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It’s Raining
Published: 06 February 2009 There had been a light, cold drizzle just before the Muslim taxi driver picked me up in Jerusalem. It should be a 90-minute drive to Sderot, in southern Israel. Along the wet highway, I asked the driver to stop at a small town so that I could buy a juice, and ...
AN INSTAPUNDIT EXCLUSIVE: A report from Michael Yon. It’s Raining By Michael Yon 05 Feb…
pajamasmedia.com — AN INSTAPUNDIT EXCLUSIVE: A report from Michael Yon. It’s Raining By Michael Yon 05 February 2009 There had been a light, cold drizzle just before the Muslim taxi driver picked me up in Jerusalem. It should be a 90-minute drive to Sderot, in ... (more) AN INSTAPUNDIT EXCLUSIVE: A report from Michael ...
One-Eyed in Gaza
normblog.typepad.com — This is a post about war crimes in Gaza and the widespread public outrage over them directed at Israel. Since it is a long post, I begin by providing a brief map of what is to follow. In Part 1... (more) One-Eyed in Gaza
A Dispatch from the Border with Gaza
A Dispatch from the Border with Gaza
michaeltotten.com — Not since the Second Intifada, when more than a thousand Israelis were murdered by Palestinian suicide bombers, have Israeli civilians suffered in a way that makes for compelling news copy or TV reports. The southern Israeli city of Sderot ... (more) A Dispatch from the Border with Gaza
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Michael Yon: It’s Raining
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... or risk being torn asunder. /ppEarsplitting detonations, spewing searing hot steel, must be terrifying for the kids. It is truly sad to imagine that a ten year-old can have more experience diving for cover than many combat experienced soldiers./ppIn Sderot, I met up with the American-Israeli writer and editor Allison Kaplan Sommer, who has lived in Israel for some 15 years, has three children and lives with her husband outside Tel Aviv. Together we went into the police statio read ...

Yon: Photos from Israel
Little Green Footballs — ... down, and Hamas continues to fire at innocent civilians. Hamas needs to be destroyed. They deal in suicide bombers, random rockets, kidnapping and murder. Last week the United Nations accused Hamas of stealing humanitarian food supplies from its own people. Hamas said it was a mistake! Hamas is like a terrorist version of the Mafia, and the United Nations doesn’t have the guts to stand up to them, so they point the finger at the victim who struck back: Israel. This dispatch explains more. Very Respectfully, Michael Yon ...

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