PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:
Imagine backing the only democracy in the Mid-East, what nerve. And then to cut back on funding to corrupt despotic leaders?? How dare he! Who does Harper think he is denying foreign despots Canadian funds so they can continue their murderous/genocidal ways?
Israel settlers start fires amid West Bank harvest$1:
"We were gathering the olives when the settlers arrived. One of them started a fire," says olive grower Shaher Tawil.
He points to a bearded man wearing a T-shirt and a Jewish kippa or skullcap, now safely behind an Israeli military barrier.
"When we saw the flames, we called the fire service but the soldiers wouldn't let them come any closer to prevent clashes with the settlers," the old man says.
The young Israeli conscripts, visibly embarrassed and restricted by their uniforms in the oppressive midday heat, finally let the fire-truck through after about an hour, by which time the flames have already been well-fanned by the wind.
"This land is the birthright of the people of Israel. If a gentile plants a tree on my land, the tree and its fruit are mine."
When Israel takes its own terrorists as seriously, it might be considered a democracy.