This note from a Professor Abdelwahed of Al-Azhar University in Gaza, sent to Sonja Karkar, of Australian Women for Palestine, conveys the horror of the situation in Gaza–and also the fact that Israel is going after Qassam rockets. One should not forget that. But the character of the attacks is horrifying, and, obviously, victimizes the innocent. Can't wait for Alan Dershowitz to roll out the arguments he used in Lebanon 2006, that glory to Israeli statecraft:
"It is horrible outside! Minutes ago I heard the hissing of a Palestinian Qassam rocket, then another one accompanied by an explosion. It seems that the second one was hit by an Israeli aircraft that may have been targeting the Palestinian group. The news now is saying that an Israeli Apache helicopter has targeted a recreation ground with fish ponds. Shifa hospital has said that there are more than 195 dead and more than 570 injured there. Every minute the number of casualties go up. These are the figures in Gaza, but there are still no official statements from other towns, villages and refugee camps. Near our apartment my youngest son was waiting for his school bus when the preventive security department was hit. 50 meters from where he was standing, two men and two young girls died immediately.
"It is utterly dark now. I am operating a small generator to contact the world via internet.”
Thanks to Rupa Shah.
