What Goes Up Must Come Down

On the day of Sharon's hospitalization I wrote:

Palestinians are, of course, celebrating with the traditional shooting in the air that frequently results in injuries and deaths as the bullets fall. The mainstream media will, of course, cover up this phenomenon.

Here, then, is a continually updated post highlighting these incidents when they are reported.

Sep. 3, 2006: "At least three masked militants stood outside a school in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and fired in the air to keep children away, witnesses said. Stray fire hit a 12-year-old boy, Issam Ghannam, in the abdomen, witnesses said."


Jan. 20, 2006: "Bassel Kamel al-Sha'er, 20, from Rafah, was killed accidentally on Wednesday by a live bullet to the head during an election rally when a number of armed members of Fatah fired into the air."

Perhaps the Palestinians can initiate a "gravity awareness campaign" to curb the practice.