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In Latest Ban, Hamas Clamps Down on Hookahs
By Sarah A. Topol - AOL NewsGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (July 16) -- Gaza is not an easy place to have a good time. Racked by poverty and despair, bereft of cinemas and most other public entertainment, and still hobbled by a trade embargo on goods the Israeli military deems sensitive, the 1.5 million inhabitants of the coastal enclave have to make do with what they've got. One of those things, for many crowding Gaza's Mediterranean beaches, has long been shisha, flavored tobacco smoked through a hookah, or water pipe, the glowing coals of which illuminate a darkness made more frequent these days by power cuts. But now even ...
American Citizen Among Those Killed in Israeli Raid on Aid Flotilla
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyA 19-year-old American citizen originally from Turkey was among those killed during a bungled effort by Israeli commandos to stop a Turkish aid ship loaded with humanitarian supplies from reaching the Gaza coast earlier this week. The American was identified by the Anatolia news agency as Furkan Doanjk, a student who suffered four bullet wounds to his head and one to his chest, the Washington Post said. His body and those of the eight others killed were flown to Turkey on Wednesday. The raid Monday, with commandos rappelling from helicopters onto ships in an aid flotilla, was meant to ...
Joe the Plumber Attempts to Nail Israeli Reporter
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI think Joe must be watching too much "Colbert Report." He got all confrontationiacal today with an Israeli reporter, and continued to barf out his Journalism School of the Absurd. From HuffPo: It's not clear how this philosophy jibes with this exchange, transcribed by Firedoglake, where Joe tries to force an Israeli reporter to judge whether or not the country is "bad."JOE: The story here is people are being killed and the media's slanting it and trying to make it Hamas is, uh, as far as, that Israel's being bad. Do you believe Israel is bad? REPORTER: Do I believe it? JOE: Yeah, do you?! ...
Barack Obama Talks About Panetta and Gaza
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyEarlier, President-Elect Barack Obama held a press conference on the economic recovery package. During the Q&A portion, he fielded questions about his pick for CIA Chief, and about the conflict in Israel. On Panetta, he echoed what I said this morning, that he is highly qualified, and positioned to do the job in a markedly different way than it has been done. On Israel, he deferred to President Bush, but reaffirmed his commitment to resolving crises in the middle east. Under the circumstances, he really had no other choice. Here are excerpts from those sections, followed by a full transcript. ...
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