Tag archive for ‘cast lead’
Getting some perspective on the War in Gaza
Regarding the costs of war, just to put things in perspective [translated from a piece by Brigadier General (res.) Shuki Shichrur, a former chief of staff of the Israeli Northern Command]: Fallujah lies 70km west-north-west to Baghdad. In 2004, it had between 200 and 300 thousand residents. From early 2004, it was under control of [...]
Hamas under fire
Again I find myself blogging life during wartime. Tel-Aviv is fucked up like that; An hours drive away, a quarter of a million Israelis are under rocket fire, and here life goes on as usual. Just a quick recap. In the summer of 2005, Israel left the Gaza strip. In the summer of 2007, Hamas, [...]