"We ask the public's patience," a representative of Governor Gavin Newsom's office posted.

"Could we have forced a smaller number of them to stay behind so we would always have a ready scapegoat or object of abuse?"

"The innocent missiles were not armed with missiles."

"Is it because we missed one?"

"...the Palestinian issue, which is the main source of Arab antisemitism going back to the seventh century."

The tension between ancient and modern exists throughout the developing world.

The exception to Syria's job-related woes in the booming, so to speak, field of runway repair.

"At least Hezbollah will be able to kill Israelis as indiscriminately as they kill Lebanese. Some important things will come out of it."

The incident marks the quickest inducement of a yawn on the subject of Palestine since the Abraham Accords.

Obeisance to the sacred cow of Palestine First sparked resentment-tinged disdain for Palestinians whose cause always overshadowed the truly-important issues affecting the Middle East and the Arab world.

Israel's Arab and Muslim foes have been relegated to an area barely more than a hundred times Israel's size, and they feel the squeeze.

"Why did they disappear as suddenly as they appeared in history? These are all tantalizing, mystifying issues."

"We managed to achieve a ratio of European journalists to participants of exactly three to one, if you count the proprietor of the place."

"Even if it takes associating with some of the most notorious names in entertainment, we know we just have to do our jobs."

"The honor-shame culture of the Arab and Islamic worlds doesn't give way easily, but I think they'll come around within a century."

The precious resource carries even more importance in a region covered mostly by desert

Jewish sovereignty and safety must cede priority to the overarching objective of cementing Iran as the hegemonic power in the Middle East by means of genocidal campaigns across the region.

"You know who else confronted those contradictory notions about Jews?" said Goebbels. "Hitler."

"Syria has, what, 20 million people?" said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. "It should only take them another few decades to kill one another off."

As a consequence, the area continues to suffer from appalling mismanagement, incitement to violence, soaring unemployment, inadequate sewage, and increased radicalization.