* The Thing About Emo Indie Songs *

* Leave *
(what is left here)


Letters from Gaza: "...is the war really over?"

With every war we witness, there are stories to tell, stories about the brutality and hate of the conqueror. And with every war there is a will to live and to survive in order to tell these stories. I am a third-generation refugee. I have heard the stories of my parents and grandparents - stories of how they fled their homeland and how some people lost their children while others abandoned their children on the roads because they could not take care of them any more. They are frightening stories that shake you to the core, but the narrators of these stories have the will to live, to start a new life, and to raise their children.

***

War crimes conviction after Gaza?
by Anita Rice

There is a world of difference between establishing that war crimes have been committed, and then holding those responsible to account, says Mark S Ellis, the executive director of the International Bar Association (IBA).

"Often, people view these as the same, but they are not under international law. There is a gap ... regarding the issue of accountability," Ellis says.

***

Oh yeah, on a lighter note:

Happy 14th anniversary to Mr. & Mrs. Hamid!!

.pictures here.