As isolated as I am from the real conflict not too far south of me, I can go along my life as if it didn't exist. To keep a smidgen of reality and awareness in my system, I subscribed to Google news alerts of any published news articles about my area.
Some of the articles it finds are related to the nearby desalinization plant. It provides an incredible amount of water, and is powered by an offshore natural gas source.
Others articles might talk about the migration of birds, or the hardships of farmers, or the mayor, "is he accepting bribes??"
And, of course, there are usually one or two that discuss the Palestinian/Israeli conflicts.
My favorite one, though, was one that talked about the Kassam rockets that the Islamic Jihad occasionally shoot out of Gaza towards Israel towns and kibbutz in the Negev. Sderot has suffered considerably, and there were some wounded listed in this article. But no, that's not the funny part - Here is the funny part:
"On Thursday, a group of left-wing activists fired tomatoes, corn and eggs into the area from where Gazans had been firing rockets, in order to demonstrate the helplessness of the government.
The activists fired the vegetables from an improvised cannon, which was made from sewage pipes and flammable liquid. The vegetables were covered with soup in order to minimize friction.
Several minutes later, IDF soldiers arrived at the scene and asked the activists to stop the vegetable fire."
Two wounded in Sderot Kassam attack, JPOST.COM STAFF, Aug. 3, 2007 http://www.jpost.com/
THAT is peaceful protest the Israel way :P
Friday, August 10, 2007
Sunset on the Med
Oh, the pain and suffering I endure. I had to watch this sunset from my balcony instead of the sand! If only my evening phone meetings would disappear!
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