plain text without any personal approach is not that valuable. But it is just form my point of view
I didn't understand the concluding part of your article, could you please explain it more?
Should be clear
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