“Through one example via phone, Israelis became aware of the magnitude of the horror visited upon the Gaza Strip. I am saying horror, because there are more than a thousand dead, a large part of them civilians, and I am sorry that it takes a phone conversation like this, and the tragedy of a Hebrew-speaking man, to transmit it.”
"I didn't see you when you died Ali, they took you to the hospital and buried you and I wasn't there, right Ali? May Allah burn the hearts of those who killed you like they burned my heart. I cry for every dead son in the world. Everyone, even if he was a Jew. I don't want him to die. I am a mother and I know." (here.)
yeah - chose the Tikum link cos it gives a plain warning- it isn't graphic of course, but it is heartbreaking. (I was impressed by the decency shown by the anchor however - "I can not hang up this call")
after posting that I remembered what that loathsome toad Ackerman wrote last week (and I happened to read while waiting for Nandos - my stupid mistake) - essentially "they're not like us - they don't love their children" bastard
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Date: 2009-01-17 08:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-17 10:02 am (UTC)http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/01/17/israeli-tv-airs-agony-of-gazan-doctor-moments-after-3-daughters-brother-3-nieces-killed-by-idf-shell/
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Date: 2009-01-17 10:23 am (UTC)"I didn't see you when you died Ali, they took you to the hospital and buried you and I wasn't there, right Ali? May Allah burn the hearts of those who killed you like they burned my heart. I cry for every dead son in the world. Everyone, even if he was a Jew. I don't want him to die. I am a mother and I know." (here.)
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Date: 2009-01-17 10:56 am (UTC)after posting that I remembered what that loathsome toad Ackerman wrote last week (and I happened to read while waiting for Nandos - my stupid mistake) - essentially "they're not like us - they don't love their children" bastard