It’ll be interesting to see whether the new Obama administration continues Bush’s support for Israel’s campaign against Hamas after his inauguration in a couple of weeks. Optimists cite Barry’s previous remarks condemning the Hamas rockets, but he’s well known for turning on a dime.
Al Q is already blaming him for Gaza. Whether that matters to him remains to be seen.
I don’t get a lot of commenters, as you can tell. So I haven’t drawn the foul-mouthed anti-Semites that other pro-Israel blogs have. But I drew a stranger the other day with a relatively mild rebuke of US support for Israel. I thought about it, but I decided there’s plenty of places for that in Big Media and elsewhere on the Web. This is my private turf and I’m declaring it an Israel no-bashing zone. If you want your comment deleted and you banned permanently, like he was, just try me.
Meanwhile, there’s an Israel support rally at the JCC on Thursday. Mrs. Charm will be working, so I’m taking Mr. B. I got the above banner from their email announcing it. Should be interesting. The JCC is gated, with armed security guards who I’m sure are nervous despite Austin’s relative calm. This is, after all, prime time for jihadis and assorted scum who’ve been popping up around the country defacing synagogues and so forth.
But, for the first time in such a conflict, we have the alternative of Pajamas TV from Jerusalem.
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