It's hard to describe my reaction to last month's news that pagers were exploding all over Lebanon. All those emotions seemed rolled into one as I spontaneously erupted into bouts of laughter as each additional detail became widely known. No, this was a narrower mirth, one borne of excitement at the belated defensive triumph of a country I love. In this era, the only permissible way to hate the Jews is to hate them for having a state." * * *David Haldane is an award-winning American journalist, author, and radio broadcaster with homes in Southern California and Northern Mindanao.

Source: Manila Times October 06, 2024 22:10 UTC