Today begins the sixth year of the current Arab-Israeli war. Lynn has more.

Wow, this is informative. And depressing. It’s about how wrong the EU approach to Israel has been. Via Solomonia, who points out that the Muslim Waqf has been busy destroying Jewish artifacts while lying about Jews destroying the Muslim parts.

Neo-neocon found an essay by Gandhi that suggests the Jews should gladly welcome their extermination at the hands of the Nazis. No, I’m not exaggerating. Go read it, you’ll see.

Why you should be reading Omri (besides the fact that he and I read the same sources and practically write the same posts)

Via Judith, a fascinating article on the difference between Jews and Christians on the topic of forgiveness, which was brought up because of a church sign.

And now to bed.

Too tired to write the summary. You’ll have to wait a few days.

Update: Okay, I’m getting a boatload of Google searches. Here’s what I have so far. You’ll still have to wait for the rest of it, though.

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Apparently, I’m not as centrist as I thought.

No wonder most bloggers on this side of the ’sphere don’t link me anymore.

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Originally published on May 5, 2004

Meirav was two

This is Rebecca. She is two years old. I see her frequently, usually every Thursday. Sarah and the twins and I run errands in the morning and have lunch in the afternoon. This picture was taken at one of our favorite spots in the West End of Richmond.

There are a few more pictures of Rebecca sprinkled throughout this weblog.

Meirav was two. She and Rebecca have something in common. They’re both Jewish. Meirav lived in a town in the Gaza Strip with her three sisters. Rebecca lives here in central Virginia with her three brothers. Rebecca giggles a lot, and dances a lot. I’ll bet that Meirav giggled and danced, too.

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Hamas doesn’t need a PR agency. The AP is doing it for them.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Israeli military has rounded up 379 militant activists, including dozens of electoral candidates from Hamas, prompting accusations that Israel is using a weekend truce breach as an excuse to crush the Islamic group before upcoming Palestinian elections.

The arrest sweep in the West Bank - the biggest in three years and part of a new offensive against Hamas - came after Israel failed to win international backing for its demand that the militant organization be barred from the Jan. 25 parliamentary vote.

Israel says a government that includes Hamas, which calls for the destruction of the Jewish state, would threaten peace prospects. But letting Hamas contest elections is the cornerstone of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ plan to tame the group, and the Palestinian Authority believes it will be the main loser in the Israel-Hamas showdown.

By the way, someone find me the objectivity in this article, because I’m thinking it should have been labeled “opinion.”

So let’s take a quick look at some of these candidates for office. Let’s see how the “political wing” of Hamas fares when we do a quick check of the Hamas covenant, which, if they are members of Hamas, they adhere to:

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