from Juan Cole: > The Israeli government appears to have rejected international calls for a > 48-hour truce to allow humanitarian aid to reach Gaza. Lack of electricity, > fuel, medicine and even food is threatening to create an even deep crisis > there than during the Israeli blockade that has been in force off and on for > the past year.
> In fact, an Israeli ship rammed a vessel attempting to deliver medical > supplies to Gaza, severely damaging it and endangering the passengers, who > included Karl Penhaul of CNN and former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. The > boat, which was in international waters, could easily have sunk.< Well, we Americans should support our beleaguered ally no matter what it does. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
