Assaf Assaf Assaf

Signs of a bad summer ... so the police say. That's because a Sudanese man went on a stabbing spree in Tel Aviv this morning. http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/sudanese-man-stabs-six-people-in-south-tel-aviv.premium-1.531478

So they're predicting a summer of more violence. And that comes in the wake of the jewish man shot dead at the Wailing Wall for shouting "Allahu akbar".  Now we have news that Israeli soldiers confiscate a portable toilet from a bedouin family because it was an "illegal" structure. The toilet was meant to serve a handicap family member. What next ..... ?

When the karub-tea
seller is in the streets, you
know everything is well

But Palestinians have no time for violence .. at least for the moment. Last night saw Palestinian boy Muhammed Assaf win the Arab Idol contest in Lebanon. The whole territories was celebrating with fireworks and parties in the streets. The incredible odds Assaf had to undergo in order to leave extremist muslim Gaza to get to Lebanon has left a deep impression on all the poor palestinians that they too can make something out of themselves, overcome difficulties and make their dreams come true. So right now the only word in every arab's mouth is "Assaf" and his winning song is playing non-stop in the streets. A little joy ... so much welcomed in this sad country with a people who have lost hope.