Election Day Reading

Feb. 10, 2009

The polls are open and all the major party leaders have already cast their votes. I will be at Likud headquarters this evening covering the results. Tomorrow I will post articles and reaction to the elections.

In the meantime, here's some good reading for the day:

High-ranking Foreign Office diplomat arrested over anti-Semitic gym tirade London Daily Mail
Sounding a lot like Iran's A'jad: Stunned staff and gym members allegedly heard him shout: 'F**king Israelis, f**king Jews'. It is alleged he also said Israeli soldiers should be 'wiped off the face of the earth'. Sometimes anti-Israel IS anti-Semitism, just couched in political terms making it appear on the surface less ugly.

Dispatch from the Gaza border by Michael Totten
Fewer than twenty Israelis have been killed by rocket fire from Gaza since Hamas and Islamic Jihad adopted the tactic. ... It’s not just about casualties, though. Thousands of rockets have fallen on Sderot. And every rocket launched at the city triggers an air raid alert. Everyone within ear shot has fifteen seconds to run into a shelter. Imagine sprinting for cover 5,000 times.

Ending the West's Proxy War Against Israel Wall Street Journal online
As long as the West continues to subsidize Gaza's extreme demographic armament, young Palestinians will likely continue killing their brothers or neighbors. And yet, despite claiming that it wants to bring peace to the region, the West continues to make the population explosion in Gaza worse every year. By generously supporting UNRWA's budget, the West assists a rate of population increase that is 10 times higher than in their own countries.