Observations, articles, opinions etc. in Dutch and English. The author, Bert de Bruin (Yonathan Dror Bar-On), is a Dutch-Jewish historian, who has specialized in modern Jewish history and in the history of the Middle East, and who in 1995 emigrated from the Netherlands to Israel. He wrote one book (2008), and edited another (2011), both in Dutch. For feedback please post a comment, or send this blog's author an email: (hisdutchname)atyahoodotcom
Sunday, June 27, 2004
About ten minutes after I started to watch the football match between the Czech and Danish national teams, my brother called, and we talked for more than an hour. Just before the half time break the broadcast was stopped because of the attack against the IDF post in the Gaza strip. Here they are talking only about many wounded, on foreign websites it was already said that at least five soldiers were killed. Hopefully the foreign media are wrong, but most probably the only reason why in Israel we have not heard yet about soldiers being killed is the fact that the families of the victims have not been notified yet. Of course, the first political reaction was already given, this time by a Yesha spokesperson, who said that a retreat under fire will only enhance terror. Right now I do not see much of a retreat, especially when we consider the successful actions by the IDF this weekend.
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