... according to some who are extremely and unquestioningly pro-Isreal and who can't get over my not falling all over myself to lap up their bullshit claims and allegations.
But it does seem to be a step up from the 'Jew hater' and 'anti-Semitic' labels which have often been trotted out.
I can and will despise, condemn, abhor, scorn, point out, and ridicule many things which this Israeli Government and the IDF have done and are doing and which deserve these responses.
This does not make me an 'Israel hater'.
Claiming that I am is simply a desperate dishonest attempt to distort, besmirch, and deflect.
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The death tolls are now: in Gaza - 166 and from the mosque bombing last night - 22.
... So far, 166 people have been killed including 30 children, according to Gaza's health ministry.
In the worst single incident of the conflict so far, 22 people were killed and 45 injured when two large Israeli bombs slammed into a house in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City where the city's chief of police, Tayseer Batsh, was sheltering.
http://www.theguardian.com/...
Later on Saturday night an Israeli warplane flattened the home of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended, killing at least 18 people and wounding 50, officials said.
(with video of the aftermath of the mosque bombing)
http://www.theguardian.com/...
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Note: I'll leave it up to commenters to provide information about the New and Improved Leaflet Service of the IDF Gaza Periodic Maintenance Notification Service and the IDF's commandos on the Gaza beach if anyone wants to.
I'm going to think about, and maybe write a little about, my farm for a while as I watch the sun set.