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December 10, 2004

A Season Of Hope - Happy Chanukah, and God bless us all

Topics: Middle East News and Perspectives

The IsraelInsider, Israel's daily newsmagazine, had an article by Naomi Ragen on Dec 8 that I missed entitled "A season of hope." I think everyone should wake-up to it so I'll post it for a morning first-read. Since I just finished a post on Israel and the Palestinians, it's a little in the way of a follow-up. Naomi begins her article with:

Coming back from a long trip allows you the distance you need to view things more objectively. I returned to an Israel of bandaged wounds that are beginning to heal.

Arafat is dead, and that in itself is a cause for celebration. Like the Munchkins, we are happy to get rid of the wicked witch, even though other wicked witches remain (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PLO, Tanzim). The fight is not over by a long shot, but that doesn't mean we can't feel joy about a year in which the deadly head of Hamas, paraplegic baby-killer Sheik Yassin was blown to bits, and Yasser Arafat, the father of terrorism, died in a French hospital. Read the rest...

After you read Naomi's article, go back and read my previous post, Chrenkoff's post, and Khouri's article.  You'll feel like we all can have a little hope for the Middle East, and perhaps yes, there are hints of favorable winds ahead.
 

Posted by Hyscience at December 10, 2004 5:00 AM

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