Posted in Uncategorized on 03/31/2002 01:51 pm by Daniel Hagan
Well, believe it or not, Hamas has a website. After reading their communique, I was struck by two things.
It’s hard to delude yourself into believing Arafat mattered to them when they include lines like these in their communiques.
Third: our operation, which coincided with the Arab summit in Beirut, is a clear message to our Arab rulers that our Mujahid people have chosen their road and known how to regain lands and rights in full depending on Allah only. Our people do not accept other than Jihad and resistance as the main path to regain usurped rights.
Fourth: the Qassam Brigades affirm continuation of all kinds of Jihad and resistance employing all available means at the opportune time and place without paying attention to the inharmonious voices that call for halting our blessed intifada.
And secondly, this is the first time I’ve felt physically ill after reading a website.
Posted in Uncategorized on 03/31/2002 12:43 pm by Daniel Hagan
Even though I’ve been feeling like crap, I’ve managed to keep up on the news from the Middle East. I think Stephen Green explains how I feel as well as anyone could. It’s time for Israel to finish this nonsense off, and I think everyone knows it.
Stephen’s post got me thinking about something else, though. I wonder if bloggers are, in their own small way, helping shape Israel’s response. Pretty much everyone, including the mainstream media, realizes that popular bloggers like Glenn and Stephen have the views of the “man on the street”. Their on-site, unedited, feedback supports that notion — there’s far more supporting comments than dissenting comments. And on the Israeli issue, the people who admit they would normally dissent even agree.
Any intelligence agency worth it’s salt monitors foreign media outlets to guage how their enemies and allies will react to events. And I think it goes without question that the Mossad is worth it’s salt. The big question is: have they started monitoring the major bloggers to estimate US sentiments? They would have to, wouldn’t they? Now that Fox has started featuring bloggers on their site, it couldn’t have escaped their notice. And with a little coding, it would be easier to monitor than regular news casts.
So are people like Stephen and Glenn helping shape Israeli response?