Baroness Warsi has resigned from the Government in protest at its handling of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict in Gaza
There is speculation, reported exclusively in League of Mental Men, that Warsi’s resignation was triggered by the news of an attack on an East London Kebab shop by an Israeli jet – http://tinyurl.com/nu4c6bk
Following Israeli shelling of UN schools in Gaza and the death of Palestinian refugees – including children – sheltering there, a reporter breaks down in tears while trying to report on the event
then there is this footage of Israeli shells hitting a market, resulting in injuries and death to more Palestinians, and a photo-journalist
does Israel really think that it can beat Hamas militarily and . . .
The wife of a Palestinian prisoner, Abdul Kareem al-Rimawi (who is serving a 25-year sentence in an Israeli prison), has given birth to a baby boy following IVF treatment using her husband’s sperm smuggled out of the prison
How this ‘Emission Impossible’ task was accomplished is not known – and Abdul’s family are not talking lest they spoil it for other Palestinian prisoners wanting to impregnate their women when the traditional route of doing so is denied to them
February 4 – it is reported that Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahminadinnerjacket, has expressed a wish to be Iran’s first astronaut – http://tinyurl.com/acoqy2w
February 5 – following a hastily assembled cabinet meeting, Israel despatches team of highly trained astro-physicists, engineers, and computer scientists to Iran to help make Mahmoud’s dream a reality
February 6 – Barack Obama announces the closure of prison facility at Gitmo Bay
February 7 – Nasa announces specially selected group of ‘volunteers’ to be sent to Mars
Hamas rockets fired from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza can reach up to 47 miles, far enough to strike both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
But what if the rockets were fired from somewhere else in the world? Click following link to see where the missiles would land if Israel and Gaza were your neighbors –
There are reports that Fatah and Hamas, the rival Palestinian organisations, have reached an accord and are about to sign a reconciliation agreement leading to an interim government and setting a date for a general election.