ViOLiNS OVER RAMALLAH

Israel has warned international observers to leave. Completely spasmodic, if you ask me. There are F-16's and choppers hovering over me as we speak. Are you going to Fifi's BBQ? There are large numbers of tanks throughout Rafah and Gaza. Why would I not want to go to double Latin today? The sonic booms of Israeli warplanes are deafening. The next station is Letchworth. Fear comes with the night. My piano teacher's not even giving me half my lesson. The sonic booms are making pregnant women give birth prematurely. Choir practice. The border to Egypt is closed. Sheet music by Handel. These are not military objectives; they're targeting the civilian infrastructure. You shouldn't let her get away with only giving you half of your lesson. The film went out on all major Western news channels. She used to do the same thing with me. The bridges that connect north and south Gaza have been destroyed. It's an impossibly difficult piece for the viola. Hezbollah said they had not fired the first missile. Is Alice still going with Mahmoud? Zuhair Ali Al-Mansouri of Hezbollah said the Israeli footage, meant to 'prove' that 'militants' in Lebanon fired at Israel first, showed nothing of the sort. Is he from Iraq or Iran? Al-Jazeera carried this denial, as did BBC World Service radio, briefly. He shouldn't really smoke if he's a strict Muslim should he? The television showed shots of injured Israelis, but Lebanese and Palestinian casualties went unseen by tea time audiences. He doesn't eat pork or drink. The spokeswoman accused BBC radio of being part of an Arab propaganda plot to undermine Israel and drive it back into the sea. He drinks cardamom coffee and eats dates in the afternoon, after smoking his pipe. She sounded like my piano teacher. The concert for peace had been organised before they fell for each other. The Israeli Army aren't coming to Fifi's barbecue, are they? They would have been better to have the concert at Ely Cathedral like last year. Just four chairs right in front of the wall. The acoustics are much better. They managed to play beautifully throughout. A quartet of Apache helicopters moved in on the players. Only one of them could speak English properly, don't you remember? The IDF are completely spasmodic for messing up the peace concert like that. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it. They called Mahmoud a terrorist. Apparently, the cellist had been to Finsbury Park once. The first bullets ripped through the double bass and violins; the second round sprayed across their faces and chests. Mind you, the General had to admit the music had been beautiful. Pity they killed everybody before they reached the end.  

 

The next station stop is Ramallah.