BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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kidnappings of thousands of Yemenite children by the ruling
establishment of Israel in the 1950s. She is not the only
filmmaker to have paid the same price. Another filmmaker,
Tzipi Talmor made a film about the missing toddlers a
decade ago. She died of cancer two years later. Her sister,
who aided in the project, died shortly after her of the same
cancer.
A lot of powerful people in the Labor movement want the
issue of the Yemenite children snuffed out forever. One, of
course, is Shimon Peres and I've covered his role at great
length in the past. Another is our recent State Comptroller
Miriam Ben Porat. As a young Jerusalem prosecutor in the
1950s, she quashed all legal objections to the child
kidnappings. She was rewarded with her very own stolen
Yemenite daughter, who today is the aging lady's personal
chauffeur.
The American Army base - As reported in my last memo, a
huge American army base is nearing completion in Israel.
Reportedly, it has holding facilities for as many as 18,000
protesters.
After visiting it yesterday, I'd say way more. This base is
massive. I counted ten enormous US Army issue prefab
warehouses and more were going up. At the base guard
post, the American flag is waving in the wind. A sign
proclaims that the project manager is one Jerry Ray.
I start taking photos of the base with a cheap camera. The
guard asked what I was doing. I replied, "I'm a journalist
proving that a huge American military base is being
constructed on Israeli soil."
"What's wrong with that?" he asked. "Who else will protect us
from the Palestinians?"
"Where are the Americans?," I probed.