Saturday, February 23, 2002

Israel considers lifting Arafat blockade. Israeli leaders will discuss whether to end Yasser Arafat's virtual house arrest on Sunday as talks aimed at reducing violence resume. [BBC News: world] I don't know what they think lifting the blockade will accomplish. Blowing up Arafat's house, with him in it, might do some good. Then again, it might not. But there's no hope for peace while Arafat is alive, regardless of where he is. comment () trackback ()  11:33:50 PM     Alert customer shoots terrorist in Efrat supermarket. Further tragedy was averted when a woman shopping in the packed supermarket apparently saw the terrorist trying to set off a second explosion and shot him twice in the head from close range. [Jerusalem Post] Some additional information on the story I linked to yesterday. Very nice work by the shopper! comment () trackback ()  6:58:25 PM     The comment count works great! comment () trackback ()  10:00:21 AM     If I did everything right, there should now be comment counts present. This is important because it's really inconvenient to click each link on the page just to see if somebody left a comment. comment () trackback ()  9:55:43 AM

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