Thanks for Nothing

Jazz is feeling melancholy, so that means it's the perfect time for me to jump in again with my ongoing persona of "angry Jewish woman".

Perhaps you've read my blog, and you recall my stance on the middle east. If not, learn this now - I think that the people there are too turbulent and unwilling to accept each other and live peacefully. I think that their elected leaders are a polite sham, because as long as there are so very many people committed so strongly to their own xenophobic ideas that they're willing to blow themselves up in crowded areas, there can be no "road map to peace". Yes, this is how I feel. And then, I see an article like this:

Israel Seals Off Gaza Strip After Border Attack

...Abbas, due to be sworn in as president on Saturday, condemned the assault and deadly raids Israel has mounted against militants.


Three militant groups said they jointly took part in the operation: Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Abbas's Fatah movement.


Israel signaled it would weigh its response carefully to avoid weakening Abbas, a leader it has said it could do business with after shunning his predecessor Yasser Arafat for years.

To me, Abbas is starting to look about as sturdy as one of those paper shoji screens.