Mr. Olmert, tear down this wall!

by Peter

23 January 2008, 1816 EST

It was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this photo on the NYT site. Provocative (or maybe just dark humor), but potentially not that far off the mark.

My short take on this is that I don’t think its good for the Olmert government and their Gaza policy at all, and its a big win for Hamas. If nothing else, it hands Hamas a major legitimacy claim as the one group who cares about the regular person enough to blow open a wall to Egypt so people can bring back to Gaza much needed food, tires, cigarettes, and cases of Coke.

First runner up for the headline: “Follow me! Follow me to freedom!”