Marchers brandished placards and banners. “The Supreme Court is fascist,” one poster read.
This is taking place in Israel, where 120,000 people marched to support several dozen parents recently held in contempt by the Israeli Supreme Court. Why? Because they refuse to allow their children to go to school with children who aren’t as fundamentalist.
“There is [...] Read more »

From McClatchy:
As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as “economic warfare” against the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory.
…The government has long said that the aim of the blockade is [...] Read more »

Wikipedia has this to say about white phosphorus:
White phosphorus (WP) is a flare- and smoke-producing incendiary device[1] or smoke-screening agent that is made from a common allotrope of the chemical element phosphorus. The main utility of white phosphorus munitions are to create smokescreens to mask movement from the enemy, or to mask his fire. In [...] Read more »

I’ve been meaning to post something on Israel for a while, because I’m a Zionist (in the sense that I believe Israel should have been created, and should exist) and I believe that the story of Israel’s creation is utterly amazing. Israel had to fight tooth and nail to defend itself on many occasions, and [...] Read more »