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quick correction
the bomb that killed saleh was one ton, not 2000 tons
i dont even know if anyone makes a plane that can carry a 2000 ton bomb
It may not be clear to those who are not Hebrew speakers, but Dan (Good night Dan) is Dan Haluz, Israel Air Force commander who carries out these bombardments. The text in Hebrew is some horrid quotes from him, including “I don’t see these people as miserable refugees, there is no such thing as an innocent person in Lebanon.”
[...] Since that time, Yonatan has gone on to co-found “Combatants for Peace” a prominent organization in the growing Israeli Refusenik movement. A few years ago he’s gained some more notoriety for writing and performing “Numu, Numu,” a powerful protest song written in the form of an ironic “Lullaby to Pilots.” (More recently, he’s become the object of a pop love song that’s currently making the rounds on Israeli radio – Richard Silverstein has the story on on that in Tikun Olam). [...]
[...] Silverstein wrote this about the song on his blog, Tikkun Olam, here: “At any rate, Israeli pop artist Aya Corem attended music school with Yonatan Shapira with [...]