One can only hope: Hamas threatens to boycott Palestinian unity talks. I’m rooting for Hamas in this one.
Egyptian border guards murder refugee, UN doesn’t care: If Israel were doing this, of course, there would be UN resolutions. And yet, it’s perfectly okay for Egyptians to continue to murder African refugees. I won’t hold my breath waiting for world condemnation.
Obama’s wising up? President Obama extended sanctions on Syria. Good for him.
Living in the mystical world: Madonna’s treatise on Kabbalah in Ynet, just because I love you all and want you to suffer as much as I did when I read it. Truthfully, I think it’s not a bad thing to have someone famous actually liking Israel, regardless of how or why she does. No, she’s not a role model. But she does influence the kiddies, and if she likes something, they like something. It’s win-win. It’s like her adopting African kids. No matter what the real reasons, those children go from poverty to princehood in 2.8. Good for them, good for her. I guess all this is just to say: You know, I kinda like her. And I really love “La Isla Bonita.” That’s my favorite of her songs.
No Snark for Mary Robinson being given the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Obama may be trying to beat out Carter for the title of Most Pro-Palestinian President of All Time.
Actually, that one is too outrageous for snark. It is possible that Obama is not “pro-Palestinian” he may just be ignorant and clueless (though that is a description of pro-Palestinian”). Looking at the rest of what he has done and the “beer summit”, I would say that his ignorance and cluelessness extends well beyond the Middle East.
It is going to be an interesting four years to say the least.