The joy was greatly dampened by the Italian coverage of it. As if they were rats who found a hole to seep out of…. That is because it’s Holocaust Memorial Year (oh, sorry Day) in a few days, so we are only supposed to remember the bravery of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the loss of life of victims of totalitarianism. Then, someone on the radio said, “How many who don’t belong there are going to climb through” (either direction, it was intended). As a matter of fact, one of my friends today is packing his bag. He told me that if he does not try to get to to Palestine now, he may never have the chance again. I don’t think it will happen, but it was the radio that put the idea in his head….Maybe this is what should be done?

At any rate, my greatest respect and love to the brave people of Gaza who teach us lesson after lesson.

By Jeff Halper
The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own “moderate” political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle for freedom. Early t…