Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sick political joke of the week
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday that Israel would not let a humanitarian crisis develop in Gaza. (Source)Because, on top of all the other consequences, 70 hospital patients having died in Gaza as a direct result of the siege doesn't constitute a "humanitarian crisis" according to Olmert (or according to the U.S. government or any of the candidates for President, for that matter).