There’s not really much to this story beyond the obligatory expression of outrage, which we’re more than happy to farm out to Carl at Israel Matzav. But it is interesting to see the different ways that Israel and its Arab enemies honor Ramadan. Olmert:
And then there’s the Egyptian and Syrian approach to honoring Ramadan. We’ll be linking back to this post in the next few weeks every time some Western outlet passes on Muslim expressions of outrage about how the US or Israel would defile the Holy Month Of Ramadan ™ by defending themselves.
If you want something particularly depressing out of that main JPost article, click through and search for the phrase “land bridge”. Happy Sunday.
References:
* Olmert to release 100 more terrorists ‘with blood on their hands’ [Israel Matzav]
* Prisoner release likely before Thursday [JPost]
Previously:
* Mere Rhetoric: Egyptian Sandmonkey Takes Exception To TIME’s …
* Mere Rhetoric: UN: Murder of Jews Not Really Our Problem
* Mere Rhetoric: Syria and the Problem of Meaning
