Hill of Shame where Gaza bombing is spectator sport

[DogPoundPup]

In times of peace Parash Hill is a beauty spot where Israelis from the nearby town of Sderot come to picnic and enjoy the magnificent view across a nature reserve and bright green fields to distant Gaza City and, beyond, the deep blue Mediterranean.

There are benches for sightseers, a swing, a sculpture of a man on horseback and fences to stop children tumbling down the steep northern slope.

Today the hill attracts a very different sort of visitor — the ghoulish and vengeful, the curious and anguished, not to mention television crews. They come not to enjoy the flowers or birdsong, but for a spectacular panoramic view of Israel's relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip. It is, for those that like that sort of thing, the ultimate spectator sport.

Armed with binoculars and zoom lenses, they watch F16 aircraft streak across the sky, trailing flares, before unleashing their missiles on one of the distant white buildings.

READ MORE: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5505390.ece

[cali]

1. what you're doing here comes perilously close to spamming

not to mention your utter contempt for the rules even after having thread after thread locked.

Do you have some deep hankering for pizza?

[ShadesOfGrey]

2. Appropriately named by Israeli's who disapprove of this.

Ultimate spectator sport :puke:

[ProgressiveMuslim]

3. Growing up, I used to ask my dad, a WWII vet:

How could the world have let it happen? How could the Poles have smelt burning flesh and done nothing?


Nowadays, we not only live in denial of the death of innocents, we watch it for fun.


I guess human nature doesn't really change much, does it.