Sunday, November 09, 2008

Amira Hass Discovers Gaza (Surprise, Surprise)

Here's Amira Hass (or Haas as I prefer) on her arrival in Gaza via the sea for her paper, Haaretz:-

We would be allowed to sail to Gaza. No surprise as the organizers had reached an agreement with the Israel Defense Forces because it justly realized preventing us from passing would only damage Israel's image.

At our port of call a fleet of different sized sailing ships awaited us and their sailors waved at us and shed tears. On the shores, crowds of people lined up. So many beards, I thought looking at the men and the changes brought about by Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip.


Don't you just love it when a Leftist meets reality.

5 comments:

Ashan said...

Why do you prefer "Haas"? "Hass" fits her perfectly. It's German for "hate".

YMedad said...

a) Haas is phoneticaly and prounouncably the better sound.

and

b) Haas is spelled better than H - ass

Ashan said...

Your explanation is wanting. The meaning of her name carries a whole lot more weight than trying to pronounce it "better". Actually, the pronunciation of both words in German is different. "Hass" is onomatopoeic. It imitates a hissing sound, as with a snake. Hass is very much the snake. Pronunciation included.

Anonymous said...

As you know, she was kicked out by Hamas and arrested by the Israeli authorities.

Anonymous said...

As you know, she was kicked out by Hamas and arrested by the Israeli authorities.