Emotions in Gaza
Different quotes from NYTimes
"Many people forced the police to break down their doors. At one house, distraught men and women sat against a wall, in a strip of shade, remonstrating and screaming at police officers who sat beside them. One man was crying uncontrollably, and a burly army major took tissues and wiped the tears from the man's face."
"Laser Amitai was a policeman here. But he left the force when he decided to remain in Kfar Darom against the wishes of his government. Mr. Amitai lost his wife, Miriam, in a school-bus bombing in November 2000, early in the latest Palestinian intifada, and he is widely respected here.
On Thursday, his brother, Levi, an officer in the Border Police, came to persuade Laser to leave. The two men and their sister sat in the living room, talking quietly, hugging and crying. Laser Amitai said: "This is not about our house. We are here today fighting the battle for Zionism."
"The killing of four Palestinians in the West Bank on Wednesday by a Jewish settler also contributed to tensions, with the man arrested for the killings, Asher Weisgan, offering no regrets. "I'm not sorry for what I did," he said Thursday before entering a courthouse outside Tel Aviv. "I hope someone also kills Sharon."
Whenever something like this happens and it's brother 'against' brother, it's really sad.
"Many people forced the police to break down their doors. At one house, distraught men and women sat against a wall, in a strip of shade, remonstrating and screaming at police officers who sat beside them. One man was crying uncontrollably, and a burly army major took tissues and wiped the tears from the man's face."
"Laser Amitai was a policeman here. But he left the force when he decided to remain in Kfar Darom against the wishes of his government. Mr. Amitai lost his wife, Miriam, in a school-bus bombing in November 2000, early in the latest Palestinian intifada, and he is widely respected here.
On Thursday, his brother, Levi, an officer in the Border Police, came to persuade Laser to leave. The two men and their sister sat in the living room, talking quietly, hugging and crying. Laser Amitai said: "This is not about our house. We are here today fighting the battle for Zionism."
"The killing of four Palestinians in the West Bank on Wednesday by a Jewish settler also contributed to tensions, with the man arrested for the killings, Asher Weisgan, offering no regrets. "I'm not sorry for what I did," he said Thursday before entering a courthouse outside Tel Aviv. "I hope someone also kills Sharon."
Whenever something like this happens and it's brother 'against' brother, it's really sad.
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