HEADLINES - STERNLINES

The N.Y. Times - April 4, 2008, page A9, headline for an article written by stern-aperture Isabel Kershner, reads, Israel Slow to Admit Gaza Patients, U.N. Says. The mid-page headline reads, Delays cause 32 Palestinians to die, a report contends.

Well! What do you make of that! More Israeli perfidy!

Oh, Great New York Times, your brains, too, are in your stern aperture.

Buried in the article is the statement that of the thirty-two people who died, only one, ONE child applied for admission to Israel for medical care and that one child was held back at the Palestinians' request because his condition deteriorated and he died in Gaza! There were NO APPLICATIONS for admittance for any of the other 31 patients who died that day and they were unknown to the Israelis.

In 2006, more than 4,500 humanitarian cases were admitted to Israel according to W.H.O., the U.N. World Health Organization. In 2007, more than 7,000 Palestinian patients received permits to enter Israel from Gaza and to date, the number admitted is 2,300. That means that over 10,000 Palestinians will be admitted from Gaza to Israel for medical treatment this year.

And the rockets from Gaza keep falling on Israeli towns and cities. And the surrounding Arab countries and the brilliant Iranian president, Ahmadinajad and the Palestinians themselves, keep calling for Israel's destruction.

Is this a reflection on Arab or Islamic education and intelligence? "Kill the non-believers! They provide hospitals and doctors and surgery and health care for us and our children. KILL THEM!"

This is a clear indication that banging your head on the floor while praying is detrimental to brain cells.