Ernest Hemingway had great advice for writers. “Write one true declarative sentence,” he said. “Then write another.” By that standard, Papa Hemingway would be proud indeed of Sami Abu Zuhri’s literary prowess. Sami Abu Zuhri is a Hamas spokesman. He summed up the current situation in Gaza perfectly. And he did it in two true declarative sentences. “We ( Hamas) aren’t leading our people to destruction. We are leading them to death.” That wasn’t wasn’t Israel’s Prime Minister who said that. That was an official Hamas spokesman, and he said it without apologies. Two true sentences. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed. Each and every one of those deaths, since Hamas rejected the Egyptian cease fire proposal which the Arab league endorsed, was completely predictable, tragic beyond word, and absolutely, one hundred percent preventable. Because Israel accepted that same cease fire proposal,...(Read Full Post)